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Good morning LM_NET! I knew you'd come through for me! Thanks to all who responded to my question re OCR software. Here are the results. Debbie Samuels Media Specialist Juvenile Justice Center School Miami, FL 8141@dade.k12.fl.us License Plate: BOOK 'IM We had simple OCR software from Caere pre-installed on our scanners when we bought them several years ago. It was really useless so we upgraded last year and the Caere was rated by many people to be the best choice. (To upgrade saves most of the cost of buying a new brand of OCR.) I use it occasionally, and a few teachers do too, but it is very limited. Accuracy is still poor--from clear, new simple font computer copy you will still get back material with an error on every third line. If the text isn't new, the font is fancy, etc. it's impossible to use the ocr successfully. **** I recommend Caere OmniPage Pro. They are at: http://www.alltogethernow.org/mp/28.htm#Top **** Check out the full Adobe Acrobat suite (not just the Reader) -- it has better OCR (optical character reader) software than others I've used. If you scan and then open in Photoshop you will NOT be able to edit the results. And I don't think Word will work at all unless your scanner will let you save in Word format. **** TextBridge seems to be what you are looking for: http://www.zdnet.com/adverts/eprints/scansoft/pcmg/80113dh.html has a review and here's the home page http://www.xerox.com/scansoft/textbridge/. Doesn't seem to be too expensive. Lets you scan in documents and then edit them or use them as online forms. **** I recommend TextBridge Pro. Will convert text to a Word document. **** You will need something like Text Page Pro, by Xerox, or Carie's Omni Page. These are OCR software packages. Both are good. **** I have found that OmniPage (Lite or Pro) works the best... **** Debbie, you should have received a piece of bundled software with your Umax called Presto! Page Manager that will do OCR for you. George. (Note: We didn't) **** We are using OmniPage Pro. That's a fairly decent piece of software, if you don't have a lot of formatting. There is also OmniForm that supposedly can scan forms so that they will open as fillable templates. Also, you are supposed to be able to save them as Word or WordPerfect files. I find that it works best when filled in OmniForm and you don't try to export them ... both are from Caere software. You should be able to find info about them at http://www.caere.com ... Nothing is perfect. OCR has a long way to go. **** Withour new HP ScanJet 6100C our computer tech wanted: (new) OmniPage Pro 8.0 (World's Best Selling OCR) costs $350., I believe. It arrived when another computer tech was here and he said it wasn't necessary with that Scanner but our computer tech and one of our computer teachers said it was and wanted it, so I'm (in my comuter/tech ignorance) glad we bought it. **** We just bought Omnipage Pro 8.0, which fits all your criteria. I haven't tried it yet, but it came highly recommended from our tech. Hope this helps. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send email to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 3) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=