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| Thread ID: 28889 | 2003-01-04 03:09:00 | text recognition...how? | Trev0 (1995) | Press F1 |
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| 110918 | 2003-01-04 03:09:00 | I want to copy a long, A4 sized, label with my scanner, so thet I can edit it later with any prog (officeXP say). but as it's a long label it only fits on the scanner lengthways, meaning it doesn't do the recognition thing. So does anyone know if any part of office has a print recognition thing that I can use to do this with, after I've scanned it sideways and saved it as a pic and turned it the right way again? Or is there some other way to do this?? XPh HP scanjet2200c and officeXP thanks trev |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 110919 | 2003-01-04 04:56:00 | For Text recognition you need an OCR application such as Omnipage, Textbridge etc. Put the document in the scanner and scan. Transfer to PaintShopPro ( or whatever Graphics application you have .) Rotate the image then use the OCR on it. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 110920 | 2003-01-04 19:26:00 | thanks elephant, I will get hold of textbridge. The scanner does have OCR in the software, It just doesn't want to do it sideways! actually and incredibly it did do the larger 'title' print sideways but not the bulk of info.. |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 110921 | 2003-01-04 21:11:00 | Most scanners come with a cut-down version of OCR software.... the full version of TextBridge is pretty pricey for a one-off job like this. I'd be very surprised if any OCR software would be able to do what you want, but then some software is pretty clever these days. Is it not possible to just type out all the label into Office? |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 110922 | 2003-01-05 01:21:00 | I could type it in, but like most people here, I think, I like to play a bit on the comp and since there's software for this type of thing (and a mate's got textbridge down the road!) I thought I'd carrying on playing!! I thought I'd seen some OCR bit on officeXP ages ago, but maybe I had my wires crossed.. Also I wondered if anyone had software (pref freeware) they used that they could recommend for this... actually I reckon that could be a FAQ for all progs, as I'm sure that if everyone here put their heads together we'd all have all the right software on our comps |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 110923 | 2003-01-05 02:13:00 | It's amazing how much time people will spend getting a computer to do something, especially when the task is a one-off, and would take a very short time to do manually. "It's the challenge", they say. I've always been of the opinion that computers are a great way to save time. If you've got [b]lots[/b[ of time to spare. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 110924 | 2003-01-05 03:18:00 | >"It's the challenge", they say. >I've always been of the opinion that computers are a great way to >save time. If you've got lots[/b[ of time to spare. Some of us have!! Try ( almost anthing ) once I do. Then I reformat. I'm good at that now. Beats going to the Pub and getting plastered. After all..... I might learn something. :-) |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 110925 | 2003-01-05 19:18:00 | It'll save me time, next time and every time after. Last time I just scanned and copied, along with all the original mistakes and blemishes. Why not learn something new and make life easier and better? |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 110926 | 2003-01-05 22:38:00 | Try SimpleOCR (http://www.simpleocr.com). Works pretty good for a freebie. I usually scan with a resolution of either 150 or 300 to increase accuracy. |
antmannz (28) | ||
| 110927 | 2003-01-06 04:33:00 | Thanks antmannz, that's perfect! trev |
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