Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Dec 8 23:47:16 CST 2014
Hi Gustav: Thanks for the heads up...I will do some further research. Aside: While working on a project for the government, a group of us did a two year contract scanning old paper documents...from image to text and stored the results on a central IBM system. The government's OCR system was totally automated, cost over 100K and batch processed day and night...someone had to be always on standby in case a page jammed. Was sure glad when that was over. What we want to be able to do with the scanner is to bring in very high quality old family photos, allowing us to further edit them in various graphic editing application. I think we have thousands, some dating back to the 1850s. It promises to be a very large project. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, December 8, 2014 12:21:03 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Scanner (was: IE11 - I need cookies enabled) Hi Jim We have tested one of the small IRIScan Anywhere3 portable scanners. It worked quite well. Part of the success is the high-quality OCR software, ReadIris, that comes with it. I've found that just about all free or low-cost OCR software is not worth the efforts - indeed not for non-English languages - so you have to pay for any serious implementation. The bundled ReadIris is a single user tool. Workgroup and server editions are available too. I would love a solution where you drop a scanned document to a folder and by magic an OCR engine extracts the text to another file. The smart thing with ReadIris is, that the OCR engine can save the text hidden behind the scanned image. This means that while you are looking at the scanned document, you can select text with the mouse for copy and paste like if you had a, say, Word document open. Very clever. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 8. december 2014 08:16 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] IE11 - I need cookies enabled I am still looking. I would like something under 1K. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R Bartow" <jbartow at winhaven.net> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2014 3:15:02 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] IE11 - I need cookies enabled There are a wide array of scanners available for different uses and I wouldn't claim to know which is best for each. For intensive business document scanning can't go wrong with a Fujitsu high end scanner. However they are not cheap. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2014 2:36 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] IE11 - I need cookies enabled What scanner would you recommend. We use to had an excellent HP flat-bed multi-pass scanner...all with glass optics. It would produce beautiful results but when it quit the HP was not fixable. We have been looking at the Epson V700...it is supposed to have a "infra-red" multi-scan mode which will isolate and remove picture dust and imperfections.(?) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R Bartow" <jbartow at winhaven.net> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 10:20:49 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] IE11 - I need cookies enabled This is a check scanner for bank deposits. Its only purpose is to scan checks into an image uploaded to the bank via an active x control. I personally have an Epson GT-S50 which scans everything from legal to business cards, quit nicely. I haven't set up a Neat Scanner yet but some of the agents in one my client offices were all talking about getting each one for Christmas. I have a feeling I'll be setting some up :-p For the most the software is what makes or breaks most scanners. Break as in its sits there unused because it's too much of a hassle to use. Most of them come with some sort of organizer like PaperPort. IIRC Neat has its own organizer software. I think you'll enjoy it :-) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 12:46 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] IE11 - I need cookies enabled For my edification, what scanner is it? I am planning to put a small scanner on my desk, to organize my receipts and business cards especially. I bought a Neat Desk scanner, which is still in its box until I get around to it. So, I'm checking - so that I can benefit from whatever you discover. TNF Tina Norris Fields tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com 231-322-2787 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com