[geeks] OCR Software

[Phil Stracchino]

Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Brooke Gravitt wrote:
>> Anyone have a favorite OCR software? I'm looking for something that
>> can be used stand-alone,  i.e. doesn't require pages being scanned at
>> the time the OCR is run. I have a bunch of stuff that was scanned and
>> I'd like to batch-convert it to text or html.
>>
>> I've looked at ReadIRIS & OmniPage Pro, but they're a bit pricey (and
>> don't have downloads for trial versions.)
>>
>> Any ideas?
> 
> Try OCR Shop XTR:  http://www.vividata.com/index.html
> 
> 30-day free trial.  I used it when I needed to OCR an ancient set of
> PDPC bylaws from scanned copies of faxes.

Oh, forgot to add:  Yes, it has a CLI batch mode.


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