OCR software? Do any of you use it?

[ 07-10-2002, 10:50 AM: Message edited by: Arvon ]

Im not even sure if Ive ever heard of it. I think can safely say Ive never used it. Try doing a search at Yahoo or something to find out more.

What IS OCR software anyway?

I would have answered your question, if i had known the answer. Alas, my friend, no such thing !

OCR is software that converts scaned material into a text file for computers. It means Optical Character Reconizition.

I was wondering if anyone had some ideas of some of the 'better' packages.

OCR is Optical Character Resolution. It's a form of scanning which recognizes the characters in a scanned document and allows you to edit it like a word processing document. I use it occasionally.

The reason that I didn't answer your question Arvon is that the vast majority of your threads are old jokes off of the internet so I rarely open them.

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I didn't answer because I don't use my scanner or the software anymore.</font>

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