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Date:	Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:52:48 PST8
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OCR (was Another eCS group buy for SCOUG members - last call)

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--- Steven Levine wrote:

> >Does there exist any reasonably good OCR solution
> for
> >OS/2?
>
> Depends on who you ask. I use the PMFAX OCR add on
> occaisionally.
> Depending on the copy, it works OK.

Hi Steven,

Was that released as freeware ?

> Someone just ported Clara OCR. You should have need
> the VOICE news
> posting.

Thanks. I'll see what I can find out about it.

> >(It should NOT be something that is particular
> >to HP scanners only -- I think there was one like
> >that.)
>
> I'ven never know any like that. Some scanning apps
> have OCR built-in, but
> that's different.

The name escapes me just now, but I'd recognize it.
Do you recall that outfit that brokered a special buy
on some ThinkPad model, about a couple years back ?
It might have been one of their app.s that had OCR and
was HP-centric.

Jordan

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