document scanner

[saintolaf]

I am looking for a scanner with OCR to scan old history books that
have expired copyrights. Any recommendations?

Also, anyone ran across an OCR program that can scan 1000s of photos
of tombstones. I would prefer to give the program a directory of
photos instead of slowly loading each pic.

 

[Leonard Evens]

I am looking for a scanner with OCR to scan old history books that
have expired copyrights. Any recommendations?

Also, anyone ran across an OCR program that can scan 1000s of photos
of tombstones. I would prefer to give the program a directory of
photos instead of slowly loading each pic.

Some scanners come with OCR software, but I don't believe it is an
integral part of the scanner or its drivers. I believe that for any
scanner, you can use other OCR software to analyze the results of your
scans. Given your application, it would be a good idea to try to find
the best OCR software you can without regard to the scanner.

I like my Canon DR-2050C. It is smal and compact, can do duplex
scanning and is fast enough for my needs. I believe it comes with some
OCR software, but I haven't tried it. My experience in the past has
been that such software is more trouble than it is worth. The results
require considerable manual correction.

 

[Charlie Hoffpauir]

I am looking for a scanner with OCR to scan old history books that
have expired copyrights. Any recommendations?

Any scanner can scan a document or an old book. You then run separate
software to do OCR. Usually, OCR software packaged with a scanner is
not as effective as good software purchased separately. From what I've
heard, Omnipage pro (which I use) and ABBY Finereader are both good
OCR programs.

Also, anyone ran across an OCR program that can scan 1000s of photos
of tombstones. I would prefer to give the program a directory of
photos instead of slowly loading each pic.

This is highly unlikely to succeed. OCR programs have a difficult
enough time reading good printed material. To ask one to accurately
read a picture of a tombstone is unreasonable. You'd be much more
effective simply transcribing the tombstones manually.
That said, I think most good OCR programs will scan a series of
images. I know Omnipage will, and tho I don't use Finereader, I feel
sure it will too.