free OCR program?

Anyone know of a decent basic free OCR program that works on Win ME?

Thanks,

Jean

WTF does everyone use an acronym when they want help ??
Too lazy to spell it out so they make everyone else look it up !!!
Don't deserve any help.
--
_ct_


Jean wrote:
Anyone know of a decent basic free OCR program that works on Win ME?

Thanks,

Jean

If you don't know what OCR means, then you can't possibly have a decent
answer for the OP. Move on.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"ctowers" wrote in message
...
WTF does everyone use an acronym when they want help ??
Too lazy to spell it out so they make everyone else look it up !!!
Don't deserve any help.
--
_ct_


Jean wrote:
Anyone know of a decent basic free OCR program that works on Win ME?

Thanks,

Jean

AFAIC, it's hard to find a decent OCR program that you PAY for. I doubt I
would consider any free OCR "decent", but then, I'm a perfectionist with
high demands when it comes to OCR. I've done several projects wherein I
batch-process hundreds or thousands of already scanned images and then put
them into searchable databases. (Largest project, and the first I did, was
~650,000 pages.) I use ABBYY FineReader http://tinyurl.com/2pdrbo

That said, Google is your friend. Here's a few. Why don't you test them out
and report back?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=OCR+free

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Jean" wrote in message
...
Anyone know of a decent basic free OCR program that works on Win ME?

Thanks,

Jean

Gotta agree with Gary on this one, no doubt. Besides, don't you see
yourself doing the same thing with "_ct_"?.....and we can't even look up
what the 'c' stands for! And 'WTF'.....this is the Me NG......"We Think
Friendly". Even an old f*rt like myself knows what OCR stands for!
Computers are a myriad of acronyms.......get a life.....get a book...get
used to it!

And for the OP: take a look at the following Google search for OCR
freeware, the first one on the list looks pretty good.
http://www.google.com/search?q=free+...x=&startPage=1
I have one that has only been used once and it came with my scanner.
Hope you find what you need.......
Heirloom, old and the world is made of
acronyms


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
If you don't know what OCR means, then you can't possibly have a decent
answer for the OP. Move on.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"ctowers" wrote in message
...
WTF does everyone use an acronym when they want help ??
Too lazy to spell it out so they make everyone else look it up !!!
Don't deserve any help.
--
_ct_


Jean wrote:
Anyone know of a decent basic free OCR program that works on Win ME?

Thanks,

Jean

Once again, I have to agree........the OCR that came with my scanner leaves
a LOT to be desired, hence, the reason it was used only once g.
Heirloom, old and 650,000
pages?.......whew.

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
AFAIC, it's hard to find a decent OCR program that you PAY for. I doubt I
would consider any free OCR "decent", but then, I'm a perfectionist with
high demands when it comes to OCR. I've done several projects wherein I
batch-process hundreds or thousands of already scanned images and then put
them into searchable databases. (Largest project, and the first I did, was
~650,000 pages.) I use ABBYY FineReader http://tinyurl.com/2pdrbo

That said, Google is your friend. Here's a few. Why don't you test them
out and report back?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=OCR+free

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

Mostly legal documents... Transcripts, evidence documents, etc. That big one
was a decades long environmental lawsuit. It's California, what can I say?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
Once again, I have to agree........the OCR that came with my scanner
leaves a LOT to be desired, hence, the reason it was used only once g.
Heirloom, old and 650,000
pages?.......whew.

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
AFAIC, it's hard to find a decent OCR program that you PAY for. I doubt I
would consider any free OCR "decent", but then, I'm a perfectionist with
high demands when it comes to OCR. I've done several projects wherein I
batch-process hundreds or thousands of already scanned images and then
put them into searchable databases. (Largest project, and the first I
did, was ~650,000 pages.) I use ABBYY FineReader
http://tinyurl.com/2pdrbo

That said, Google is your friend. Here's a few. Why don't you test them
out and report back?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=OCR+free

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

Being resourceful, I did a google search before I posted here. I was hoping
that someone in the newsgroup could make a recommendation.


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
| AFAIC, it's hard to find a decent OCR program that you PAY for. I doubt I
| would consider any free OCR "decent", but then, I'm a perfectionist with
| high demands when it comes to OCR. I've done several projects wherein I
| batch-process hundreds or thousands of already scanned images and then
put
| them into searchable databases. (Largest project, and the first I did,
was
| ~650,000 pages.) I use ABBYY FineReader http://tinyurl.com/2pdrbo
|
| That said, Google is your friend. Here's a few. Why don't you test them
out
| and report back?
| http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=OCR+free
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
| www.grystmill.com
|
| "Jean" wrote in message
| ...
| Anyone know of a decent basic free OCR program that works on Win ME?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Jean
|
|
|

OK, I give up.....what is an OCR program?? Exactly, I mean. Is it a
scanning one, or one you can touch up photos. Help this blonde
Canadian, please.....8-))

As for California (Land of the Nuts) and environmental stuff.....that
figures. But having worked in law for 25 years, I know how wordy stuff
gets. Hated doing Appeals. 7 copies....3 Appellate Court Judges.
Yuck.

Da Blonde

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
Mostly legal documents... Transcripts, evidence documents, etc. That
big one was a decades long environmental lawsuit. It's California,
what can I say?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
Once again, I have to agree........the OCR that came with my scanner
leaves a LOT to be desired, hence, the reason it was used only once
g.
Heirloom, old and 650,000
pages?.......whew.

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
AFAIC, it's hard to find a decent OCR program that you PAY for. I
doubt I would consider any free OCR "decent", but then, I'm a
perfectionist with high demands when it comes to OCR. I've done
several projects wherein I batch-process hundreds or thousands of
already scanned images and then put them into searchable databases.
(Largest project, and the first I did, was ~650,000 pages.) I use
ABBYY FineReader http://tinyurl.com/2pdrbo

That said, Google is your friend. Here's a few. Why don't you test
them out and report back?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=OCR+free

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

Optical Character Recognition. It looks at an image of a document and then
does its best to decipher it and produce a text file, assuming there is text
involved. Scanners often come bundled with cheap, lousy OCR apps.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Heather" wrote in message
...
OK, I give up.....what is an OCR program?? Exactly, I mean. Is it a
scanning one, or one you can touch up photos. Help this blonde Canadian,
please.....8-))

As for California (Land of the Nuts) and environmental stuff.....that
figures. But having worked in law for 25 years, I know how wordy stuff
gets. Hated doing Appeals. 7 copies....3 Appellate Court Judges. Yuck.

Da Blonde

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
Mostly legal documents... Transcripts, evidence documents, etc. That big
one was a decades long environmental lawsuit. It's California, what can I
say?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
Once again, I have to agree........the OCR that came with my scanner
leaves a LOT to be desired, hence, the reason it was used only once g.
Heirloom, old and 650,000
pages?.......whew.

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
AFAIC, it's hard to find a decent OCR program that you PAY for. I doubt
I would consider any free OCR "decent", but then, I'm a perfectionist
with high demands when it comes to OCR. I've done several projects
wherein I batch-process hundreds or thousands of already scanned images
and then put them into searchable databases. (Largest project, and the
first I did, was ~650,000 pages.) I use ABBYY FineReader
http://tinyurl.com/2pdrbo

That said, Google is your friend. Here's a few. Why don't you test them
out and report back?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=OCR+free

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com