On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Wendy Sudbury wrote:
> Could colleagues share their experience of successful use of OCR
> software? We have A5 index cards, typed in assorted fonts, 4 or 5
> columns across, with a few handwritten markings (numbering and ticks in
> pencil or biro). I'm looking to migrate the information to a table in
> Word whenever we have to update a card. We update modest quantities,
> maybe 40 a month. It seems to make sense to scan the old card first.
I have done some experiments with various kinds of museum records over
the years, latterly using an evaluation version of PageGenie 98 with some
success. I don't know if it is still available for free download but, if
so, it might be worth giving it a try. The success will probably depend
on the consistency of the original typing - electronic typewriters
generally give the best results. So far I haven't found any OCR software
that will make much sense of the average curator's handwriting, sadly,
nor do I know of any museum that has used OCR successfully to digitise
records in any numbers.
Hope this helps.
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