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** Reply to note from "Maria Conyers" <[log in to unmask]> Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:47:53 GMT > I am scanning pages which contain lists of text and numbers. I am > only using the software which came with the scanner and up to > now have had very limited success. It takes longer to go through > the scanned version to correct the text which has been (mis- > scanned?) and to check and place the figures into the correct > columns than it would to type it all out. AM I MISSING > SOMETHING? Please advise. It may sound silly as an answer but your question is "how long is a piece of string". All 3 parameters have to be of high quality to get the desired results, ie: scanner software document to be scanned (and in particular typeface on document) Numbers are always difficult (what is 0 and O if you don't get a dot in zero), 1 and L etc. Assuming you have a lot of scanning to do - see if your package can be taught - to recognise particular characters it sees wrongly. =========================================== Is what you are using part of some bundle (computer + scanner + camera + ..). If yes, it is the case you "gets what you pays for". Regards Charles ============================================== Charles Christacopoulos, Secretary's Office, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, (Scotland) United Kingdom. Tel: +44+(0)1382-344891. Fax: +44+(0)1382-201604. WebDad of http://somis.ais.dundee.ac.uk/ Home of the Scottish Search Maestro http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/ Win 2000? Still happy using OS2 Warp and so do the HTTPs above :-) ============================================== %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%