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Manpreet Pujura wrote: > From: Manpreet Pujara <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: scanning hospital letters > Saving letters as graphic files takes up a lot of space and besides you > need a proper network running inorder to be able to view them on another > PC as dumb terminals will not do. Where as an A4 letter that has been > scanned and OCR'd will only take up 2-4k as ASCII text so between 300- > 500 letters on a 3.5 inch floppy let alone the Jaz. As well as the saving in storage requirements that Manpreet notes, can I add two others * storing as text will allow free text searching , * storing as text will allow proper provision of items such as digital signatures, non-revocation and the like. The real pity of it all is that because there is no agreeement on a realistic message exchanging system, people are being forced into nonsenses like scanning in the hard-copy output of someone else's word processed document, much of which consists of standard information, together with a relatively small chunk of free text. Mike Wells ========================================================== Professor Mike Wells Department of Physics, The University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom Phone: 0113-233-2339 E-Mail [log in to unmask] ========================================================== %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%