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Originally Posted by ProDigit
Hi!
I need help quite quickly actually .. 
I'm moving next month most likely, and I wanted (wince I'm not working) to spend the whole day scanning old books and convert them to PDF. (so I can throw away some books I no longer need).
I have a working scanner, now I need a tool that can work on the scans to convert them to text.
Your help in suggesting software, is very much appreciated!
I have 'till december, after which I hope to at least have scanned 20 books... (should be 1 per day on average).
Anyways, already thanks in advance! and keep the ideas coming!
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What I would recommend depends on whether you plan to cut the books up or not. Since you are talking about throwing them away, I'm thinking you do plan to cut them up, and that is probably the best way to get a good scan.
My favorite program for scan to text is Adobe Acrobat. That said, a copy of Acrobat 8.0 comes with the Fujitsu ScanSnap scanner. I know you said you already have a working scanner, but you should take the time to look at the ScanSnap. First, because it does come bundled with Acrobat, and second, because it scans both sides of the page at one time. I've scanned several hundreds of pages with it in just an hour or two.
It also automatically corrects any page tilt and eliminates blank pages. Granted, it's about $400, and I note that you said you were not working at present .... so I understand that could be an issue.
But, even without the scanner, I would still recommend Acrobat (but Standard only .... you wouldn't need pro .... and version 8.0 would be fine for what you are doing, don't bother to get 9.0).