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Old 02-04-2009, 11:16 AM   #3
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Most of the common errors change for each text converted. ABBYY seems to do better with a serif character than a sans serif font.

Depending upon the printing the errors will change. If it is a light print, I find more of the "e" characters read as a "c".

As slayda mentioned, there is the confusion of "I", "l", and "1". Another common error is "O" or "o" read as "0" (zero) and the other way around. Also, quotes (single, double, and one inside another) can be problem -- sometimes a double will be seen as two singles and compound quotes will be split the wrong way.

I take the text into Word as soon as I can. I find it does a far better job than running the editor in ABBYY.
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