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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Google's sponsoring the open source and very powerful OCR software OCRopus. I'd expect a Windows installer in 12-18 months.
I've used it with a Live CD, and it has a drastically lower error rate, as things stand, than the Windows software I was using (trial versions of the "high end" stuff, even).
So the cost for that portion of things should fall. |
That will be splendid, but even the consumer grade software shipped with scanners will generally do an adequate job. You simply can't skip the edit/proofread step after scanning, and while Google's software should cut down on how much you have to do, I'll be startled if it makes it go away entirely.
Still, Google behind this and having it as open source is very good news.
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Dennis