[mac4theblind] Re: Scanning Handwritten Materials
- From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:04:20 -0700
When you interact with the details scroll area, there is a checkbox to
combine all the pages into a single file. This is how I do it.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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On Oct 10, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Leo Bissonnette <leo.bissonnette@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Understood. Found image capture….
>
> Follow Up question:
>
> Is each page save as a separate image file? Or, is there a way to save all
> the pages into a single file?
>
> As always, your help is appreciated.
>
> Leo
>
>
>
> On Oct 10, 2014, at 2:35 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> If you are looking to OCR it, you are not going to have the best results
>> regardless of which application you use. Handwriting is never great for
>> OCR. Unfortuantely, it has not improved over the years.
>>
>> If you just need to scan it, use image capture and scan to a PDF.
>>
>>
>> Take Care
>>
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>
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>> Lion
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 10, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Leo Bissonnette <leo.bissonnette@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have been given a journal that is all done in handwriting. I have been
>>> asked to scan it so that we can send on the scanned images.
>>>
>>> Wondering how best to handle this on my Mac.
>>>
>>> Am looking at Abbyy Fine Reader and Abbyy Fine Reader Express.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on how best to deal with this process would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Leo
>>>
>>> Leo A. Bissonnette, Ph.D.
>>>
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> Leo A. Bissonnette, Ph.D.
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