[mac4theblind] Re: Scanning Handwritten Materials

  • From: Leo Bissonnette <leo.bissonnette@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:06:57 -0400

Hi John,

Understood!

Will get working on this.

Thanks,

Leo



On Oct 10, 2014, at 3:04 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    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
> Director
> Mac for the Blind
> Tel, (631) 724-4479
> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
> 
> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain
> Lion
> 
> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
> 
> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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
>>> 
>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain
>>> Lion
>>> 
>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>> 
>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> ************
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>     The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes 
>>>> to their list subscription is:
>>>> 
>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind
>>>> 
>>>> The list archive is located at
>>>> 
>>>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/
>>>> 
>>>>     All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to:
>>>> 
>>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Leo A. Bissonnette, Ph.D.
>> 
> 

Leo A. Bissonnette, Ph.D.

Other related posts: