OpenBook (and Kurzweil) comes with very good Optical Character Recognition;
that's why the packages are so darn expensive.  The point being, looking for
a scanner with good OCR is really a red herring since you'll likely be using
the OCR installed with OpenBook.  The best advice to offer here is to make
certain that the scanner you purchase has been certified to work with your
Document Reading application, this information should be available at the
Freedom Scientific web site.  Beyond that I will offer this note, the price
of a very good scanner is reasonable enough that I would be sure to buy a
quality scanner from a well-known company.  It's worth the extra $25 or so
for the support and peace of mind.

- Bill Gallik

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Brayton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 5:24 PM
Subject: Scanners


> I'm wanting to buy a scanner. I got the demo for open book at the
> convention, don't know if I want to buy it but firtst I need a scanner
> anyway with good opticle character recognition.
> Can anyone reccomend something for me?
>
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