I have found the text scanning in Office XP to be very accurate. The interface is relatively straight-forward, and the text comes in quite cleanly, even from originals that have been written on. It does, however, have some difficulty with text in italics, but I've seen that with OmniPage as well. The difference between OmniPage 11 and Office XP, for example, is that OmniPage will try to preserve formatting, including columns, font sizes, and more, while Office sends just the text into Microsoft Word. You may have to rebuild tables, and reformat the document. For the applications where I am transcribing documents, I tend to use Office XP more than Omnipage, because I'm generally going to remove the formatting anyway. but occasionally, when I want the formatting, as with tabular data, you need a more robust program. EILEEN HADDON wrote: >How accurate is Office XP's program in reality? I've found that many scanners come with what they call an OCR program, but they tend not to be very accurate. Does Office XP's work with regular computer documents? What about hand-outs, magazine articles, etc. ? > >Thanks! > >Eileen Haddon :) >Assistive Technology Access Specialist > >********************************************************************** >Eileen C. Haddon, ATP >Vermont Assistive Technology Project >Vermont Technical College >Randolph Center, VT 05061 >Phone: 802-728-1520 / Fax: 802-728-1390 > >Rehab Engineering Technology -- Make a difference! > >********************************************************************** >>>> [log in to unmask] 01/19/03 00:04 AM >>> >Alan, > >Office XP has a built in OCR. You could also consider Fine Reader. > >Pranav > -------------------- Denis Anson, MS, OTR Assistant Professor College Misericordia 301 Lake St. Dallas, PA 18612 Phone: 570-674-6413