What is the best and cheapest ocr software available?
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Usually the best is the most expensive, and the cheapest is not the best.\n\nUse OmniPage for the best one.\nUse (The software bundled with your scanner) as the cheapest
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"Font Creater" is the best program of all. Though it has 30 day trial. During 30 days only you can make great fonts...REALLY ITS SO EASY.
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i use ImageAnalyzer. It is good software and free.\nhttp://meesoft.logicnet.dk\ni've been using it for 1 year and had no problems.\nit has loads of buttons and whistles, too.
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OCR = Optical Character recognition - The reading of computer print, usually from a document or image of a document. Such as reading the invoice number from a point of sales slip. Sometimes the reading of computer text from an image such as scanning in the pages of a text book and pulling the text from the image in order to compile the text into an 'electric' media of the book.  \n\nIMR = Intelligent Mark Recognition (Obsolete) The proper term is OMR = Optical Mark recognition ~OR~ Optical Mark Reader. Optical Mark recognition is the reading of ovals and check boxes on forms and documents such as the ovals of the SATS and ASVAB testing or the ovals on a lottery number selection card. An Optical Mark Reader is a scanning device used for reading documents setup with OMR areas or zones.\n\nICR = Inelegant Character recognition - The reading of hand print or script. Usually from a document or the image of a document such as a catalog order form or a credit card application and sometimes the reading of hand writing into a device such as a hand held computer for reading hand written notes and converting them into computer text.\n\nOTHER RELATED TERMS:\n\nMICR = Magnetic Ink Character Recognition - Special character and ink used by special devices for near perfect reading.  This technology is almost exclusively utilized by the banking industry. The account and routing numbers at the bottom of checks are MICR.\n\nOBR = Optical barcode recognition - The ability to read barcodes, usually by laser, but also by photosensor as well as digital image recognition engines. There are many formats of barcodes, called a barcodes symbology, including newer 2D barcodes. Some barcode symbologies are:\n\nLinear barcodes:\n         Code 3 of 9 - One of the most common barcodes in North America \n         Codabar - One of the original barcode formats. It was mostly used in many libraries. \n         UPC - (Universal Product Code) the bar code used on retail packaged goods. \n         EAN 2 - Barcodes on Magazines\n         Pharmacode - Pharmaceutical Packaging\n         CPC 4-State (PostBar) - Post office bar codes.\n\n2D barcodes: (matrix code)\n         PDF417 - Public domain. The most common 2D barcode.\n         Adobe LiveCycle - Adobe Systems 2D Barcode\n         MaxiCode - Public Domain. Used primarily by UPS. \n         WaterCode - High-density 2D Barcode(440bytes/cm2)\n         QR Code (Quick response) - The JIS X 0510 standard barcode owned by TOYOTA.\n         DataGlyphs - Highly advanced yet fundamentally simple barcode system that converts computer-readable data into forward slashes and backslashes on surfaces such as paper, labels, plastic, glass, or metal. At 600dpi, DataGlyphs can offer up to 1KB per square inch of data At this density, the Gettysburg Address fits in a block the size of a small US postage stamp.\n\nCAPTCHA (completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart) type of challenge-response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human. These are those annoying wiggly number and letters with intersecting lines that public access e-mail and other web sights use to make certain that the person using the Web based application  is in fact a human and not a Macro or other automated computerized process performing the activity. The CAPTCHA characters are deliberately designed to be unreadable using OCR/ICR technologies. \n\nI hope this gives you what you are looking for.  Enjoy!
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Go to www.openoffice.org and download the free software suite!
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The best one is undoubtedly The Gimp. It's almost professional-quality.\nhttp://www.gimp.org
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You need an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program to scan the image, recognise the characters and store the text in a file or send it to MS Word. Most printer manufacturers nowadays provide such software on their installation disks. If present, you should find it under a program group on your start menu. For example, my Lexmark has a program under Start, Programs, Lexmark X5100 Series, Lexmark All In One Center that lets me scan a document and send the text straight to MS Word, where it can be edited. If not already present, take a look on your installation CD. If there isn't any, search on google for OCR software such as Omnipage. You might want to post another question on here to see if anyone knows of a freeware OCR program.
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Font Creator 5.0 is a really good program for this, but it will cost you about $65.  I can't really recommend a free one, as all of the free ones I have used have been horrid.  I own a copy of Font Creator 5.0, and it does a really good job of allowing you to create fonts.  You can even import scans and make those into fonts.  I created one of my handwriting (for my personal use, of course).\n\nYou can get the program here:\nhttps://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=3508-1&referrer=8&linkid=a
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If you want something similar, a free word alternative like OpenOffice.org should help. (The .org is in the name probably so people know where to get it.) It includes a spell checker, and is open-source (and thus free)
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Knoppix is the most famous and best.  You can download it (around 700 MB) and burn the ISO file onto a CD.  Or you can buy a CD or DVD for a few dollars.  http://www.knoppix.org/
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There are several OCR (optical character recognition) packages available.  There are also many different handwriting recognition programs included with tablet and pocket PCs, but those usually require you to do the actual writing on the screen.  The OCR packages are more geared to converting scanned printed text (like a scanned typewritten letter).\n\nI think the following link might be close to what you are looking for:\nhttp://www.digimemo.com/
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Check out IrfanView, http://www.irfanview.com/ or PhotoPlus, http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/key_features.asp both are completely free.
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You have to use an Optical Character Recognition software (OCR). Usually one comes with the scanner.  It reads the page, and does its best to convert the page into a text file that you can edit.
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Try\n\nphotoshop\nIllustartor\nQuarkXpress\nIndesign
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as compared to what?\nIf you want to compare it to a free word processor, try the one at http://www.openoffice.org
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OpenOffice.org (lowest cost) or Word and a template.
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"adobe creative suite"\nits a package\nyou get indesign\nillustrator\nphotoshop\ngo live \nand acrobat\nits everything you will need