Re: [NTLK] Making Books for my Newton

From: Samuel Jacobson (jacobson98_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Jul 23 2002 - 23:14:59 EDT


Hello Mr. Rehorst,

  Thank you very much for the information. I have never heard of OCR
software before and, after taking a look, it would seem that ScanSoft's
TextBridge Pro 11 would do very well. :-)

  Thanks again!!! I appreciate it!

Always,

Sam

> [Original Message]
> From: Victor Rehorst <victor_at_newtontalk.net>
> To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
> Date: 7/23/02 1:52:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Making Books for my Newton
>
>
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Samuel Jacobson wrote:
>
> > I would like to make books for my personal use on my uMP2000 and am
not
> > clear how to do so on Newton Press. Specifically I have the papers that
I
> > would like to put on my Newton as hardcopy, and the only efficient way
to
> > get them into my computer is to scan them. Yet after I scan the page(s)
the
>
> Sam, you need to use some OCR (optical character recognition) software to
> turn your scans into computer text. You probably got such a package when
> you bought your scanner. If not, go to your local computer store and ask
> for some OCR software. I believe OmniPage Pro is a popular selection.
>
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