Which OCR program to choose from?

[lil_freak]

Right now I’m looking for help in trying to figure out what program would best fit my needs for an OCR and was wondering if anyone is using or has used one of the following OCR programs. (Yes, I have done research on this but still face the ever present question: What would other people recommend or not recommend?)

FineReader OCR 7.0 Corporate Edition
Readiris Pro 9 Corporate Edition
OmniPage Pro 14 Office.

If you have not used one of the above OCR programs but are running a program that is for OCR, what are you thoughts, recommendations, likes and dislikes about the program?

Oh, I’m looking for an OCR program that supports a Windows NT, Windows XP, or Macintosh platform, has a development kit support for UNIX and/or Linux, will support network installations, has good recognition/retention, has good exporting capabilities/options, supports more than one programming language, and includes per-seat licensing.

Thanks in advance.

[Voltage Spike]

I wouldn't normally post something this off-topic, but it might help if you were to search for OCR (optical character recognition) rather than ORC.

If you are really nice, the fine folks at Project Gutenberg have a lot of experience with this subject.

[lil_freak]

I wouldn't normally post something this off-topic, but it might help if you were to search for OCR (optical character recognition) rather than ORC.

:o Oops, I was having a very sad moment of complete dyslexia. I'm glad you knew what I was still talking about. I have fixed my letter mix-up.

If you are really nice, the fine folks at Project Gutenberg have a lot of experience with this subject.

Thanks, I'll give them a try.

[Chris]

I went ahead and fixed your thread title for you, because as everyone knows, I try to bend over backwards to be nice to people.

[Xodia]

[snip] was wondering if anyone is using or has used one of the following OCR programs [/snip]

I've used OmniPage Pro for scanning my history notes. It works well, but seems to struggle with my handwriting if it gets too rounded. A "V" with a slightly larger bottom becomes a "U", an "A" with a rounded top has become a "B" if I use blue ink on blue lined paper, etc. For the most part, it works great though as long as you keep your writing halfway neat.

[LosT]

I like Omnipage, it tends to work well for me so far...

LosT

[lil_freak]

I went ahead and fixed your thread title for you, because as everyone knows, I try to bend over backwards to be nice to people.

Thanks Chris.