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What would you call a guy with OCD in need of OCR? I guess you’d call him Chris Pirillo, since I do occasionally have a need to use Optical Character Recognition. OCR is software that can take a graphic and turn it into text. For instance, I have an email that I printed out. If I scan it into my computer, it’s going to be an image. But by using OCR, I can turn it into text.

Free OCR is a resource submitted by Jan that works extremely well. I scanned the email into my computer and saved it as a .jpg image. On Free OCR, I uploaded the image and chose a language (English, of course). Within a few seconds, my image was processed, and the text appeared in a box. Now I can easily copy and paste that text into any program or application that I want.

Believe me, there will come a time when you will need some help from OCR, whether or not you have OCD. Do yourself a favor and bookmark Free OCR now, so that you can find it easily later on.

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What would you call a guy with OCD in need of OCR? I guess you’d call him Chris Pirillo, since I do occasionally have a need to use Optical Character Recognition. OCR is software that can take a graphic and turn it into text. For instance, I have an email that I printed out. If I scan it into my computer, it’s going to be an image. But by using OCR, I can turn it into text.

Free OCR is a resource submitted by Jan that works extremely well. I scanned the email into my computer and saved it as a .jpg image. On Free OCR, I uploaded the image and chose a language (English, of course). Within a few seconds, my image was processed, and the text appeared in a box. Now I can easily copy and paste that text into any program or application that I want.

Believe me, there will come a time when you will need some help from OCR, whether or not you have OCD. Do yourself a favor and bookmark Free OCR now, so that you can find it easily later on.

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]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/free-optical-character-recognition-ocr/feed/ 2 OmniPage and Scanner Couponshttp://chris.pirillo.com/omnipage-and-scanner-coupons/ http://chris.pirillo.com/omnipage-and-scanner-coupons/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:00:54 +0000 Chris http://chris.pirillo.com/omnipage-and-scanner-coupons/ OmniPage and Scanner Coupons is a post from Chris Pirillo

Like you, I scan documents on a regular basis. Some days, I scan more than others – and some days, I don’t scan at all. Still, when I need to scan and convert those images into text (OCR), I use OmniPage Pro for Mac OS X.

Let’s just say you can’t afford a $500 program to help you perform optical character recognition – for argument’s sake. Would you mind buying the same product at $99? That’s what you can do through this OmniPage Pro special discount. If you’ve ever wanted OmniPage Pro, there’s no time like the present to buy it – take advantage of this offer before it ends.

  • Maintain formatting of your scanned pages
  • Get the highest quality OCR (40% better than previous versions)
  • Export easily to searchable PDF files
  • Turn scanned table data into spreadsheets
  • A must-have for any Mac user who has a scanner

So, don’t wait – buy OmniPage Pro for 80% off while you still can. You know I’m always trying to save you money when it comes to this stuff.

]]> OmniPage and Scanner Coupons is a post from Chris Pirillo

Like you, I scan documents on a regular basis. Some days, I scan more than others – and some days, I don’t scan at all. Still, when I need to scan and convert those images into text (OCR), I use OmniPage Pro for Mac OS X.

Let’s just say you can’t afford a $500 program to help you perform optical character recognition – for argument’s sake. Would you mind buying the same product at $99? That’s what you can do through this OmniPage Pro special discount. If you’ve ever wanted OmniPage Pro, there’s no time like the present to buy it – take advantage of this offer before it ends.

  • Maintain formatting of your scanned pages
  • Get the highest quality OCR (40% better than previous versions)
  • Export easily to searchable PDF files
  • Turn scanned table data into spreadsheets
  • A must-have for any Mac user who has a scanner

So, don’t wait – buy OmniPage Pro for 80% off while you still can. You know I’m always trying to save you money when it comes to this stuff.

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http://live.pirillo.com/ – I received an email the other day from someone wondering why documents they scan into their computer rearranges the text and doesn’t retain formatting. Well user-whose-name-I-can’t-pronounce, what you’re asking about deals with OCR.

OCR, or Optical Character Recognition software allows you to scan a document and edit it. If the OCR software isn’t very good, then it probably won’t retain the layout that the original document had. You are probably using whatever software came with your all-in-one machine, and I don’t know what brand that is.

The problem is, you’re not really going to get really good OCR software unless you pay virtually hundreds of dollars. Probably the best I know of is OmniPage. OmniPage Professional 16 is the fastest and most precise way to convert high volumes of paper, PDF and forms into files you can edit and search.

Unfortunately, I don’t know of any open source or cheaper software titles that are on the same level with OmniPage. Do you? If you use something that works just as well, without the price tag, I’d love to hear about it. I’m sure that user-whose-name-I-can’t-pronounce would love to hear your suggestions, as well.

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http://live.pirillo.com/ – I received an email the other day from someone wondering why documents they scan into their computer rearranges the text and doesn’t retain formatting. Well user-whose-name-I-can’t-pronounce, what you’re asking about deals with OCR.

OCR, or Optical Character Recognition software allows you to scan a document and edit it. If the OCR software isn’t very good, then it probably won’t retain the layout that the original document had. You are probably using whatever software came with your all-in-one machine, and I don’t know what brand that is.

The problem is, you’re not really going to get really good OCR software unless you pay virtually hundreds of dollars. Probably the best I know of is OmniPage. OmniPage Professional 16 is the fastest and most precise way to convert high volumes of paper, PDF and forms into files you can edit and search.

Unfortunately, I don’t know of any open source or cheaper software titles that are on the same level with OmniPage. Do you? If you use something that works just as well, without the price tag, I’d love to hear about it. I’m sure that user-whose-name-I-can’t-pronounce would love to hear your suggestions, as well.

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