I have tried several software packages and prefer OmniPage.
You can find comparisons here:
http://ocr-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

OmniPage has been around a long time. I used it to digitize
stuff for the Gopher before there was a Web.

Allen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-
> bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Dwayne Reid
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 6:35 PM
> To: pic microcontroller discussion list
> Subject: [EE] Looking for *Good* print scanner @ OCR
> software
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> Good day to all.
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> I'm at the tail end of moving to a new residence and am
> tired of
> moving boxes and boxes of old Electronics and SciFi
> magazines.  I've
> already gotten rid of those issues that I was able to find
> scanned
> copies of but I still have a LOT of magazines that I
haven't
> been
> able to find electronic versions of.
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> I'm willing to put in the time and effort to scan the
> magazines but I
> want to be as efficient as possible.  That means cutting
the
> magazines at the spine and batch-feeding the pages into a
> scanner.
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> I then would *really* like to use OCR to convert the
scanned
> text
> into searchable electronic text.
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> My problem is that I don't really know where to begin.
> We've got a
> couple of decent sheet-feed scanners here at work (they
> are part of
> the photo-copier / printers) but I'm looking to purchase
> something
> that I can use at home.
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> It seems that everybody and their dog is selling some kind
of
> all-in-one printer / scanner with both single-sheet and
multi-
> sheet
> scanners but I don't know what's good and what's not.
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> Same with the OCR software - there are lots of packages
out
> there but
> which ones work best for converting text from scanned
> images of magazine pages?
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> What I want is a sheet-feed scanner that can scan both
sides
> of each
> sheet, save it to a file, then feed and scan the next
sheet.
> And so
> on, as long as I keep feeding it pages.
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> I'm looking for OCR software that can, if possible,
replace
> the
> scanned text with an electronic copy but still leave the
page
> layout
> alone, thus preserving whatever images are on the page.
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> All of this to ask a couple of questions:
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> 1) Can anyone suggest any mailing lists or forums where
this
> stuff is
> discussed at a relatively high (professional) level?
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> 2) Does anyone have suggestions for a scanner and OCR
> software?
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> I don't mind spending some money on this - I figure that I
> will get
> it back in the long run just by not having to store all
this old
> paper.
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> Many thanks!
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> dwayne
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> --
> Dwayne Reid   <dwayner@planet.eon.net>
> Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd    Edmonton, AB, CANADA
> (780) 489-3199 voice          (780) 487-6397 fax
> www.trinity-electronics.com
> Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing
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