[B-Greek] Scanning Funk's Grammar

DJNordlund at aol.com DJNordlund at aol.com
Mon Jun 7 20:12:24 EDT 2004


In a message dated 6/7/2004 4:31:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
panis at pacbell.net writes:
Ross J Purdy had written:

>>  I  have purchased a new scanner and I have OmniPage Pro 14
>>   scanning software.

and Rodney J. Decker responded:

>I hope  those involved in scanning realize what it takes to OCR *Greek*
>text...,  esp. mixed English & Greek text.... Perhaps there is software  that
>will do so, but I don't know of any.

I've only used the  bundle-ware version of OmniPage and so can't speak 
from experience with the  current Pro version, but the publisher's 
data sheet for it specifically  claims:

"Recognize Multiple Languages
OmniPage Pro 14 recognizes 119  different
languages and even recognizes multiple
languages on the same  page!"

Greek is one of the languages listed, but whether it extends to  the 
polytonic variety or not isn't clear.

John
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***  John McChesney-Young  **  panis at pacbell.net  **    Berkeley, 
California, U.S.A.  ***

-------------------Reply------------------
 
I acquired Omnipage Pro 14 specifically because it claimed the ability to  
scan mixed language documents using Latin characters and polytonic Greek  
characters.  I got a good deal on the program and figured I could afford to  lose my 
investment if the program did not work.  So far I have not been  able to 
wrestle the program to the ground. :-)  My initial attempts on  plain English, 
polytonic Greek, and mixed character sets have not been any  better than what Ken 
Penner reported in another email in this thread.
 
If Ross Purdy (or anyone else) can figure out how to get OmniPage Pro 14 to  
accomplish the task without major manual editing (some will always be 
required),  I would be willing to volunteer my scanner and effort to this task.   
However, I don't have the time or energy at the moment to try to solve OCR  
software problems.
 
Dan Nordlund
 



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