[Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan)

[Robert Martinengo]

We just use QuickScan to run our i660 scanner, not for OCR, and yes,
it was expensive!

On 5/2/07, Gaeir Dietrich <gdietrich at htctu.net> wrote:

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> Ditto to the others who said they never got it to work, even after three

> hours on the phone with tech support—and the one time it seemed to be

> working, the results were inferior. It is not on my recommended list.

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> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On

> Behalf Of Scott Ritter

>  Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:31 AM

>  To: athen at athenpro.org

>  Subject: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan)

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> Good morning,

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> Is any one using VRS (Virtual ReScan) software as a tool in their text

> conversion process? We are thinking of incorporating this software into our

> system. We use a variety of methods to convert materials but are looking to

> improve the accuracy of the OCR process prior to editing, thus improving our

> efficiency. We currently use a high speed Panasonic duplex scanner and Abby

> for our OCR. My understanding is that VRS will provide a cleaner, more

> accurate image prior to OCR.

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> Scott J. Ritter, MS

>  Disability Resource Specialist-Aux Aids

>  Disability Resource Services

>  Madison Area Technical College-Truax

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