[Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan)

[Ron Stewart]

I had very different results, but I was using their hardware solutions and
that resulted in fairly dramatic increases in scanning spead because we were
using dedicated hardware to do the scanning.  Dollars for benefit may be
better achieve by a top of the line computer with the RAM maximized 

Ron

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:09 PM
To: 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan)

 

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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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich 
High Tech Center Training Unit of the 
California Community Colleges 
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 
www.htctu.net 
408-996-6043 

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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)

 

Good morning,

 

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.

 

Scott J. Ritter, MS
Disability Resource Specialist-Aux Aids
Disability Resource Services
Madison Area Technical College-Truax
608-246-6217

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