[Athen] Athen Digest, Vol 34, Issue 7
Ron Stewart
ron at ahead.org
Fri Nov 7 03:57:48 PST 2008
Morning all,
The second scenario has always been my preference, a single external HD on
each computer but I always use mirrored drives in the computer itself. I
typically setup the external HD in RAID 1 mode (mirror-duplexing) so they
are duplicated on the fly as well. Then we use the storage on the server
for end of shift backup of the day's work. You can setup the external HD to
sync mode but that does slow the system down a bit, instead we had our
workers setup a practice of regular backups to the external during their
shifts.
Having been through some fairly significant hard drive crashes in my career
I always like to have my data in at least two places and never want to go
back more than a single step in recovering data. The other recommendation I
would make is to follow file naming conventions 32 (29.3) characters in a
name, 64 characters in the file path and no special characters.
Let me plug my favorite internet supplier as well: newegg.com not quite as
cheap as Tiger Direct, but you never want to try to RMA a bad part with
Tiger :)
Ron Stewart
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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Jean M Salzer
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 3:31 PM
To: athen at athenpro.org
Subject: Re: [Athen] Athen Digest, Vol 34, Issue 7
So Dann,
Do you have the TB-sized external networked to all the computers you use
ABBYY on or do you have one for each? I'm currently debating with myself on
whether or not to just get an external for each comp and only use the server
to pop a batch file to a different comp or to do a networked one...
Thanks, Jean - who got yelled at A LOT by her I.T. folks this semester
because of the enormity of server space being used.
PS - enjoy AHG everyone.
PPS - Other than the file size issues and a couple of other view quirks, I
do like the newer version of ABBYY. The initial scan and OCR is lightning
fast compared to 7.0.
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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:45:50 -0800
From: "Balen, Tim" <tbalen at wsu.edu>
Subject: [Athen] OCR software recommendations
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ATHENians,
We are looking into purchasing new OCR software. We are currently using
ABBYY Fine Reader 7.0. I understand that there have been some issues
with file size in 9.0. Can anyone suggest or offer opinions on 9.0 or
some alternatives (Omni Page, Readeris etc.)
Thanks,
Tim Balen
Disability Specialist/ Assistive Technology Coordinator
Washington State University
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From: Dann Berkowitz <dann at digilifemedia.biz>
Subject: Re: [Athen] OCR software recommendations
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Actually Tim, issues with Abbyy 9.o have quietly been cleared up by Abbyy.
Granted it is recommended that you upgrade the technology in use with the
program, but nowadays the price of a quad-core with 4 gigs of RAM and a TB
of storage is extremely reasonable. Check Tiger Direct for prices and you
will see what I mean (while you are at it pick up a 22" ACER monitor and
thank me later!).
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Daniel Berkowitz
Digilife Media, LLC
1 Bryant Avenue
Bradford, MA 01835-7424
phone: ?978-914-4601
e-mail: dann at digilifemedia.biz
web: www.digilifemedia.biz
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ATHENians,
We are looking into purchasing new OCR software.? We are currently using
ABBYY Fine Reader 7.0.? I understand that there have been some issues with
file size in 9.0.? Can anyone suggest or offer opinions on 9.0 or some
alternatives (Omni Page, Readeris etc.)
Thanks,
Tim Balen
Disability Specialist/ Assistive Technology Coordinator
Washington State University
509-335-7904
www.drc.wsu.edu
The Disability Resource Center has moved to the 2 nd floor of the Washington
Building.
All services for students with disabilities will now continue on in our new
offices.?? The DRC Testing Center will proctor exams here in our newly
remodeled testing area.
Please call (509) 335-3417 with any questions
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