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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>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 <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gaeir
Dietrich<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Access Technologists in Higher Education Network'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>******************************************************</span><span
style='color:navy'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich</span><span
style='color:navy'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>High Tech Center Training Unit of the</span><span style='color:
navy'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>California Community Colleges</span><span style='color:navy'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>De Anza College, Cupertino, CA</span><span style='color:navy'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>www.htctu.net</span><span style='color:navy'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>408-996-6043</span><span style='color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
athen-bounces@athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott
Ritter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen@athenpro.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] VRS (Virtual Rescan)</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Good morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Scott J. Ritter, MS<br>
Disability Resource Specialist-Aux Aids<br>
Disability Resource Services<br>
Madison Area Technical College-Truax<br>
608-246-6217<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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