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- From: neiger@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Neiger)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: WinFAX PRO v3: OCR
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.104356.90892@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 10:43:55 +1100
- References: <C0699s.A5r@hkuxb.hku.hk> <1i2g26INN3lc@mirror.digex.com>
- Organization: Monash University, Australia
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- In article <1i2g26INN3lc@mirror.digex.com>, burgoyne@access.digex.com (J. Robert Burgoyne) writes:
- > In article <C0699s.A5r@hkuxb.hku.hk> h8915726@hkuxa.hku.hk writes:
- >>
- >> I got WinFAX Pro v3 running, it's very good, but the OCR does
- >> not seem live up to what I expect. It can recognise mostly
- >> on courier font, once I change to other fonts, it seems
- >> that the SPACE character is not recgonised at all, all
- >> words scrabble into one. Any ideas?
- >
- > There are high end OCR products which don't do a whole lot better.
- > I think the whole idea of trying to recognize any random FAX that comes
- > in and decode it with OCR is pie in the sky. I could see printing and
- > distributing a survey, with responses FAXed back and recognized, but
- > not just anything that comes over the line.
- >
- > Convince the senders to just send you the file with a modem!
-
- I have been reading a review of Ultrafax from Z-Soft and it seems to be a better
- alternative. In addition to OCR (which I personally believe may or may not work
- although the dealer reckons that it is 95% accurate) it also features
- * the ability to comment and anote faxes on screen.
- * support for halftones and greys
- * filters to removes spots and dots
- * the ability to send files as faxes (9600 baud transfer) to another
- Ultrafax site
- * Support for scanners including hand scanners (i.e. scan directly to a
- fax)
- * multiple zooms and thumbnails
- * cropping to kill off edges and fax headers
-
- And a 30 day money back guarantee. Unfortunately I cannot try it as I have a
- fax board which only supports its own proprietary slopware (MAXFAX V2 board..
- avoid it like the plague).
-
- Having purchased other Z-Soft products (Photofinish, PC-Paint) I am impressed
- with the company and the standard of the software. I bought Photofinish V1.0
- and have only found 1 bug (when trying to read a slightly modified PCX format
- file).
-
- Z-Soft:- 1-800-444-4780
- Australia: Software suppliers Nth Ryde Sydney (I don't have their 008 number
- handy)
- --
- David S. Neiger | neiger@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
- | neiger@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au
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