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- From: rhughes@ucsd.edu (Richard J. Hughes)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: WinFAX PRO v3: OCR
- Date: 2 Jan 1993 18:56:59 GMT
- Organization: ucsd.edu
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- Message-ID: <rhughes.27.0@ucsd.edu>
- References: <C0699s.A5r@hkuxb.hku.hk> <1i2g26INN3lc@mirror.digex.com>
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- In article <1i2g26INN3lc@mirror.digex.com> you write:
- >>
- >> 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?
- >
- >Convince the senders to just send you the file with a modem!
-
- I purchased WinFAX Pro v2 and never received an upgrade offer to v3, nor do
- I see any upgrades offered in the stores. I just purchased a copy of
- ZSoft's UltraFAX program for $86, inclusive of tax. This program really is
- *great*. I now see posted here that upgrades to WinFAX Pro 3 are available
- for $49 plus s&h (why do they always sock it to us with the additional
- shipping and handling?), perhaps $60 then. I doubt it compares well to
- UltraFAX.
-
- Providing both sender and recipient are running UltraFAX, you have the best
- of both worlds, as you can send binary files at 9600 baud on 96/24 baud
- modems. How come no-one else thought of this? The OCR component seems
- reasonably capable, with omnifont recognition, although Calera's FAX Grabber
- is better (albeit a pain in the rear to use). You can also scan directly
- into UltraFAX using a multitude of scanners.
-
- ZSoft could have improved this program by adding macros for the common word
- processing programs. We can all write our own though. Also, unlike WinFAX
- Pro, there is no facility to receive FAXes in DOS, you *have* to be running
- Windows. Oh well, I mostly am anyway.
-
- Richard J. Hughes
-