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Re: OCR software to read "copperplate" handwriting?

by John Bennett <johna.bennett@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 16, 2008 at 10:22 AM

On Fri, 16 May 2008 Wes Groleau <groleau+news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>John Bennett wrote:
>> I am shortly hoping to embark on the task of transcribing a large 1872
>> diary, written in neat copperplate style handwriting.  Is there any
>> software out there that will read (at least maybe some of) it by
>> scanning/OCR?
>
>If it's very neat, OCR might work, but there will still be a lot of 
>errors to correct.  I think you'd get fewer errors and be almost as
>fast by getting the cheapest version of Dragon Naturally Speaking
>and just reading the thing into the microphone.
>
I hadn't though of that, thanks.

Cheers   John
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John Bennett             
Email john(dot)bennett(at)smartemail(dot)co(dot)uk
 




 5 Posts in Topic:
OCR software to read "copperplate" handwriting?
John Bennett <johna.be  2008-05-15 21:01:42 
Re: OCR software to read "copperplate" handwriting?
Wes Groleau <groleau+n  2008-05-16 01:40:41 
Re: OCR software to read "copperplate" handwriting?
John Bennett <johna.be  2008-05-16 10:22:02 
Re: OCR software to read "copperplate" handwriting?
"Lesley Robertson&qu  2008-05-16 12:31:29 
Re: OCR software to read "copperplate" handwriting?
John Bennett <johna.be  2008-05-16 21:48:08 

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