Re: XyWrite 4 - Customization Guide as TEXT File

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks, Kari. I picked up a $30 version (plus $10 shipping) per your link
below. I have no immediate need for it, but I know that need will arise
some day.


Regards,
Harry

> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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> Hello,
>
> A good product for PDF conversion is ABBYY FineReader. You can use it for
> scanning and OCR.
>
>
> If you have an image PDF, you can convert it to Word or PDF with OCR
> content, and many other formats.
>
>
> I bought recently an HP Officejet Pro 8610 multifunction printer and
> scanner. The included scanning software did not work for multipage
> scanning of books, it stalled after a while (apparently a software flaw),
> but with ABBYY I can scan a book just by turning the pages and waiting for
> the software to do its magic (I can set an interval for turning pages, no
> other manual intervention, no OK buttons, no Yes/No to scan another page
> as in HP software).
>
>
> ABBYY FineReader is not free. It is still a worthwhile investment if you
> need this kind of software. You may get an older version for less money,
> they do the trick quite well. E.g.
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ABBYY-Software-House-ABBYY-FineReader-Professional-10-0-/122046154675
> sells for $30 and runs on Win 7 and 8.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx
>
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> 18.7.2016, 18:33, J R FOX wrote:
> > In most cases I would rather attempt the conversion on the local
> > machine. Unfortunately, there are a whole lot of PDF converters (to /
> > from) and editors out there. I've tried quite a few. Some are even
> > free. Free or not, most of them that I've tried have serious limitations
> > and are not very good.