[thelist] screen ocr.. kleptomania alternatives?

Chris George chrisg at gsnet.com
Fri Jun 15 12:33:24 CDT 2001


SnagIt (32 bit)?

If I recall it does screen OCR...

http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10077-100-5816629.html?tag=st.dl.10000-
103-1.lst-7-1.5816629

But after reading the description again - maybe not.

--
cdg

on 6/15/2001 11:22 AM, Sam-I-Am at sam at sam-i-am.com wrote:

> hi there, 
> I keep getting sent (digital) comps with the text already flattened,
> rasterized. 
> I had been running a trial copy of Kleptomania (winnt) to capture and
> OCR sections of the text on the screeen to avoid re-keying everthing.
> but the ocr quality was not that great. Even telling it what font it
> was, on non-anti-aliased text I found it made mistakes. (WTF?)
> Anyone know any alternatives.. or have better experience with
> Kleptomania?
> 
> (kleptomania: shareware/demoware at
> http://www.structurise.com/kleptomania/index.htm
> great idea, but some disappointing results..)
> 
> thanks
> Sam





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