We too are using ABBYY Finereader to meet ADA compliance requirements in Special Collections. I don't know of a better product, but for older documents (e.g., weird typefaces) and those with images (e.g., advertisements in a newspaper), it does require some handholding. We use students for that.
Matt
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Hi Rachel,
We have been very pleased with ABBYY Finereader as a workstation solution.
http://www.abbyy.com/finereader/
We are also in the midst of implementing their server product for higher volume conversions.
Best,
Chad
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Greetings,
Might anyone have some recommendations on good OCR software that is either relatively cheap or free? We're looking to OCR some files for a digital collection (platform still to be determined...) and wonder if there's a more robust tool than Acrobat Pro that won't cost an arm and a leg.
Many thanks in advance for your expertise!
Cheers,
Rachel
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