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Definitely worth checking out http://docmorph1.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/mymorph.htm as it's free and government sponsored (another way of saying you've already paid for it once... :) also am a fan of adobe acrobat's ocr and optimizer. ap On 11/4/11 2:25 PM, "Simon Spero" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >ABBYY's engine is pretty good; though depending on whether you've already >scanned the text you might end up with higher thruput by having the OCR >performed at each scanning station. > >I'm not sure if the non-server software is multi-core/multi-processor >aware; the version that is used in the drivers for the scansnap S1500 is a >rev down from current. > >Depending on your budget you might also want to take a look at KoFax; >some >high end bulk scanners come with low end versions of kofax, but it can be >very nice, especially if you are acquiring documents that have stereotyped >layouts, since it can be trained to pick out metadata, and to distinguish >between document types. > >Simon > >Also, fujitsu document scanners ftw. >On Nov 4, 2011 11:38 AM, "Michael Della Bitta" ><[log in to unmask]> >wrote: > >> Hello, everyone, >> >> NYPL is currently investigating OCR solutions and I was wondering if >> anybody had any opinions. Currently toward the top of the pile are >> Tesseract and ABYY Recognition Server, each for different reasons, so >> I'd appreciate hearing about anybody's experiences with those two, but >> any information you might be able to provide would be most helpful. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Michael Della Bitta >> >> Senior Applications Developer >> Information Technology Group >> The New York Public Library >> 40 West 20th Street, 5th Floor >> New York, NY 10011-4211 >> (212) 621-0609 >>