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  1. Just got this letter from Lance Armstrong, which is a plug for League of
    American Bicyclists:

    Dear Fellow Cyclis,

    When I ride the Tour de France, I benefit from police
    escorts and roads closed to automobile traffic. But when I
    train hundreds of miles a week at home, I face the same
    difficulties riding on the road as you do.

    Narrow roads and nonexistent shoulders, aggressive and
    sometimes hostile motorists, lack of bike access to
    bridges and transit -- these problems are enough to
    frustrate any cyclist.

    But like you, I am not willing to give up and throw away my
    bike. Rather, I believe that we need to evaluate the
    problems and work together to come up with good, practical
    solutions that improve conditiions for cyclists and
    encourage many more people to join us on bikes.

    Fortunately, there is an organization dedicated to doing
    this: the League of American Bicyclists. Day in and day out,
    the League is working through advocacy and education to
    build a truly bicycle-friendly America

    Over 40,000 individual cyclists and 600 organizations have
    already joined the League to help support its work for
    cyclists. I urge you to do the same.

    I am proud to be a member of the League of American
    Bicyclists. I look at it as an investment in our future.
    After all, the more that people are biking, the more
    influence cyclists will have on improving conditions, and
    the more likely that there will be other American Tour de
    France champions.

    Please read the enclosed letter from the League's Executive
    Director about the great member benefits and join the
    League today!

    Thank you for supporting cycling.

    Sincerly, Lance Armstrong

    P.S. Join with me as a member of the League of American
    Bicyclists and help build a bicycle-friendly
    America. Thanks!

    [letter attached]

    Address is: League of American Bicyclists 1612 K Street, NW,
    Suite 800 Washinton, DC 20006-2850

    Now this outfit, in Washington DC, looks plainly like a
    lobbying group, but I haven't heard their name anywhere. I
    certainly agree with the content of the letter, and would
    consider putting my cash into an organization that will help
    do something about the crappy roads and such, but how much
    can LoAB do to influence the local civil engineers who are
    as responsible for those who control the purse strings?

    Your thoughts are welcome.

  2. You typed this all out???

    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Just got this letter from Lance Armstrong, which is a plug
    for League


    of

    Quoted message said:

    American Bicyclists:

    Dear Fellow Cyclis,

    When I ride the Tour de France, I benefit from police
    escorts and


    roads

    Quoted message said:

    closed to automobile traffic. But when I train hundreds
    of miles a


    week

    Quoted message said:

    at home, I face the same difficulties riding on the road
    as you do.

    Narrow roads and nonexistent shoulders, aggressive and
    sometimes


    hostile

    Quoted message said:

    motorists, lack of bike access to bridges and transit
    -- these


    problems

    Quoted message said:

    are enough to frustrate any cyclist.

    But like you, I am not willing to give up and throw away
    my bike. Rather, I believe that we need to evaluate the
    problems and work together to come up with good, practical
    solutions that improve conditiions for cyclists and
    encourage many more people to join us on


    bikes.

    Quoted message said:


    Fortunately, there is an organization dedicated to doing
    this: the League of American Bicyclists. Day in and day
    out, the League is working through advocacy and education
    to build a truly


    bicycle-friendly

    Quoted message said:

    America

    Over 40,000 individual cyclists and 600 organizations have
    already joined the League to help support its work for
    cyclists. I urge you


    to

    Quoted message said:

    do the same.

    I am proud to be a member of the League of American
    Bicyclists. I


    look

    Quoted message said:

    at it as an investment in our future. After all, the more
    that people are biking, the more influence cyclists will
    have on improving conditions, and the more likely that
    there will be other American Tour de France champions.

    Please read the enclosed letter from the League's
    Executive Director about the great member benefits and
    join the League today!

    Thank you for supporting cycling.

    Sincerly, Lance Armstrong

    P.S. Join with me as a member of the League of American
    Bicyclists and help build a bicycle-friendly America.
    Thanks!

    [letter attached]

    Address is: League of American Bicyclists 1612 K Street,
    NW, Suite 800 Washinton, DC 20006-2850

    Now this outfit, in Washington DC, looks plainly like a
    lobbying


    group,

    Quoted message said:

    but I haven't heard their name anywhere. I certainly agree
    with the content of the letter, and would consider putting
    my cash into an organization that will help do something
    about the crappy roads and such, but how much can LoAB do
    to influence the local civil engineers who are as
    responsible for those who control the purse strings?

    Your thoughts are welcome.

  3. "Jiyang Chen" wrote...

    Quoted message said:

    You typed this all out???

    I hope he scanned it. Otherwise he's due some good ol'
    American compassion.

    jf

  4. "Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:Asxwc.22130$DV4.3576@clgrps13...

    Quoted message said:

    "Jiyang Chen" wrote...

    Quoted message said:

    You typed this all out???

    I hope he scanned it. Otherwise he's due some good ol'
    American


    compassion.

    Quoted message said:


    jf

    It's doubtful if he scanned it because OCR is not very good.
    I don't even believe the latest version of OmniPage could
    produce excellent results unless the text was on typed
    printer paper and used basic default, like Times or Ariel.
    Hand written text would not scan well to OCR, if at all. If
    he scanned it as a graphic then I would like to know how he
    converted it to text. I don't know of a way of doing it. If
    it was an email, then of course text but otherwise if snail
    mail letter then I think he typed it.

  5. "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Just got this letter from Lance Armstrong, which is a plug
    for League of American Bicyclists:

    Dear Fellow Cyclis,

    When I ride the Tour de France, I benefit from police
    escorts and roads closed to automobile traffic. But when I
    train hundreds of miles a week at home, I face the same
    difficulties riding on the road as you do.

    Narrow roads and nonexistent shoulders, aggressive and
    sometimes hostile motorists, lack of bike access to
    bridges and transit -- these problems are enough to
    frustrate any cyclist.

    But like you, I am not willing to give up and throw away
    my bike. Rather, I believe that we need to evaluate the
    problems and work together to come up with good, practical
    solutions that improve conditiions for cyclists and
    encourage many more people to join us on


    bikes.

    Quoted message said:


    Fortunately, there is an organization dedicated to doing
    this: the League of American Bicyclists. Day in and day
    out, the League is working through advocacy and education
    to build a truly bicycle-friendly America

    Over 40,000 individual cyclists and 600 organizations have
    already joined the League to help support its work for
    cyclists. I urge you to do the same.

    I am proud to be a member of the League of American
    Bicyclists. I look at it as an investment in our future.
    After all, the more that people are biking, the more
    influence cyclists will have on improving conditions, and
    the more likely that there will be other American Tour de
    France champions.

    Please read the enclosed letter from the League's
    Executive Director about the great member benefits and
    join the League today!

    Thank you for supporting cycling.

    Sincerly, Lance Armstrong

    P.S. Join with me as a member of the League of American
    Bicyclists and help build a bicycle-friendly America.
    Thanks!

    [letter attached]

    Address is: League of American Bicyclists 1612 K Street,
    NW, Suite 800 Washinton, DC 20006-2850

    Now this outfit, in Washington DC, looks plainly like a
    lobbying group, but I haven't heard their name anywhere. I
    certainly agree with the content of the letter, and would
    consider putting my cash into an organization that will
    help do something about the crappy roads and such, but how
    much can LoAB do to influence the local civil engineers
    who are as responsible for those who control the purse
    strings?

    Your thoughts are welcome.

    I was watching frontline or something like that a while back
    and I see millions of Chinese have given up their bikes in
    favor of cars. Part of the oil shortage is due to China
    demand for fuel. I don't think the Chinese are going back to
    bikes and I don't think Americans are going to give up their
    SUV's in favor of bikes either but it's a good gesture. I
    saw another piece on ABC one time about how the Netherlands
    have integrated bikes into society quite well. ED knows
    about that.

  6. On 05 Jun 2004 22:02:22 EDT, Richard Adams <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    Just got this letter from Lance Armstrong, which is a plug
    for League of American Bicyclists:

    Dear Fellow Cyclis,

    When I ride the Tour de France, I benefit from police
    escorts and roads closed to automobile traffic. But when I
    train hundreds of miles a week at home, I face the same
    difficulties riding on the road as you do.

    Narrow roads and nonexistent shoulders, aggressive and
    sometimes hostile motorists, lack of bike access to
    bridges and transit -- these problems are enough to
    frustrate any cyclist.

    But like you, I am not willing to give up and throw away my
    bike. Rather, I believe that we need to evaluate the
    problems and work together to come up with good, practical
    solutions that improve conditiions for cyclists and
    encourage many more people to join us on bikes.

    Fortunately, there is an organization dedicated to doing
    this: the League of American Bicyclists. Day in and day
    out, the League is working through advocacy and education
    to build a truly bicycle-friendly America

    Over 40,000 individual cyclists and 600 organizations have
    already joined the League to help support its work for
    cyclists. I urge you to do the same.

    I am proud to be a member of the League of American
    Bicyclists. I look at it as an investment in our future.
    After all, the more that people are biking, the more
    influence cyclists will have on improving conditions, and
    the more likely that there will be other American Tour de
    France champions.

    This organization has been around since before there were
    automobiles. It used to be called "The League of American
    Wheelmen" before we all became politically correct. They are
    a good group.

  7. Somehow i don't see Armstrong riding all alone like the rest
    of us. Iam still glad he supports such a thing.

  8. "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    League of American Bicyclists 1612 K Street, NW, Suite 800
    Washinton, DC 20006-2850

    Now this outfit, in Washington DC, looks plainly like a
    lobbying group, but I haven't heard their name anywhere.

    Where have you been?

    League of American Wheelmen changed their name to the League
    of American Bicyclists some time ago. I'll let somebody else
    fill in the details of the history of the LAW, but they've
    been around (I believe) for over one hundred years.

    Andy Coggan

  9. Evan Evans said:

    Somehow i don't see Armstrong riding all alone like the
    rest of us. Iam still glad he supports such a thing.

    Good chance he's got someone on a scooter with him, but
    still, the only way he's going to get miles in is the same
    way the rest of us do, on our roads.

  10. [email hidden] (Evan Evans) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    Somehow i don't see Armstrong riding all alone like the
    rest of us. Iam still glad he supports such a thing.

    Rides alone, with a shotgun loaded ford pick-em up truck
    riding tailgunner.

  11. Sierraman said:

    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Just got this letter from Lance Armstrong, which is a plug
    for League of American Bicyclists:

    [snip]

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    League of American Bicyclists 1612 K Street, NW, Suite 800
    Washinton, DC 20006-2850

    Now this outfit, in Washington DC, looks plainly like a
    lobbying group, but I haven't heard their name anywhere. I
    certainly agree with the content of the letter, and would
    consider putting my cash into an organization that will
    help do something about the crappy roads and such, but how
    much can LoAB do to influence the local civil engineers
    who are as responsible for those who control the purse
    strings?

    Your thoughts are welcome.

    I was watching frontline or something like that a while
    back and I see millions of Chinese have given up their
    bikes in favor of cars. Part of the oil shortage is due to
    China demand for fuel. I don't think the Chinese are going
    back to bikes and I don't think Americans are going to
    give up their SUV's in favor of bikes either but it's a
    good gesture. I saw another piece on ABC one time about
    how the Netherlands have integrated bikes into society
    quite well. ED knows about that.

    I did read about the banning of bicycles in the 'downtown'
    part of Shanghai, then more recently about the banning of
    bicycles altogether in Shanghai -- in the name of progress.
    Seems the city leaders feel motorists shouldn't have to put
    up with a million bicycles when they want to head downtown
    to Starbucks.

    Yes the chinese are taking to cars like ducks to water and
    this should help exhaust world oil reserves much faster than
    americans could have*. It'll probably bring back the train
    and bicycle as primary modes in my lifetime. Yay!

    * The last estimates I read on expected life of petroleum
    reserves at current rates of consumption had Saudi Arabia
    at 40 years, all others exhausted before then.

  12. Quoted post said:

    Originally posted by Richard Adams

    BEvan Evans said:

    Somehow i don't see Armstrong riding all alone like the
    rest of us. Iam still glad he supports such a thing.

    Good chance he's got someone on a scooter with him, but
    still, the only way he's going to get miles in is the same
    way the rest of us do, on our roads. [/B]

    I'd imagine he has a van or car riding with him much of the time. And um, he trains in France and from what I know [had] lived there with his family near full time. It's not like he's training for the TDF in Rocky Texas. Still agreed, it's nice to see him supporting this cause.

  13. Jim Flom said:

    "Jiyang Chen" wrote...

    Quoted message said:

    You typed this all out???

    I hope he scanned it. Otherwise he's due some good ol'
    American compassion.


    Should we send in the Marines to invade him, or just fly
    over and bomb him? One way or another, we've got to free him
    from the tyranny of sore fingers.

    --

    --------------------

    Remove CLOTHES to reply

  14. "Sierraman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:Asxwc.22130$DV4.3576@clgrps13...

    Quoted message said:

    "Jiyang Chen" wrote...

    Quoted message said:

    You typed this all out???

    I hope he scanned it. Otherwise he's due some good ol'
    American


    compassion.

    Quoted message said:


    jf

    It's doubtful if he scanned it because OCR is not
    very good.

    What are you talking about? Maybe *your* OCR is not "any
    good" but most OCR applications from the past several years
    can scan accurately while requiring only a few corrections
    per page and it is not uncommon at all to get 100%
    accuracy, even from multiple columns and images placed in
    the source page.

    I don't even

    Quoted message said:

    believe the latest version of OmniPage could produce
    excellent results unless the text was on typed printer
    paper and used basic default, like Times or Ariel.

    Obviously you have not tried it.

    Hand written text would not scan well to OCR, if at all.

    That is the biggest challenge but is still possible with
    some packages being developed for the latest "tablet PC".

    Quoted message said:

    If he scanned it as a graphic then I would like to know how
    he converted it


    to

    Quoted message said:

    text. I don't know of a way of doing it.

    It is called "OCR". An optical character recognition package
    always starts with an image that is analysed so it does not
    matter if you first scan as an image and then run OCR on it
    or simply let the automated scripts scan and convert it.

    Quoted message said:

    If it was an email, then of course text but otherwise if
    snail mail letter then I think he typed it.

    Thanks for nothing but misleading statements.

  15. "Chris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Sierraman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:F8KdnUfsVNeXMV_dRVn-
    [email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:Asxwc.22130$DV4.3576@clgrps13...

    Quoted message said:

    "Jiyang Chen" wrote...
    > You typed this all out???

    I hope he scanned it. Otherwise he's due some good ol'
    American


    compassion.

    Quoted message said:


    jf

    It's doubtful if he scanned it because OCR is not
    very good.

    What are you talking about? Maybe *your* OCR is not "any
    good" but most


    OCR

    Quoted message said:

    applications from the past several years can scan
    accurately while


    requiring

    Quoted message said:

    only a few corrections per page and it is not uncommon at
    all to get 100% accuracy, even from multiple columns and
    images placed in the source page.

    You should know that OCR is mediocre at best. It does (not)
    always produce the best results. If your text is big enough
    and clear enough without useing wild fonts on your scan page
    then yes, results can be good, but in my experience not
    always perfect. Corrections are usually in order.

    Quoted message said:


    I don't even

    Quoted message said:

    believe the latest version of OmniPage could produce
    excellent results unless the text was on typed printer
    paper and used basic default, like Times or Ariel.

    Obviously you have not tried it.

    I used it probably before you even thought about it way back
    in it's infancy.

    Quoted message said:


    Hand written text would not scan well to OCR, if at all.

    That is the biggest challenge but is still possible with
    some packages


    being

    Quoted message said:

    developed for the latest "tablet PC".

    My point is apps like OmniPage are only good with reasonable
    text that can be converted by OCR like typed text, any wild
    fonts, cursive handwriting, even print handwriting and the
    like have poor results. I have used Omnipage over the years
    and I have tested their claims many times as they boasted
    better OCR with each new version. While I don't mind
    correcting a few characters, I wouldn't say it's perfect
    even on the clear text scan. The results can be good but not
    always perfect. The point again is it's limits are based on
    size, clarity and the font type of the scanned text. OCR has
    a ways to go.

    Quoted message said:


    Quoted message said:

    If he scanned it as a graphic then I would like to know
    how he converted it


    to

    Quoted message said:

    text. I don't know of a way of doing it.

    It is called "OCR". An optical character recognition
    package always starts with an image that is analysed so it
    does not matter if you first scan as


    an

    Quoted message said:

    image and then run OCR on it or simply let the automated
    scripts scan and convert it.

    Da... yeah, but that's not what I am talking about. I was
    talking about a way to convert the text from a graphic
    that is on your PC or MAC without using a scanner.
    Software that can do the conversion without Hardware. I
    don't believe I know of any. I haven't searched for a
    long time to see what developers have come up with but
    I'd be interested in any progress in this area.

    Quoted message said:


    Quoted message said:

    If it was an email, then of course text but otherwise if
    snail mail letter then I think he typed it.

    Thanks for nothing but misleading statements.

    Thanks for not knowing what you are talking about.

  16. I agree with the posters who have said that LAB is a good
    group. I have worked side-by-side with their lobbyists on
    transportation legislation and, while they will never be
    as influential as the powerful "roads are for cars and
    trucks" highway lobby, their voice helps a lot, and they
    have been particularly good at developing constructive
    relationships with Influential members of Congress such as
    Jim Oberstar (D-MN), ranking Democrat on the House
    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. They also
    organized the "Bikes Belong" coalition to bring bike-
    industry members into the fold.

    See bikesbelong.orgpage.cfm and
    bikeleague.orgindex.cfm for more details.

  17. "Sierraman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Chris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    BTW, I tried some software a few years back that converted
    the text from a graphic without a scanner. The results were
    laughable.

  18. "Sierraman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Chris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Sierraman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:F8KdnUfsVNeXMV_dRVn-
    [email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:Asxwc.22130$DV4.3576@clgrps13...
    > "Jiyang Chen" wrote...
    > > You typed this all out???
    >
    > I hope he scanned it. Otherwise he's due some good
    > ol' American
    compassion.
    >
    > jf

    It's doubtful if he scanned it because OCR is not very
    good.

    What are you talking about? Maybe *your* OCR is not "any
    good" but most


    OCR

    Quoted message said:

    applications from the past several years can scan
    accurately while


    requiring

    Quoted message said:

    only a few corrections per page and it is not uncommon
    at all to get


    100%

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    accuracy, even from multiple columns and images placed
    in the source


    page.

    Quoted message said:


    You should know that OCR is mediocre at best.

    Repeating yourself still does not make it so.

    It does (not) always produce

    Quoted message said:

    the best results. If your text is big enough and clear
    enough without


    useing

    Quoted message said:

    wild fonts on your scan page then yes, results can be
    good, but in my experience not always perfect. Corrections
    are usually in order.

    Quoted message said:


    I don't even

    Quoted message said:

    believe the latest version of OmniPage could produce
    excellent results unless the text was on typed printer
    paper and used basic default,


    like

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Times or Ariel.

    Obviously you have not tried it.

    I used it probably before you even thought about it way
    back in it's infancy.

    So you admit your experience is so far in the past as to
    be irrelevant and you stubbornly post 3 misleading
    articles anyway?

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    Hand written text would not scan well to OCR, if at all.

    That is the biggest challenge but is still possible with
    some packages


    being

    Quoted message said:

    developed for the latest "tablet PC".

    My point is apps like OmniPage are only good with
    reasonable text that can be converted by OCR like typed
    text, any wild fonts, cursive handwriting, even print
    handwriting and the like have poor results.

    So what? Any font at all can be changed to an optimized
    font. The only thing that would be slightly difficult would
    be to run OCR on a funky styled and laid out print job and
    editing it without leaving that layout style. Big deal. Most
    corespondence (letters) fall in the category of 10+ points
    arial (sans serif) or times (serif) fonts are are very
    easily scanned with no corrections required. That has been
    the state of OCR for several years now.

    I have used Omnipage

    Quoted message said:

    over the years and I have tested their claims many times
    as they boasted better OCR with each new version. While I
    don't mind correcting a few characters, I wouldn't say
    it's perfect even on the clear text scan. The results can
    be good but not always perfect. The point again is it's
    limits are based on size, clarity and the font type of the
    scanned text. OCR has


    a

    Quoted message said:

    ways to go.

    Please indicate WHICH version. It started to get very
    accurate around version 9 or so and is now up to version 14.
    I use 10.5 and I have no reason to consider an upgrade at
    this point.

    Quoted message said:


    Quoted message said:


    Quoted message said:

    If he scanned it as a graphic then I would like to know
    how he converted


    it

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    to

    Quoted message said:

    text. I don't know of a way of doing it.

    It is called "OCR". An optical character recognition
    package always


    starts

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    with an image that is analysed so it does not matter if
    you first scan


    as

    Quoted message said:

    an

    Quoted message said:

    image and then run OCR on it or simply let the automated
    scripts scan


    and

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    convert it.

    Da... yeah, but that's not what I am talking about. I was
    talking about a way to convert the text from a graphic
    that is on your PC or MAC without using a scanner.

    Da...yeah, it is the same thing.

    Software that can do the conversion without Hardware. I

    Quoted message said:

    don't believe I know of any.

    No surprises about your lack of knowledge. Believe it or
    not, most high end graphics suites have an OCR engine. In
    addition, every single OCR application I have used has also
    had the capability of running OCR on an existing graphics
    file. IOW, no need to have it directly from the scanner. It
    may be that some users assume the scanner is required
    because the largest button on the software controls will
    fire up the default scanner.

    I haven't searched for a long time to see what

    Quoted message said:

    developers have come up with but I'd be interested in any
    progress in this area.

    That is very obvious.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    Quoted message said:

    If it was an email, then of course text but otherwise
    if snail mail letter then I think he typed it.

    Thanks for nothing but misleading statements.

    Thanks for not knowing what you are talking about.

    You should go to your water closet and say that in your
    mirror. I tried to help you, but sticking to your original
    statement (no matter how wrong) is much more important to
    you than conceding or learning. I gave you enough
    information with sufficient references to validate
    everything I said. You can download trial packages from any
    of the big OCR software vendors including Omnipage. I guess
    your hope is simply that others won't check the facts and
    you won't look stupid? Don't count on it.

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    BTW, I tried some software a few years back that converted
    the text from a graphic without a scanner.

    You said a few minutes ago that:

    "Software that can do the conversion without Hardware. I
    don't believe I know of any. I haven't searched for a long
    time to see what developers have come up with but I'd be
    interested in any progress in this area."

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    The results were laughable.

    No doubt. Check the nut behind the wheel.

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    > "Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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    > > "Jiyang Chen" wrote...
    > > > You typed this all out???

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    Obviously you have not tried it.

    Only a dumbass would make this statement above.

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    So you admit your experience is so far in the past as to
    be irrelevant and you stubbornly post 3 misleading
    articles anyway?

    Another dumbass presumption.

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    My point is apps like OmniPage are only good with
    reasonable text that


    can

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    be converted by OCR like typed text, any wild fonts,
    cursive


    handwriting,

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    even print handwriting and the like have poor results.

    So what? Any font at all can be changed to an optimized
    font. The only


    thing

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    that would be slightly difficult would be to run OCR on a
    funky styled and laid out print job and editing it without
    leaving that layout style. Big deal. Most corespondence
    (letters) fall in the category of 10+ points


    arial

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    (sans serif) or times (serif) fonts are are very easily
    scanned with no corrections required. That has been the
    state of OCR for several years


    now.

    Talking about wild fonts on a graphics page.

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    I have used Omnipage

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    over the years and I have tested their claims many
    times as they boasted better OCR with each new version.
    While I don't mind correcting a few characters, I
    wouldn't say it's perfect even on the clear text scan.
    The results can be good but not always perfect. The
    point again is it's


    limits

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    are based on size, clarity and the font type of the
    scanned text. OCR ha


    s

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    a

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    ways to go.

    Please indicate WHICH version. It started to get very
    accurate around version 9 or so and is now up to version
    14. I use 10.5 and I have no


    reason

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    to consider an upgrade at this point.

    Well, I tried 10 but since you haven't tried anything newer
    then 10, how would you know about the improvements of 14?
    Again, presumptions.

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    Da... yeah, but that's not what I am talking about. I
    was talking about


    a

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    way to convert the text from a graphic that is on your
    PC or MAC without using a scanner.

    Da...yeah, it is the same thing.

    No it's not and the type of scanner is an obvious factor.

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    Software that can do the conversion without Hardware. I

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    don't believe I know of any.

    No surprises about your lack of knowledge. Believe it or
    not, most high


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    graphics suites have an OCR engine. In addition, every
    single OCR application I have used has also had the
    capability of running OCR on an existing graphics file.
    IOW, no need to have it directly from the scanner. It
    may be that some users assume the scanner is required
    because the


    largest

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    button on the software controls will fire up the default
    scanner.

    Well, you need a scanner to get it into the PC, if it's not
    on the drive already, say from a magazine. I haven't used
    Omnipage for onboard graphics file, so I don't know at which
    point they started doing that, but at the time OmniPage was
    the only one with any real practical use.

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    I haven't searched for a long time to see what

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    developers have come up with but I'd be interested in
    any progress in


    this

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    area.

    That is very obvious.

    Yet another presumption. You are a rude MF aren't you. You
    make a lot of presumptions.

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    >If it was an email, then of course text but otherwise
    >if snail mail letter then I think he typed it.

    Thanks for nothing but misleading statements.

    Thanks for not knowing what you are talking about.

    You should go to your water closet and say that in your
    mirror. I tried to help you, but sticking to your original
    statement (no matter how wrong) is much more important to
    you than conceding or learning. I gave you enough
    information with sufficient references to validate
    everything I said. You can download trial packages from
    any of the big OCR software vendors including Omnipage. I
    guess your hope is simply that others won't check


    the

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    facts and you won't look stupid? Don't count on it.

    Go suck on your mothers [censored] too. Typical RBR [censored], not
    worth the time responding too.

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