IJCAI? OCR software? Australia? (84)
Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)
Fri, 17 Mar 89 22:58:37 EST
Humanist Mailing List, Vol. 2, No. 734. Friday, 17 Mar 1989.
(1) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 89 13:25:25 EST (10 lines)
From: janus@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (Louis E. Janus)
Subject: what is IJCAI-91 ?
(2) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 89 17:04:07 EST (28 lines)
From: STAIRS@vm.epas.utoronto.ca
Subject: OCR Software...
(3) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 89 18:18:42 CST (25 lines)
From: Donald J. Mabry <DJMABRY@MSSTATE>
Subject: Australian network
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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 89 13:25:25 EST
From: janus@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (Louis E. Janus)
Subject: what is IJCAI-91 ?
May I ask what the IJCAI-91 conference in Australia
will cover. Could we resolve these kinds of abbreviations, please?
-Louis Janus
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN 55057 USA
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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 89 17:04:07 EST
From: STAIRS@vm.epas.utoronto.ca
Subject: OCR Software...
Help! We are about to take the plunge and buy a scanner and OCR software. I
have asked the members of the Humanist *club* once before what they knew about
this area and got some informative responses. I've decided upon the scanner,
the Canon IX-12F (flat-bed with sheet-feeder and 32 shades of gray). The price
is good, the name is reputable, and PC Magazine gave it the Editor's Choice
(for all that's worth, see March 28, 1989 issue). Now I'm at the cross-roads...
Should we get the Mac or PC interface? Hmmmm... (This should get some people's
patriotic blood pumping). We have a Mac II and an AT. There is no cost
difference between the interface for the Mac and PC. The only deciding factor
is the quality of OCR software on either platform. Does anyone have
impressions about Omnipage, Texpert, or TrueScan by Calera? Does anyone know
how I can find out more about Texpert (the program from Spain)? Any grains
of wisdom may be thrown my way without fear, I'm wearing safety glasses and
lots of padding (in expectation of the war of words that may ensue between the
Apple and Ibm crowd).
One who urgently awaits enlightenment,
Mike Stairs
Site Coordinator
Centre for Computing in the Humanities
University of Toronto
416-978-6391
STAIRS@UTOREPAS
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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 89 18:18:42 CST
From: Donald J. Mabry <DJMABRY@MSSTATE>
Subject: Australian network
I would like to reach a friend who is a visiting prof in English at the
Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, Australia. Does anyone on
Humanist have an address I can "borrow?" Appreciate a speedy reply as I fly
to London on Sunday afternoon (Central Daylight Time) and would like to
send a message before leaving the U.S. Thanks.
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