I use an Epson multi-function with VeloCRaptor and find it works well.
As Brian says, the paper MUST be flat on the scanner. This is no problem for individual sheets, but tricky if half a book is hanging out of the scanner. I try to make the page flat by propping the book up with a pile of paperbacks.

Doug
 
On 9 May 2011, at 04:36, Brian Ferguson wrote:

> The answer is 'Yes'.
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> I have used VueScan at various times despite having scanning applications with an Epson TX710W Printer/Scanner.
> It is extremely simple to use and not too expensive. I don't think there is an available scanner missing from VueScan's lists although sometimes the name of your scanner may differ from VueScan's names because of different countries. E.g. my Epson printer/scanner is known as Artisan.
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> You can scan to TIFF or PDF; if the latter then PDFpen Pro will help for OCR and corrections. In PDF Pro you can create multi-page documents by using the 'Input | Multi page' option.  You can preview multiple pages, rearrange the order, and then save the pages to a TIFF or PDF file.
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>   VueScan go to   <www.hamrick.com>
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> It is updated weekly.
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> Having the paper on the scanner table is essential.
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> On 06/05/2011, at 11:56 PM, THDW wrote:
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>> Listers
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>> I am in the process of scanning old books.
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>> I am using a five year old Canon printer scanner and then once the MP Navigator has scanned, I use VelOCRaptor to do the ocr work.
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>> I sometime find that entire pages need revision. I am therefore wondering whether there has been an improvement in scanners for OCR work over the last few years. Or is my problem quite simply I am not getting the text flat enough against the scanner window ?
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>> Would be grateful for any ideas for making text less tedious.
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