Vividata, Inc (http://www.vividata.com) has a product called "OCR Shop" which is available in the "personal edition" for $99.00. Anybody know anything about these guys? -S Philip C Mendelsohn wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Steve Siegfried wrote: > > > Okay, now that folks are getting scanners, can anyone recommend some > > good free/cheap/non-cheap OCR software on Linux that actually _works_? > > I looked a little while ago and didn't find any. The problem seems to be > that pattern recognition stuff is really hard to do and/or > patented. There are a couple of Linux projects, but none that I've seen > is terribly useful. I'd be interested in anything you find out, too. > > Cheers, > Phil M