Re: Ways to scan and OCR notes taken in books (digital dump of "highlights") ?

Thanks again to all.  Speech recognition does open another possible
route....  Looks like I'll be trying some other pen scanners and
playing with speech recognition.  If I come across something that
works well enough for me I'll post on it.

Thanks again.


John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > This would be such a Holy Grail for students, or at least me as a
>  > student -- to be able to have digital, searchable files of my
>  > "highlights" from a book.
> 
> Barring a scanned solution, perhaps speech-to-text would be something to 
> consider?  Just read the parts you want.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> C_K wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm guessing this question has come up before, but I couldn't find
> > anything definitieve in terms of a yes or no on it --
> > 
> > I'm interested in getting text files of just parts of textbooks that
> > I'm interested in -- instead of just highlighting the textbook,
> > getting a digital dump of the text I'm interested in highlighting.
> > 
> > I've tried a pen scanner (Quicklink) thinking it might be just the
> > thing, but I found it too slow (scan one line, wait for the OCR, scan
> > another line, wait, etc.) and awkward (each time the scanner turns on,
> > it seems to default to the cursor being at the beginning of the file,
> > so I'd have to scroll through the whole thing before I could start
> > scanning new text).
> > 
> > So I'm wondering, are there other ways that people have accomplished
> > this sort of thing?  Is there any desktop software that will work with
> > a flatbed scanner to do OCR _just_ on text that's somehow tagged
> > (highlighted, for instance!)?  Or better pen scanners?  (Linux
> > preferrably as dekstop OS, but I know I'm pushing it....)
> > 
> > 
> > This would be such a Holy Grail for students, or at least me as a
> > student -- to be able to have digital, searchable files of my
> > "highlights" from a book.  Worst case scenerio I'm thinking I'll
> > markup the physical text with good old pen while reading (can't be
> > beat for speed) and then go over the sections with the Quicklink
> > during some horribly boring times of my life.  But I sure am hoping
> > for better ideas....
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks very much,
> > 
> > C K
> > 
> > 
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