I've found this proggie very useful for OCR scanning.
Its web-based and free.
http://www.expervision.com/webtr6.htm
"Are you tired of spending time searching for the best OCR package? Let ExperVision put an end to your search! ExperVision is proud to introduce the FREE WebOCR, the web client version of TypeReader 6.0 Professional. Now you can enjoy the world's fastest and most accurate OCR software for free. No more disturbing try-and-buy pop-ups, no more annoying limitations, WebOCR just gives all the greatest features of TypeReader Professional 6.0 delivered free to your desktop!
WebOCR connects to ExperVision's free OCR server across the Internet. The resource-consuming recognition process is completely done by ExperVision's online server delivered to your desktop in real-time speed!. As long as you have an Internet connection, you can get scanned documents converted into electronic files within seconds with maximum reliability. WebOCR accepts color, grayscale and B/W images from either scanner or file. With an unparalleled recognition technology to support 2618 fonts, it can process documents of various fonts in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish. Users can choose to output to various formats including MS Word, Excel or HTML."
Hope this helps.
brett
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