Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!laser-lovers From: laser-lovers@uw-beaver Newsgroups: fa.laser-lovers Subject: wanted info on OCR/Scanners Message-ID: <350@uw-beaver> Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 05:55:45 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.350 Posted: Sun Jan 6 05:55:45 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 03:27:07 EST Sender: daemon@uw-beaver Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 33 From: ihnp4!utcs!lidio@uw-beaver.arpa (Lidio Presutti) I have been requested to ask around for information about what "people" (or institutions) are charging for OCR (Optical Character Reading/Scanning). We at the University of Toronto, are evaluating the cost/charge for owning such a machine. What I would like is the following: 1) which machine (and model) are you using? [ie. Kurzweil 4000 or others] 2) what is being charged and how much? [ie. is charge based on number of characters read or the amount of operator time, or both, or other?] 3) what type of work is mostly done? [ie. "simple" text in Times Roman or other fonts. A rough brake down in percentage would be most usefull; something like -- 60% Times Roman, 15% Cyrillic fonts, 10% Greek fonts etc. Any other information would be appreciated.] 4) what is the machine configuration? [ie. offline with tape drive, or attached to a mainframe for data storage, etc.] Any other additional information, caveat emptors, etc. would be very welcomed. Please mail replies to: ...!{utzoo,decvax,ihnp4}!utcs!lidio If there are sufficient replies I will summarize. As they say -- "thanks in advance" Lidio Presutti Humanities Computer Application Support University of Toronto Computing Services