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SharpEye (exe): Scan music with our highly acclaimed music scanning program SharpEye. You can use SharpEye to scan and convert printed sheet music into a music notation file or a MIDI file which can then be imported into a music notation program or MIDI sequencer. This process is called music OCR by...; Tags: MIDI, Music, Optical Character Recognition, DGSoft, Music Notation; Software downloads 2008-05-07
Express Recognition Server - OCR (exe): Server-based OCR software that uses the worlds best Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanning technology to scan images, recognize text and apply that text to the resulting PDF, making the document a fully searchable PDF that is easy to share and customize. Version 4 has new packaging, pricing, and XPS support.; Tags: Adobe PDF, Server, Optical Character Recognition, Adlib Software; Software downloads 2008-03-27
DeXtor: The DeXtor software is an image processing software. DeXtor is an OCR software which stands for Optical Character Recognition Bmp, Jpg and such image files which have textual contents cannot be converted to text files. An OCR however loads an image file scans all the pixels and recognizes the text...; Tags: Alphabet, Child, Optical Character Recognition, Abstract Algorithms, DeXtor, DeXtor Software; Software downloads 2008-03-07
First+thoughts+on+the+Evernote+Web+public+beta+and+the+incredible+search+technology: First+thoughts+on+the+Evernote+Web+public+beta+and+the+incredible+search+technologyLooks cool!looks cool - I signed up to receive an invite and installed the software. Worth a look, especially if it works with my mobile device!Can Evernote do this...?Not to downplay Evernote, but it sounds like OneNote has been able to all of those things for a very long...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Web browsers, Opera Mini, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, EverNote Web, mobile, EverNote, optical character recognition; Discussion threads 2008-02-27
App will let you take document photos with your cellphone camera, then perform flawless OCR scan: App will let you take document photos with your cellphone camera, then perform flawless OCR scanAwesomeI love this. How cool.But I can see problems.Just for the sake of argument, I forsee:Copyright/Trademark infringement when someone photographs a logo or something that they like and it winds up in their document...; Tags: photograph, cellphone camera, camera, cell phone; Discussion threads 2007-10-24

Tech Truth - Time is Money: OCR Enhances Productivity for Law Firms -- Large and Small: For most law firms, there aren't enough hours in the day to get all the work done and shuffling paper eats up time like nothing else. The average legal practice is buried under an avalanche of paper. Finding the right paperwork still requires a human being to dig through...; Tags: Law Firm, Optical Character Recognition, ABBYY USA, Litigation, Business Operations; White papers 2007-06-14
Google backs character-recognition research: Google backs character-recognition researchOCRActually, OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition, not Optimal Character Recognition as stated in the article.Google backs character-recognition researchJust another way for Google to get your documents in a digital format so they can harvest them and sell them. Plus the abundant security risks after Google has...; Tags: Google Inc., optical character recognition, character-recognition; Discussion threads 2007-04-11

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Blaupunkt New Orleans MP58: The New Orleans MP58 shows that Blaupunkt customers get what they pay for. In contrast with the Brisbane SD48 that we reviewed recently, the New Orleans MP58is a stylish head unit with a well-thought-out interface for letting drivers search their MP3 files with ease. It may not have the...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, New Orleans MP58, Blaupunkt, disc, display; Product reviews 2008-05-09
Psystar: Just how loud is it? (updated 2x): Today was my second day with my spankin' new Psystar Open Computer. Following are some observations. I don't have a wireless card in it yet and my desk is too far away from my router to string an Ethernet cable, so I'm offline for the...; Tags: Database Administrator, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-09
A new must-read for math/science teachers: I stumbled across an extraordinary children's book at our local library (for a town of 600, we somehow manage to have a great library). The book, though published in 1995, is still available new on Amazon. Called Math Curse, it was written by John Scieszca, and answers that fundamental...; Tags: Cereal, Teacher, Math Curse, Fibonacci, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-08
HP Officejet J6480: The Officejet J6480 is Hewlett-Packard's newest all-in-one printer with a host of features designed to appeal to small-to-midsize businesses that want a low-cost, feature-rich device capable of handling projects across the board. This $200 multifunction printer certainly delivers everything you want in an AIO: Autoduplexing, photo finishing, one-touch faxing, a...; Tags: Printers, Fax, Officejet J6480, printer, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Product reviews 2008-05-08
An idea about teaching Linux to the MCSE community: An idea about teaching Linux to the MCSE communityIt's not about shellsIt's about where things are and what they're called.Remember we can have the scripts configure gnome to look like windows and pop up wintel like menus too.Put the cart before the horse.You'll need to get them all into the...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Unix, server, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
ImagesInfo Barcode Reader Toolkit (4_Trial): Barcode Reader Toolkit is an easy to use software development component for barcode recognition from images on Microsoft Windows. The toolkit accepts most common barcode symbologies. It is designed for rapid development. Developers are not required with extensive knowledge about imaging technology or barcode specification, nor need extra imaging toolkits....; Tags: Imaging, Toolkit, ImagesInfo, Barcode Reader Toolkit, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting; Software downloads 2008-05-08
SimpErhu (Chinese Language Version) (exe): SimpErhu package enables a user of Microsoft Word to create professional quality, editable Jianpu or Numbered Musical Notation document with ease, with Erhu's specific use in mind. The SimpErhu true type font was designed for Erhu scores so it contains many Erhu specific symbols. The accompanying Word template file contains...; Tags: Font, SimpErhu Freeware, Keyboards, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Hardware, Peripherals, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-07
SimpErhu (English Language Version) (exe): SimpErhu package enables a user of Microsoft Word to create professional quality, editable Jianpu or Numbered Musical Notation document with ease, with Erhu's specific use in mind. The SimpErhu true type font was designed for Erhu scores so it contains many Erhu specific symbols. The accompanying Word template file contains...; Tags: Font, SimpErhu Freeware, Keyboards, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Hardware, Peripherals, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-07
Kid-Key-lock (exe): Kid-Key-Lock is a simple program to selectively lock specific keyboard and mouse functions. You can use kid-key-lock to lock any of the mouse buttons, double clicks and/or the mouse wheel. Regarding the keyboard, Kid-Key-Lock can be used to lock character keys, navigation keys, function keys and/or system shortcuts (such as...; Tags: Mouse, Kid-Key-lock, Mice, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-05-07
Wallpaper: '50s' Intoxication (1): A black & white intoxified, moviesque image. A half-focused view. A drugged main character in a Private Dick (Investigator) movie. With a '70s' photocopier, twenty years later their child repeats. A large space, well lit, a woman or a plant, hourglass figure dead ahead. The large column could easily get...; Tags: Frequency, Copiers, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-07
Logitech G15 Keyboard (Revision 2): Somehow we missed Logitech's update to its G15 Keyboard last year. It started showing up in our lab recently with a few high-end gaming PCs that spurred us to give it the full review treatment. We're glad we did. The new model improves on many facets of the original, elevating...; Tags: Monitors & displays, Keyboards, Logitech G15, Logitech, G-key, LCD screen, LCD, keyboard; Product reviews 2008-05-06
Handwriting recognition coming to iPhone: Handwriting recognition coming to iPhoneminor correctionFirst part of the article was in error referring to the program using Chinese "alphabet" as this system was written to recognize the whole characters themselves. The Chinese "alphabet" is a made up symbolic system based on phonetics that is so cumbersome that it...; Tags: alphabet, handwriting recognition, Apple iPhone; Discussion threads 2008-05-06