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rjbull:
That seems to be what Evernote Plus ($39.95) claims to do...

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The trouble is, I'll have 100 documents at a time, each with unique handwriting.  I've yet to see the software that can handle it, outside of HUGELY expensive applications (and they're not perfect).
-cranioscopical (February 13, 2007, 10:55 PM)
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I should have made it clearer that that's what the beta of EverNote Plus 2.0 claims to do, rather than the existing version.  You have a stiff test regime; maybe you should apply to be a beta tester  :)

cranioscopical:
what I need is something that can read and convert tens of thousands of handwritten pages [from many different hands, in many different layouts] into editable and searchable text.)
-cranioscopical (January 19, 2007, 05:41 PM)
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This seems like it might be a task for the "Amazon Mechanical Turk" (http://requester.mturk.com/mturk/welcome).
You can scan the documents into image files...If you do this, please let us know how it goes.-mwb1100 (February 14, 2007, 12:52 AM)
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Thanks for the link, it's nice of you to post it for me.  I'll take a look as soon as I have a bit more time to experiment.  The problem is that my stuff is time critical.  Currently I employ people directly who read and type the material, and it has to be in a specific format  Computers ought to be able to handle these kinds of operations, and probably can if I can just find the right contacts/software/combinations thereof.   

cranioscopical:
I should have made it clearer that that's what the beta of EverNote Plus 2.0 claims to do, rather than the existing version.  You have a stiff test regime; maybe you should apply to be a beta tester  :)-rjbull (February 14, 2007, 09:41 AM)
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Yes, good idea, that should bring them to their knees :D

sboals:
I wrote up some info on how to examine the features of a new scanner and make the right choice:

http://www.scanguru.com/page.php?15

brotherS:
I wrote up some info on how to examine the features of a new scanner and make the right choice:

http://www.scanguru.com/page.php?15
-sboals (February 26, 2007, 09:47 PM)
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Nice! What about linking that page to this thread?

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