Comments on: Doing OCR Batch Processing Using The ScanSnap And ABBYY FineReader http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/ Learn How To Go Paperless With Easy Document Tips | DocumentSnap Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:29:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: sarah http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/comment-page-1/#comment-707 sarah Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:29:53 +0000 http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/#comment-707 I have run about 100 documents through finereader but I am not sure what I should be looking for.The PDFs look the same except for the file name addition "processed by..." How do I know if it did a good job? Also, can I get rid of the old PDFs (the ones without the "processed by..." on the end)? I would like to have all of thesse PDFS OCRd before I put them into Devonthink pro office so that if I ever decide to use a different app, spotlight will still be able to search them.Thanks I have run about 100 documents through finereader but I am not sure what I should be looking for.The PDFs look the same except for the file name addition "processed by…"
How do I know if it did a good job? Also, can I get rid of the old PDFs (the ones without the "processed by…" on the end)?

I would like to have all of thesse PDFS OCRd before I put them into Devonthink pro office so that if I ever decide to use a different app, spotlight will still be able to search them.Thanks

]]> By: BrooksD http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/comment-page-1/#comment-706 BrooksD Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:31:14 +0000 http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/#comment-706 Ahh I see what you mean. I think if I were you I'd try the ABBYY instructions in the linked article since you have it installed automatically with ScanSnap already (or should) and then you don't need to mess around with AppleScript etc. Maybe what you can do is try say 5 PDFs using the methods in the linked article, and then try say 5 PDFs using Acrobat with these instructions<a href="http://www.documentsnap.com/use-acrobat-batch-processing-to-ocr-your-pdfs-easily/" target="_blank">http://www.documentsnap.com/use-acrobat-batch-pro...</a> and see which way gives you smaller files and better quality? Ahh I see what you mean. I think if I were you I'd try the ABBYY instructions in the linked article since you have it installed automatically with ScanSnap already (or should) and then you don't need to mess around with AppleScript etc.

Maybe what you can do is try say 5 PDFs using the methods in the linked article, and then try say 5 PDFs using Acrobat with these instructionshttp://www.documentsnap.com/use-acrobat-batch-pro... and see which way gives you smaller files and better quality?

]]> By: sarah http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/comment-page-1/#comment-705 sarah Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:09:41 +0000 http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/#comment-705 When I scanned everything with my scansnap (My whole file cabinet) I created regular PDFs because scanning with the Scansnap manager wouldnt queue the OCR and it would take forever to scan one document since I had to wait for the first document to finish OCRing before I could scan the second document When I scanned everything with my scansnap (My whole file cabinet) I created regular PDFs because scanning with the Scansnap manager wouldnt queue the OCR and it would take forever to scan one document since I had to wait for the first document to finish OCRing before I could scan the second document

]]> By: BrooksD http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/comment-page-1/#comment-704 BrooksD Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:58:43 +0000 http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/#comment-704 Hmm, normally you wouldn't need to drag to anything because the ScanSnap software should OCR it for you. Are you wanting to drag things to Acrobat or FineReader because OCRing every document takes too long so you want to do it all in one shot after scanning? Hmm, normally you wouldn't need to drag to anything because the ScanSnap software should OCR it for you. Are you wanting to drag things to Acrobat or FineReader because OCRing every document takes too long so you want to do it all in one shot after scanning?

]]> By: Sarah http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Sarah Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:38:34 +0000 http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/#comment-703 S1500m S1500m

]]> By: BrooksD http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/comment-page-1/#comment-702 BrooksD Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:35:20 +0000 http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/#comment-702 Hi Sarah, which ScanSnap do you have? Hi Sarah, which ScanSnap do you have?

]]> By: sarah http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/comment-page-1/#comment-701 sarah Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:26:48 +0000 http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/#comment-701 Which is better? Dragging the PDFs to FIneReader or Acrobat? My Scansnap came with Acrobat 8. Also, do I need to keep both versions of the PDF? the original and the one that was processed by FineReader? If not, whats a simple way to delete the original? Which is better? Dragging the PDFs to FIneReader or Acrobat? My Scansnap came with Acrobat 8. Also, do I need to keep both versions of the PDF? the original and the one that was processed by FineReader? If not, whats a simple way to delete the original?

]]> By: Leo http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Leo Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:55:33 +0000 http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/#comment-578 Does FineReader come with the ScanSnap? I have the S510M and don't see FineReader on my Mac. Thanks! Does FineReader come with the ScanSnap? I have the S510M and don't see FineReader on my Mac. Thanks!

]]> By: Michael F http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Michael F Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:54:38 +0000 http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/#comment-560 Whoops, now that I read the original post I see that is exactly what the linked article says. Duh. Whoops, now that I read the original post I see that is exactly what the linked article says. Duh.

]]> By: Michael F http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Michael F Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:53:14 +0000 http://www.documentsnap.com/doing-ocr-batch-processing-using-the-scansnap-and-abbyy-finereader/#comment-559 The easiest thing is just to scan everything to plain PDF, then run Finereader and drag a bunch of PDFs to its dock icon. As long as they were created in Scansnap, it should OCR them one after another, and save them as something like "Original_File_Name 1 processed by FineReader.pdf". There is some limit to the number of files you can do at once, but it's a fairly high one. The easiest thing is just to scan everything to plain PDF, then run Finereader and drag a bunch of PDFs to its dock icon. As long as they were created in Scansnap, it should OCR them one after another, and save them as something like “Original_File_Name 1 processed by FineReader.pdf”. There is some limit to the number of files you can do at once, but it’s a fairly high one.

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