From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 22 17:25:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46F3537B401 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [63.93.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A615643E81 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:25:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost.wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7N0PRuF081313; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:25:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) with ESMTP id g7N0PMiB081310; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:25:23 -0600 (MDT)?g (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:25:22 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Kent Hauser Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: document scanning In-Reply-To: <3D61FA1F.8010903@tfd.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Kent Hauser wrote: > What package (if any) are people using these days for document scanning > under FBSD? > Suggestions for flatbed scanners for use with same would be appreciated! I think xsane has an OCR mode, if that's what you mean. As for scanners, it depends on what interface you're planning on using. See http://www.mostang.com/sane My Epson 1640 USB scanner has worked well, but I've just used it as a photocopier so far. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message