Text Bridge OCR for Macintosh

  1. Text Bridge brings full featured optical character recognition (OCR) to Macintosh systems. Easily. Economically. Complete integration with Mac technology lets you use Text Bridge for effortless management of paper documents as well as electronic faxes. One look at the performance and you won't believe the price!
  2. OCR eliminates the time, expense and error of re-keying important documents. Text Bridge OCR for the Mac lets you start with virtually any document - even those in less-than-perfect condition and convert it to usable electronic text. Then edit, store, search or distribute it. Use Text Bridge to cross over to accurate electronic text.
  3. Text Bridge is perfect for use with all word processing, document image management and publishing applications. It's easy to use. And it's extremely accurate. Text Bridge works with the most popular scanners and fax modems to quickly convert typewritten, photocopied or faxed documents into formatted text. Text Bridge also supports the latest industry standards such as TWAIN and Apple Script.

Printed documents were made for Text Bridge. It brings paper back to life!

Perhaps you're just considering the benefits of document recognition for the first time. Or maybe you're an OCR enthusiast who's looking for greater accuracy and ease of use. Text Bridge is the answer!

Text Bridge creates manageable electronic files from all kinds of documents:

XIS introduces full functionality at a fraction of the cost!

  1. Text Bridge for the Mac delivers the most sought-after OCR features. And it consistently achieves superior recognition accuracy. Easily. Get the performance you thought you would find only in software costing three or four times as much.
  2. Superior Recognition Accuracy Text Bridge reads documents containing mixed typefaces, graphics or multi-columns. It recognizes old or degraded text accurately Even light, dark, smudged or broken characters. Text Bridge recognition also provides unparalleled accuracy on fax documents. The Lexifier(TM) further improves recognition accuracy by using the knowledge of words, and predefined patterns to improve initial recognition. (The letter "O", for example, is less often confused with a zero.)

One-Button Operation Text Bridge has been designed to be extraordinarily easy to use.

Many operations, such as Page Orientation- are performed automatically Text Bridge also features Automatic Page Segmentation which zones the page, removes photos and halftones and even handles text wrapped around graphics. Text Bridge even detects low resolution documents and automatically triggers the fax filter for better recognition accuracy.

Improved User Interaction.- The powerful Word Verifier lets you easily interact with the OCR process. View, confirm and correct words while recognition is in progress. The software learns from your corrections, virtually eliminating the tedium of correcting recurring errors.

Multiple Zone Capability The Text Bridge Preview Window-gives you advanced multi-zone capabilities, supporting up to 127 zones! Quickly zoom in to determine the quality of the document and zone the text on complex documents. The Preview Window aids in the recognition of complex documents and accelerates the process by letting you recognize only those sections of the document that you need.

Support for Multiple TIFF Files -The TIEF Queue allows you to quickly process multiple TlFF files as a single document. Text Bridge also handles multiple page TIFF files received from fax applications.

Advanced Features for System 7 Support for Apple Script-lets you create your own custom work flow. For example, you could have Text Bridge automatically process all incoming faxes in the background. On-line balloon help makes it all effortless.

  1. EDIT IT! Automatically convert paper documents to your favorite word processing applications. Revise or reformat... fast! All text becomes workable - even multiple columns and complex tables.
  2. STORE IT! Put valuable documents - like electronic or paper faxes - into an efficient storage system. Takes up less disk space than if scanned and stored as TIFF image.
  3. SEARCH IT ! Provide a powerful front end to any text search and retrieval system. Input text from diverse sources. Team with search and retrieval software to locate anything by inputting key words or phrases.
  4. DISTRIBUTE IT! Put documents on-line, then or fax to others. Fits into most workflow applications. Quickly input contracts and proposals for distribution to appropriate work groups for sharing the work process.

Basic Text Bridge Specifications

System Requirements

Input Devices Supported

Directly drives the following scanners

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Any scanner or fax modem that produces standard TIFF files, TIFF uncompressed, Group III or Group IV, Pack Bits, PICT Any TWAIN-compliant device, Hewlett-Packard's AccuPage technology for HP IIc & HP IIp scanners, Supports automatic document feeders (where available). Page sizes: Letter, Legal, A4. User selectable brightness. Adjustable scan resolution, up to 400 x 400 (where available)

Output Formats

Features : Preview Window, Zoom image, Multiple text zones for processing, Dim image.

  1. Save page images (TIFF, PICT) : On-line Balloon help, Automatically remembers all preferences, Page Orientation: portrait, landscape,auto-detect.
  2. Automatic OCR: True omnifont recognition, Text point size: 6-72, Virtually any printed document, including dirty smudged or poor quality pages.
  3. Automatic page segmentation: Multi-column documents, Locates text and image zones (removes images), Determines correct read order, Zones can be non-rectangular.
  4. Automatic page orientation detection : Fax switch, Optimized for fax documents, Maintains text attributes: indentation (tabs), centering, bold, italics, underline, super/subscriptsand font size recognition.
  5. Halftone/photo removal : Speeds recognition on pages with photos.
  6. Apple Script: Supports Apple Script and Apple events.Direct access to Text Bridge OCR from any application that supports Apple Script fully scriptable and recordable.

Multiple Language Support:

Text Bridge reads text in eleven languages,

English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish are included with Text Bridge, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Portuguese, Norwegian and Swedish are available separately.

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