What: Scanning and OCR software By: Hamrick Software Cost: $49.99 standard edition; $89.85 professional edition Download: www.hamrick.com VueScan is advanced scanning software that can help your scanner work better. It supports more than 400 scanners and 157 camera raw files. The program excels at transparency scanningsupporting more than 100 brands of negative filmand at scanning faded slides and prints. It can also handle batch scanning. The software automatically adjusts image color balance, saving you from having to do this later in a photo editor. Scans can be saved as PDF files and even as TIFF and JPEG files simultaneously at different resolutions. VueScan also includes optical character recognition that is integrated with the scanning software. The figure shows the default Start screen. Why I like it: VueScan can help you get more out of your scanner with less work, and the inclusion of OCR functionality means you won't have to buy a separate OCR program. |