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Thinking of incorporating some historical text into my product, but all there is is scanned images of dispatches (200 years old).
The material is long enough I'm not up to typing it in.
Windows 10 has OCR built in. Found an MS sample app that allows you to select an image file and it will extract the text. I used it on a page that was skewed, and it missed only 2 letters.
Big time saver for something that just works if you need to import a few paragraphs of text or more. C#, UWP.
OCR sample - Code Samples | Microsoft Docs
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Very useful. Bookmarked.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Did I read this right? A MS sample that just works?
What's the catch?
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I think the answer is "posted by Raymond Chen" 
TTFN - Kent
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I found that the locally installed version of OneNote also allows you to extract text from picture
paste the picture into a notebook (if it comes from the internet then you may need to paste and copy via Paint) and then right click and "Text from picture"
I say installed as the windows store app doesn't do it
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Oh yes, it appears HP is pulling as big boners as Microsoft. So, Saturday, my wife's OfficeJet died. It was a faithful servant for over 10+ years, so we got our money's worth. Daughter needs to print homework, and I find out my faithful Samsung wireless printer (10+ years) has died as well. Hmmm.
FWIW, now is not a good time for one to need a printer. Most of the shelves are empty, and I think what is left is questionable. The first replacement HP turned on, flashed all of it's lights like crazy, turned off and that was it - dead.
The next HP came from Amazon. It's paper tray was incorrectly assembled - it won't take 8.5x11 paper. Good QC HP. That's going back as soon as we get the return label printed.
Third printer I find at a local office supply. And here begins my rant. HP now requires an online account associated with the specific printer so that they can help me monitor my printers. It's all up in the cloud somewhere. This is before they will allow me to install drivers or do anything else.
Whatever happened to just installing the drivers and moving on with life? 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Solution - don't take the recommended selections.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Then I hope my current HP printer lasts a lot longer.
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Cancel the order, get a Laser.
You plug it in, you print, you turn it off. It just works, unlike inkjets that dry up and have to be "persuaded" to print if you leave them for a couple of months.
And the toner may be expensive, but ... a full set of compatible toners (CMYK) lasts ~1500 pages and the last set cost me £50.48 from Amazon. Which is a load less than I used to pay for inkjets once I figure in the full-but-dried-up cartridges I threw away! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I agree, but this is for SHMBO.
I have my eye on a laser for my office. We don't do that much heavy printing.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Nor do I - that's why I got a laser.
I may have six months of no printing, maybe a year. Or a week - it's at Herself's demand (she's something of a Luddite).
And every damn time I turned on the injket, it would need a cartridge, or a clean, or a nozzle check, or ... Every. Damn. Time.
And that wastes my time, my paper, my ink.
The laser? It sits in a corner with a cover over it (to keep the cat out more than anything) and I plug it in, print, and unplug it. It's really that easy. The toner that came with it lasted me a year or two, and that's with printing the Christmas cards two Decembers!
Just remember: inkjet - and laser - printers are there to sell consumables. With HP, you get what? 120 sheets per cartridge? And that's £13 or so each. Lasers may seem more expensive, but they save money in the long run!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: it would need a cartridge, or a clean, or a nozzle check, or ... Every. Damn. Time.
Exactly my experience as well. I bought a Brother laser printer last year, and it just works, every damn time. For the number of prints I do, the cartridge that came with the machine should last a good long time.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Amen.
I recently bought a Brother colour laser printer to replace another Brother colour laser printer that broke down after 8 years.
It may not reorder supplies over the net, but it does everything else (it prints, in colour, double-sided). It's also not going to stop printing if/when Brother in their infinite wisdom decide its time for an upgrade...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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About three years ago I got an old HP 2600n colour laser for free (discarded by my office when they upgraded to giant printers for the entire office). I had to buy a couple of new cartridges (it takes four, black plus CYM) which cost $26 each and I got a spare yellow and magenta cartridge from my office (for free again as they were discarded with the "obsolete" printer) for when they run out (they are at 50%).
This thing sits in the corner and prints pretty much instantly and perfectly any time I or Herself needs it. Sometimes it goes months without any printing then happily wakes up, prints and goes back to sleep - basically no maintenance at all!
On my shelf I have three old inkjets. A wide-carriage Canon I thought I might need for printing maps - used twice; not used again for over eight years now; probably never will be. Also a couple of HPs which always were a problem, needing new cartridges/print head combos every time I needed them. Haven't used either of them for over three years now.
Laser Printers Rule!!!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Here here, well said! I have an HP Color Laserjet Pro MFP M477fdw which cost around £300 5 years ago, it prints, copies, scans (would fax too I think) and using 3rd party cartridges it costs peanuts to run. As Griff says, no more scrapped ink cartridges because you haven't printed for a few weeks. Honestly, over 5 years (and it's still working perfectly) it's cost way less than previous ink jet printers and much less hassle.
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charlieg wrote: I have my eye on a laser for my office.
Just be sure not to look into the laser with your remaining eye!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Exactly why I bought a little Brother monochrome laser printer a week ago  I have a Canon multifunction that has a pretty nice scanner, but the printing part has frustrated me. I tried refill ink, but that didn't work out.
I had my eye on another cheaper laser printer, but the toners are almost twice the printer's price. The Brother's toner are more affordable and there are generics available as well for half the price.
The 1 toner=1000 pages is a bit of a marketing ploy - it's usually at 5% coverage, which isn't a lot.
Ink tank printers seem to be more affordable to run than traditional inkjets if you print frequently and need colour.
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OriginalGriff wrote: unlike inkjets that dry up and have to be "persuaded" to print if you leave them for a couple of months.
Ahhh, it's not just me then. I very seldom print anything, but when I do need to: Nope! New cartridges needed. Very annoying - and, yes, it works out being very expensive at two ink cartridges for every 2-3 A4 sheets that I print.
Are there no "tricks of the trade" to bring dried up ink cartridges back to life?
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What really got my back up was when I wanted to scan a document ... and it wouldn't scan because it didn't like an ink cartridge ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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How large can I print my photographs with one?
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Mine goes up to A4 - but you can get A3 (and possibly larger) if you don't mind paying a lot more for it.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I do mind. My current ink jet does A3 and I'm using it for 11"x17" prints.
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The printers of yore: my LaserJet 6MP keeps printing, and printing, and printing. Slow but steady. It's 24 years young and by a long stretch the oldest piece of technology I still use everyday.
In those days HP was a legend not a laughing stock.
Mircea
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