LT>I have been checking into optical charter readers .  Line, hand, 
 LT>and
 LT>page.  On Computer Chronicles they were talking about using these items 
 LT>to
 LT>enter text and pictures directly into a word processor.
 LT>Will WP60B accept this type of input? Are there any special things to 
 LT>do? Is
 LT>the input accepted as ASCII text?  How is it processed before use.  Is 
 LT>it
 LT>worth the cost?
 LT>I was thinking of this because I sometimes come across articles that I 
 LT>wish
 LT>to save and hate the idea of typing it in by hand.
The current version of the Xerox Textbridge program will let you optionally 
store scanned files in WordPerfect 5.1 format. However, I prefer to use ASCII 
output for straight text; WP 5.1 only for text that contains tables or other 
highly formatted text.
 
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