How good is OCR?

["Marc A. Santacroce" <epubs -at- astound -dot- net>]

It's taken me close to a year to develop a series of manuals that are 
mandated by new FAA regulations affecting aircraft repair stations.  I 
am distributing the manuals an CD-ROM, with interactive Acrobat 
bookmarks. I'm off to a convention this weekend to peddle my wares.

A competitor is offering another product that consists of an MS Word 
outline into which customers can cut-and-past portions of their 
existing manuals. I can see this working for those who have an MS word 
version of their manuals, but many of the customer base just have a 
hardcopy version. Has OCR software improved such that this is a viable 
option? I can't see this working for a pdf import.

What does the group think?


Marc


Marc A. Santacroce
Owner/Senior Technical Writer
ePubs, Inc.

epubs -at- astound -dot- net


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