Re: [Update] Text Grab 4.14.2

p-0 0-h the cat (coder) wrote:
> p-0 0-h the cat (coder) wrote:
>> John C. wrote:
>>>> I use ABBVY Screenshot Reader. It was a giveaway probably still
>>>> available and of course you could xxx it. It's got a way better offline
>>>> OCR engine than anything else I have encountered. Multi language. So if
>>>> you can find the giveaway.
>>
>>> Long ago (around 2014 or '15), I ratholed the "ABBYY Screenshot Reader
>>> bonus.exe" download. I don't know if it's a setup file or a portable
>>> application or if it requires a password though.
>>
>> "ABBYY Screenshot Reader bonus.exe" was a Christmas giveaway. It must
>> be the one I'm using as I have no other version archived CRC32
>> 28AA5F18 and it has a Digital Signature. I don't think it has a
>> password. There's something which says Register but I cannot find
>> details. It's unlikely as I archive everything. It was Christmas 2011
>> so Windows 7, so I must have reinstalled on Windows 10 and upgraded to
>> Windows 11 so if there was a password I must have extracted it by
>> waterboarding Shit the cat, obviously a possibility, so I inquired and
>> was met with a wall of emotional blackmail. I think he was bluffing
>> though, his nose was twitching, dead giveaway. It's an install Product
>> Version 9.010.48359811
> 
> Help files says "Registration is optional"

Good to know. Have to wonder what info is required for registration
though. Oh well, since I'd never register the program anyway, who cares.
>>>> Going back to ShareX what I learnt was if you are having problems blow
>>>> up the screengrab in Irfanview and screegrab that in ABBVY Screenshot
>>>> Reader, I found x2 works jolly well usually, as good as ShareX without
>>>> the online.
>>> Agree, I've been doing this for years in order to get better OCR
>>> results.
>>>
>>> The main reason I'd use Text Grab would be to get the text from alert
>>> and error windows that don't allow copying.
>>>
>>> For OCRing large documents that aren't of a private nature, I just use
>>> Google Keep. I find that it's "Grab Text" feature is very accurate.
>>>
>>> I really miss ABBYY Finereader 4.0, which (I'm sure you know) was a
>>> giveaway. I was unable to reinstall it after putting W10 Pro on this
>>> computer.
>>
>> Yes, I never solved that one either. I tried everything I could think
>> of but nada, nobbled.
-- 
John C. No ad, CD, cripple, demo, nag, pay, pirated, share, spy,
time-limited, trial or web wares for me please. I filter crossposts,
various trolls & dizum.com. This makes ACF easier to read. Take back
tech corporations from India & industry back from China.