hi i have just tried a component for OCR in .NET and the results were pretty inacurrate. has anybody else been down this route before? can you please recommend a path for me to save me the time of evaluating lots of components that produce not satisfactory results.
any recommendations much appreciated. i dont mind buying in or coding myself. whatever works best and is cost effective.
thanks
Have you tried the MODI component which comes with Office? Check this article at CodeProject.
We have used Abby Fine Reader SDK in our project. It comes with a COM object which you can use in your .Net application. Success of the engine is good enough.
ABBYY's component is pretty expensive. I've evaluated Pegasus ImagXpress and Atalasoft DotImage and while I've found DotImage more accurate on full-page OCR, certain small portions of text which was difficult to recognize were better read by ImagXpress. I suggest you try demo versions of both and see what fits best for your needs.