Date:  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 07:48:26 -0500
From:  madodelatptdprolog.net
Subject:  [VOICENWS] Philadelphia OS/2 Mtg: Wed, Nov 28th

From: "Larry Lavins" <llavinsatworldnet.att.net> 

.                PHILADELPHIA OS/2 USER GROUP
.                  http://www.phillyos2.org

The Philadelphia OS/2 User Group invites all interested computer users to
attend the November monthly meeting:
  
.        WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2001  7:00 - 10:00 PM
.   The Episcopal Academy, 376 N. Latches Lane, Merion, PA
  
.        ***  NOVEMBER 28th FEATURE PRESENTATION  ***
.      -- Manipulating & Organizing Scanned Material --
  
During the past year or two, greatly reduced prices for scanners have made
them most affordable. And consequently, scanners have become very popular
products in the small business and consumer markets, for OS/2 as well as
Windows platforms.
  
In the last 5 years, Philadelphia OS/2 UG member Vadim Kavalerov has
scanned tens of thousands of pages, exclusively on OS/2. He has
accumulated several applications proved useful for different aspects of
scanning, preprocessing and organizing images, mostly black-and-white text
documents.
  
At the November meeting, Vadim will demonstrate the following applications
using an HP6350 color scanner:
  
CopyShop: An easy-to-use control panel for a scanner, printer, and fax
software (FaxWorks).
  
Applause: A very fast viewer.
  
ReView: A document manager with built-in document database.
It's most valuable in editing large multi-page documents.
  
JView: An amazing shareware image editing software that has
a powerful REXX API that lets you write simple programs for
automating routine repetitive tasks.
  
ColorWorks: A heavy-weight image processor, mostly useful for advanced
tasks on color images.
  
BatchOCR: Can convert hundreds of pages of scanned text into
text documents completely automatically that is useful for
storing them into a database.
  
Some of the above applications, despite being useful and of good quality,
have been abandoned by their publishers. STI is one of the few remaining
strongholds of OS/2 scanning software. Visit STI's website to view their
products: http://www.stiscan.com.
  
Larry Lavins will also discuss the use of PMSANE/SANE for use with his
UMAX Astra 1220S SCSI scanner.
  
Other agenda items, as time permits, include U/G business items, OS/2
news, Q&A session, new releases and raffles. The usual free refreshments
will also be available.
  
Mark the date and time: Wednesday, November 28th, at 7:00pm.
OS/2 meetings are open and free for OS/2 users, their guests
and others interested in learning about OS/2 and associated
technologies. We have a very full agenda, so also please try
to be on time promptly by 7:00pm.
  
OS/2 meetings are open and free for OS/2 users, their guests
and others interested in learning about OS/2 and associated
technologies.
  
.    WE SUPPORT THE JAVA LOBBY:  http://www.javalobby.org
  
Further information, directions to Episcopal Academy, and other useful
information about the OS/2 U/G activities may be found on our web site at
http://www.phillyos2.org, or contact U/G Leader Larry Lavins:
llavinsatworldnet.att.net, or phone (215) 878-9609. - -
Larry Lavins  <llavinsatworldnet.att.net>
Leader, Philadelphia OS/2 User Group


                           
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