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Image processing. TextBridge Pro provides the widest support
of images from a variety of sources. Specifically, the program
imports and recognizes on-line document images in TIFF and
PICT formats originating from fax modems and other sources.
Deferred processing. TextBridge Pro enables you to scan all
pages of a document to TIFF or PICT image files, then later
queue up the image files for document recognition.
AppleScript interface. With AppleScript, you can run
TextBridge Pro from scripts, without using the keyboard or
mouse. Thus, you can automate repetitive tasks, such as
detecting and recognizing fax files as they are received on your
system. TextBridge Pro is fully scriptable and recordable. It not
only responds to Apple events, but also allows you to write your
own scripts by recording the events as they occur.
Output text formats. TextBridge Pro supports a number of
output text formats, including word processor, spreadsheet,
desktop publishing, HTML, and database formats.
Preview with manual zoning. TextBridge Pro provides a set of
tools for previewing page images before processing them. In
preview mode, you can manually identify areas of page images to
be processed, capturing only the data you need. With TextBridge
Pro's exclusive Smart Zones™ feature, you can identify graphics
on the page image and still have the program perform document
recomposition.
Smart Zones are especially useful for line art or halftones
that also contain text. TextBridge Pro cannot always
automatically detect such graphics and might therefore try to
process them as text.
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