From: B.J. Guillot
    To: Gary Kopycinski
Thread: Suggestion....  (1/1)
  Date: 26-Apr-97, 12:51pm  (Ref# 5268)

> You do include a MAKEFAX program with the software.  What about the other way
> around?  What about a MAKETXT option?  I find it difficult to select, copy or
> paste text from faxes into other faxes, and I would like that capability.  No
> doubt one would lose the images, but being able to copy and manipulate the te
> would be a nice option.  To do this under my present configuration, I would
> have to upgrade Faxworks for OS/2 from Lite to Pro, and I'm not ready to do
> that yet.
> Is there another option that I'm missing?
 
There is no way to go from FAX to ASCII with the BGFAX package.  What you
are requesting is OCR (optical character recognition), and it is a very
complicated process.  I don't expect to ever see an OCR program to come in 
the BGFAX package.  I once checked into licensing an OCR program to
include with BGFAX for registered users, but the company wanted $100 per
copy, and since BGFAX costs only $25 per copy, you can probably see my
delima.  :-) 
 
Regards,
bgfax author