Need info on WinFax/WinFax Pro
Mike Allinger
I have a client who needs some information on WinFax and WinFax Pro. What
he's hoping to do is recieve a fax on his computer and be able to edit and
modify the text then send the document out again as a fax. What he really
wants to do is eliminate the need for a scanner. Most fax applications
that come with a data fax modem will simply open up a document and not
allow modification, right? Does WinFax go the extra mile and allow
modification of a recieved document?
Thank you for any information your willing to share. I don't even have an
address or phone number for the people who make WinFax, if someone would be
willing to share that I'd appreciate it. I'll be cross posting this to
some of the other Windows newsgroups. Feel free to post a response directly
to me. My internet i.d. is: ga...@cornell.edu.
Thanks again.
Mike Allinger
ga...@cornell.edu
Andre Madar
faxes it receives. There must be other Windows fax programs out there that do
the same--anyone care to add?
WinFax Lite, which I have, is a nice little no-frills program that does NOT do
any OCR, by the way.
Andre
Wayne Baldwin
G >he's hoping to do is recieve a fax on his computer and be able to edit and
G >allow modification, right? Does WinFax go the extra mile and allow
G >modification of a recieved document?
YES! It has an OCR capability to turn your fax back into text.
They also have a 30 day satisfaction guarentee.
G >address or phone number for the people who make WinFax, if someone would be
Delrina Technology, Inc
6830 Via Del Oro, STE 240
San Jose CA 95119-1352
(416) 441-0921
On Compuserve... GO DELRINA
E-Mail 72120...@compuserve.com
That is their tech support person, Line Robichald
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Russ Shipman
>From: ga...@cornell.edu (Mike Allinger)
>Subject: Need info on WinFax/WinFax Pro
>Date: 14 Dec 1993 14:20:01 GMT
>Hello folks,
WinFax Pro does have OCR capabilities as does other faxmodem sofware, but the
limited (you get what you pay for). I've found that the text must be very
clear and at least size 12 (or better 14). It doesn't do that go a job of
formatting, so if it is a complex doc the results of the OCR won't look like
the orginal. The software can output the fax as TIF files so that better OCR
software may be able to do a better job (part of the problem is that faxes are
not more the 200x200 dpi resolution).
BTW: The Intel Satisfaxtion 400 (internal) faxmodem can transmit and receive
binary files in fax mode (to/from another 400).
I have also heard of software that will transmit files as faxes to another
faxmodem.
--Russ
Mark Fraser
can't handle lists of > 100 names, of discovering that it simply doesn't
support my 24/48 faxmodem in my laptop, and discovering that their tech
support people, if and when available, fail my usual 3 criteria:
- Does this person know what he/she is talking about?
- Is this person telling the truth?
- Does this person really give a s*** about me?
I was given a copy of Eclipse fax to try out. It loaded immediately into
my PC, imported the fone book, worked on my laptop, and behaved in an
intuitive manner.
I bought the full package, with OCR, which works just fine, thank you.
I called tech support to ask if they supported the scanner I use - the
person said 'no, but it wil in the next version', and gave me a workaround.
Frankly, nationalistic pride aside (I'm a Canajun, so, presumably is Delrina)
I have made my choice, and it ain't Delrina. I guess, if they keep on
doing what they're doing, however, hanging on Microsoft's coat tails,
they might do ok from a financial point, but I don't want anyting to do with
them.....
Cheers / Mark