<s>
VueScan	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
computer	O
program	O
for	O
image	B-Application
scanning	I-Application
,	O
especially	O
of	O
photographs	O
,	O
including	O
negatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
(	O
OCR	O
)	O
of	O
text	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VueScan	B-Operating_System
is	O
intended	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
image	B-Application
scanners	I-Application
,	O
excluding	O
specialised	O
professional	O
scanners	O
such	O
as	O
drum	O
scanners	O
,	O
on	O
many	O
computer	O
operating	O
systems	O
(	O
OS	O
)	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
drivers	B-Application
for	O
the	O
scanner	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
scanners	O
are	O
supplied	O
with	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
and	O
software	O
to	O
operate	O
them	O
,	O
included	O
in	O
their	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2014	O
review	O
considered	O
that	O
the	O
reasons	O
to	O
purchase	O
VueScan	B-Operating_System
are	O
to	O
allow	O
older	O
scanners	O
not	O
supported	O
by	O
drivers	B-Application
for	O
newer	O
operating	O
systems	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
more	O
up-to-date	O
systems	O
and	O
for	O
better	O
scanning	O
and	O
processing	O
of	O
photographs	O
(	O
prints	O
;	O
also	O
slides	O
and	O
negatives	O
when	O
supported	O
by	O
scanners	O
)	O
than	O
is	O
afforded	O
by	O
manufacturers	O
 '	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
did	O
not	O
report	O
any	O
advantages	O
to	O
VueScan	B-Operating_System
's	O
processing	O
of	O
documents	O
over	O
other	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
considered	O
VueScan	B-Operating_System
comparable	O
to	O
SilverFast	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
similar	O
program	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
some	O
specific	O
scanners	O
better	O
in	O
one	O
or	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vuescan	B-Operating_System
supports	O
more	O
scanners	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
purchase	O
giving	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
full	O
range	O
of	O
both	O
film	O
and	O
flatbed	O
scanners	O
,	O
and	O
costs	O
less	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VueScan	B-Operating_System
program	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
drivers	B-Application
or	O
with	O
drivers	B-Application
supplied	O
by	O
the	O
scanner	O
manufacturer	O
,	O
if	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VueScan	B-Operating_System
drivers	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
without	O
the	O
VueScan	B-Operating_System
program	O
by	O
application	O
software	O
that	O
supports	O
scanning	O
directly	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
,	O
again	O
enabling	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
scanners	O
without	O
current	O
manufacturers	O
 '	O
drivers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
when	O
Apple	O
released	O
macOS	B-Device
Catalina	I-Device
,	O
they	O
removed	O
support	O
for	O
running	O
32-bit	O
programs	O
,	O
including	O
32-bit	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
for	O
scanning	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
,	O
Hamrick	O
released	O
VueScan	B-Operating_System
9.7	O
,	O
effectively	O
saving	O
thousands	O
of	O
scanners	O
from	O
being	O
rendered	O
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VueScan	B-Operating_System
enables	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
modify	O
and	O
fine-tune	O
the	O
scanning	O
parameters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
uses	O
its	O
own	O
independent	O
method	O
to	O
interface	O
with	O
scanner	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
support	O
many	O
older	O
scanners	O
under	O
computer	O
operating	O
systems	O
for	O
which	O
drivers	B-Application
are	O
not	O
available	O
,	O
allowing	O
old	O
scanners	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
newer	O
platforms	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
otherwise	O
support	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VueScan	B-Operating_System
supports	O
an	O
increasing	O
number	O
of	O
scanners	O
and	O
digital	O
cameras	O
;	O
2,400	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
2,100	O
on	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
and	O
1,900	O
on	O
Linux	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VueScan	B-Operating_System
is	O
supplied	O
as	O
one	O
downloadable	O
file	O
for	O
each	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
the	O
full	O
range	O
of	O
scanners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VueScan	B-Operating_System
supports	O
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
(	O
OCR	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
English	O
included	O
and	O
32	O
additional	O
language	O
packages	O
available	O
on	O
its	O
Web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2011	O
,	O
VueScan	B-Operating_System
co-developer	O
Ed	O
Hamrick	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
selling	O
US$3	O
million	O
per	O
year	O
of	O
VueScan	B-Operating_System
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
