Wnat OCR scanners actually do? Do they need some special software?
2006-09-10 12:51:32 · 6 answers · asked by gurru 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Generally Optical character recognition software is used to scan a document and attampt to recreate it in a text based doucument for editing. As scanners scan documents graphically you need special software to recognize the patterns as letters and determine exactly what letter it is.
2006-09-10 12:56:06 · answer #1 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. They are scanners that can scan typed text and allow you to edit the text. Other scanners are only capable of scanning into image format, but OCR scanners essentially allow creating a word-processing document from a scanned page.
OCR Scanners require OCR software, such as Text Bridge.
2006-09-10 12:56:46 · answer #2 · answered by gilly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. Its software that comes with a scanner, but you can by it on its own. What it does, is when you scan text, it turns the text into editable text, instead of an image of text you can't edit. An OCR scanner is probably just a scanner with OCR software.
2006-09-10 12:58:13 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OCR isn't a type of scanner, but rather a type of program which can be used with a scanner.
"OCR" stands for "optical character recognition". You see, normally when you scan something, it is saved as a picture. OCR finds text and scans it as text rather than as a picture.
2006-09-10 13:28:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
computer software designed to translate images of typewritten text into machine-editable text.
2006-09-10 12:57:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to:
http://www.mb-imaging.com/recognition/ocr_reader.htm
It explains it all.
2006-09-10 12:58:53 · answer #6 · answered by donnaline 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋