Is there a program or wizard I can use to scan in a page of typed text and edit it in word? I dont want to have to type it all out from scratch
2006-12-06 20:04:06 · 6 answers · asked by dockles bertie 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Do you already have a scanner? If you do, the scanner may already be bungled with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software. The OCR programme will change the scanned graphic image into text that can be edited in a wordprocessing programme, subject to the odd mis-interpretation requiring careful proof-reading on your part. Have a look at the disc that came with your scanner and see if there is an OCR programme on the disc. Some OCR info. here: http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/ocr/a/ocr.htm
2006-12-06 20:30:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you want is Optical personality attractiveness application. this can take the scanned image and extract the textual content from it. there are a kind of commercial products accessible. in case you do not ideas enhancing the web page after the test is performed, you should use any of the freeware variations. only search for the internet for OCR and %. between the loose application applications. once you're finished, make confident you spellcheck...and save!
2016-11-30 06:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are softwares available which can be used to trace text froma scanned source. This may not generate 100% correct context. you may however have to reedit the content after scanning. using word or any other text editor.
2006-12-06 20:08:07 · answer #3 · answered by pkp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll need to use an OCR application - the better ones are not free though... you'll probably spend less time by retyping it all manually at this point.
2006-12-06 20:07:57 · answer #4 · answered by tdierikx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scan it as pdf
save it as doc using acrobat
2006-12-06 20:21:33 · answer #5 · answered by iyiogrenci 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
copy and paste
2006-12-06 20:05:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋