Ocr application how do i do this?

Question

everything i try to convert my scaned items to microsoft work it says an ocr app. provided for you on your cd in the ocr directory can someone help with what i need to do thanks

Answer 1

OCR stands for 'Optical Character Recognition'. This means that if you have a page of printed text or handwriting that is scanned into a computer, that the OCR program can convert this into editable text.

I cannot really help very much as I cannot fully understand what you mean. However, from your writing I can determine that you wish to convert an image into text so you can edit it in Microsoft Works, correct? Well then: http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2006/10/01/Free-OCR-software_3F00_-You-may-already-have-it_2E002E002E00_.aspx

Answer 2

I'm assuming you are scanning a text document.
Your scanner should have this capability.
Put the document on the scanner glass.
Open the scanner and click the help button - then search for OCR

Didn't your scanner come with a User's Guide? Probably on the CD with the driver.

If you saved the scanned document to a file, you can also try to convert it with this free, online converter at:
www.media-convert.com

I can't help you further because different scanners use different language. For example: after I place the document on the glass and click scan, I get an option to scan as a picture, document that can be edited (OCR), whatever. After I choose OCR, I indicate where the document is to be saved.