Hi! I am trying to see if there a way to scan a sheet of text and open the scanned image in Microsoft WORD, so that the resulting scan is now movable and usable text (letters, punctuation etc...).
I have an HP PSC 1210 all-in -one scanner now. I used to be able to do this using a feature called "scan to OCR" but that feature doesn't seem available on my HP scanner.
Does anyone know of any software that can do this and will either (1) work with my scanner model or (2) be able to interpret the resulting scanned files and recognize the letters and punctuation marks so that they can be edited in as regular text file?
Any suggestions would be a great help as I have TONS of documents I need to scan and work with (first drafts of stories etc). Thanks loads in advance!
2007-11-11 03:52:24 · 3 answers · asked by tom_chiayi 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Scanners
Hi. You need OCR software (Optical Character Recognition). Most scanners have this option. This may help you or at least get you started. http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2006/10/01/Free-OCR-software_3F00_-You-may-already-have-it_2E002E002E00_.aspx
2007-11-11 03:56:51 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-24 01:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have a CD that came with the scanner.
Look on it and you'll find some OCR software (Probably OmniPage).
Install it and things should run.
If you don't have the disk, try the HP web page for you scanner (look in downloads).
JBV^_^
2007-11-12 11:01:37 · answer #3 · answered by jackbassv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋