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tward · 10-13-2000, 03:40 PM

The standard optical character recognition that comes with the scanner isn't very good. This is the software that "reads" what is on the scanned page and tries to convert it to editable text. A lot depends on the quality/font of the text being scanned. Some text just scans better than others. Even a good scan will only get 85-95% accuracy. I don't think this a problem that you can fix. That's just the way it is.

There are better optical character recognition software packages available for a price. If this is that important, you should invest in one.

10-13-2000, 03:40 PM	#2
tward Member (8 bit) Join Date: Sep 1999 Posts: 175	The standard optical character recognition that comes with the scanner isn't very good. This is the software that "reads" what is on the scanned page and tries to convert it to editable text. A lot depends on the quality/font of the text being scanned. Some text just scans better than others. Even a good scan will only get 85-95% accuracy. I don't think this a problem that you can fix. That's just the way it is. There are better optical character recognition software packages available for a price. If this is that important, you should invest in one.