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04-12-2006, 03:32 PM
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converting scanned images
Hello everyone,
I'm looking for a software that can take a scanned image of a document and convert it to an editable document. Is there such? Any help or recommendations appreciated.
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04-12-2006, 03:42 PM
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You are going to need some kind of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software. It may have come with your scanner; otherwise, I think you are going to have to buy something. I don't know of any free OCR software out there.
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04-12-2006, 09:55 PM
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Thanks doctorgonzo! I don't mind buying the software, I didn't know if there was one. Any recommendations on OCR software?
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04-13-2006, 06:49 AM
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Two good ones are ABBYY Finereader and Omnipage.
Depending on the maker of your scanner, it should come with some rudimentary form of OCR software.
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04-13-2006, 08:45 AM
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Thanks pillainp, that's what I need. This office machine doesn't have it built in and they want around $4000 to add the feature which is way out of budget.
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04-13-2006, 09:50 AM
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You could also give SimpleOCR a try. The makers claim it is completely freeware, and just as good as the paid ones.
Let me know how it goes. Also if you are running MS Office XP/2003, you will find a "Microsoft Office Document Scanning" and "Microsoft Office Document Imaging" in the Tools folder in the Microsoft Office folder in your start menu. I personally use ABBYY Finereader Pro 8, and I can vouch for the quality of its OCR engine. |
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04-20-2006, 08:18 PM
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OCR is kind of iffy, but it's what you have to deal with. Sometimes you get fairly decent translations. Sometimes it winds up looking like Vietnamese...
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