Page 1 of 1
Scanner and Word Processing Question
PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:34 pm
by Alice
Is there a way to convert scanned documents into a wordprocessing format?
It would be a great help to me if there was.
(I'd elaborate but this is the second time I tried to make this thread, and I'm tired of typing it.) xD;
PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:37 pm
by Arnobius
It's called OCR and most modern scanners should be able to convert text to a wordprocessor format if it has this option.
PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:47 pm
by shooraijin
Probably on whatever software CDs came with the scanner.
PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:24 pm
by Alice
Thanks, guys! I'll be sure to find out.
It will really help me if it can.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:49 pm
by Mithrandir
Check this out, if you can't find any software:
http://flactem.com/index.php?action=miscinfo§ion=show&id=8
You can scan in something as a TIFF and there's a free website provided by the NLM for doing the OCR for you.
