Scanner and Word Processing Question

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Scanner and Word Processing Question

Postby Alice » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:34 pm

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;
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Postby Arnobius » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:37 pm

It's called OCR and most modern scanners should be able to convert text to a wordprocessor format if it has this option.
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Postby shooraijin » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:47 pm

Probably on whatever software CDs came with the scanner.
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Postby Alice » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:24 pm

Thanks, guys! I'll be sure to find out. :D

It will really help me if it can. :)
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Postby Mithrandir » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:49 pm

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. :thumb:
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