Scanning documents to Microsoft Word format

AtomSphere · Nov 8, 2006

Hi,

I used to have this very old scanner that is able to scan and analyse a document converting all the scanned words into Microsoft Word format. Kind of like scan to Microsoft Word and you can edit or retype some words in it.(Don't get confused with scanning it as a picture.)

Does anyone know of any such programs?

Thanks,
Atom

Ledacholic Anonymous · Nov 8, 2006

Omnipage Pro
http://www.amazon.com/Nuance-Communications-Inc-2889A-G00-14-0-Omnipage/dp/B0000ZG0W2

Abbyy Finereader
http://www.amazon.com/Abbyy-USA-FineReader-6-0-Professional/dp/B00006AGQU/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_2_img/002-2442145-5854425

These are the only two professional softwares to do just that and worth considering.
They are not entirely accurate. You need at least 300dpi to get good results.
I often get frustrated and end up typing the whole page myself. :ohgeez:

Grox · Nov 8, 2006

The software you are looking for is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

Unfotunately, as Ledacholic noted, the technology is far from perfect. For plain text you should be OK but there are problems with mis-recognition of characters, font recognition, and formatting.

Still, it can save you typing if it works.

Mike Painter · Nov 8, 2006

If you don't now have a scanner pay attention to the software bundled with a new one. My Dell all-in-one came bundled with Abby and it's been quite good.

AtomSphere · Nov 8, 2006

thanks guys =)

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