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You can scan a document and convert the text into data that you can edit with a word processing program. This process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). To scan and use OCR, you need to use an OCR program, such as ABBYY® FineReader® Sprint Plus and Presto! PageManager.
OCR software cannot recognise handwritten characters, and certain types of documents or text may be difficult for OCR software to recognise, such as:
Follow these steps to scan and convert text using ABBYY FineReader.
Once the ABBYY FineReader window opens, click the Scan&Read icon at the top of the window. Epson Scan starts in the last mode you used.
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For Mac OS X users: If you don't see the Scan & Read icon, choose Select Scanner from the Scan & Read menu, select your Epson product name, and click OK. |
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If the characters in your text are not recognised very well, you can improve recognition by adjusting the Threshold setting in Epson Scan. |
Follow the instructions in ABBYY FineReader Help to edit and save your document.
Place your original document(s) on the scanner glass or in the Automatic Document Feeder.
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If you have multiple scanning devices installed on the computer you may need to select your Epson scanner before being able to scan into PageManager. To do this click File > Select Source. A list of installed scanners is now shown, select the Epson scanner and click OK. This will now allow you to scan. |
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