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A program or app that can scan a report that is in image form and save it as text? by maryjane

Started on	: 10-05-2020 11:58 AM
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Report this Post10-05-2020 11:58 AM

I have some hard copy documents that I would like to save as some kind of text.

It's part of a govt report. (USDA to be exact)
No really very lengthy, it's not copywrited in any way.
I do have a scanner but it only saves scanned documents as image formats.
I need it in some sort of text..
Anything?

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Report this Post10-05-2020 12:02 PM

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Search for "OCR". A lot of scanner programs offer such an option, but I'm sure there are apps that can do that as well.

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I've always had good results from Able2extract.

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Report this Post10-05-2020 01:10 PM

Is the document a PDF?

if yes, open the document as MS word, and then convert it into a word document(text).

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Report this Post10-05-2020 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:

Search for "OCR". A lot of scanner programs offer such an option, but I'm sure there are apps that can do that as well.

Was just going to post the same thing.

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Report this Post10-05-2020 01:59 PM

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Originally posted by Hank is Here:

Is the document a PDF?

if yes, open the document as MS word, and then convert it into a word document(text).

Originally was PDF but was scanned and snail mailed to to me.
My scanner appears not to be able to save it as anything other than an image file. jpeg

I will look for the other options already suggested. (OCR Able2extract )
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Report this Post10-05-2020 06:18 PM

Check software came w/ the scanner for OCR again. Most come w/ but not "turn on" in default settings. Or has add-on software not installed w/ scanner software.

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