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Good scanned image/text editor?
Name: oldpaddy Date: June 15, 2004 at 08:40:04 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: P4 3.2 Abit IC7-MAX3 1gb
Comment:
What's a good program to use with a scanner for editing/adding text to a scanned doc?
Name: oldpaddy Date: June 15, 2004 at 11:04:17 Pacific
Reply:
Someone just reccommened OmniPage.
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Response Number 2
Name: wizard-fred Date: June 16, 2004 at 07:45:03 Pacific
Reply:
To edit a scanned document you have to convert it from a graphic file to a document file. OCR software like Omnipage will do it for you. The accuracy of the conversion will depend on the quality of the scan and the OCR software. OCR software are frequently supplied with the scanner.
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