Hi. Thanks for all the suggestions. I was able to scan and then save to MS Word following the instructions given. However, I've noticed a problem that I don't know how to get beyond.
I'm scanning pages that are from a textbook. On the paper I'm scanning from, the main text is on the left of the page, and to the right is some other text such as outlines and definitions. But once I save it to Word it blends the text that is to the left and right together and it's all jumbled. So, in the middle of several sentences in the main text, the text that was to the right is put in. How can I keep text from blending like that? And if there are photos and diagrams on a page I'm scanning, won't that b a problem as well? Thanks. Chris Feist - The one and only! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Griffith Subject: [Blind-Computing] Re Fast Scanner Dear Chris Microsoft Document Imaging does initially like all software scan as an image. However you simply go to the Tools menu within Document Imaging and select "send text to Word". This is the case in Office 2003 and I suspect this is true in other versions. You wil get a message asking you to confirm you want to send all pages. Simply press enter and Word will open with your scanned text. For some reason this is always a htm document but as I say I simply use save as in file menu to create a RTF version. You can use Jaws to read either the HTM or RTF version just fine. So yes you can scan and OCR right now without buying software. What's more to the point is that the OCR is actually better than any of the software I have bought in my experience. I have not used Open Book but have used Kurzweil Omnipage and Text Bridge. The key I have found to using Document Imaging is to ensure that you select the scanner driver that came with your scanner, in my case Canon, rather than the inbuilt generic driver that comes with Microsoft Document Imaging. The Microsoft driver can OCR just as well but features such as duplex scanning are best managed within the drivers provided by your scanner. Let me know if you need help with this and I will look up what I did to ensure this. Hope that helps. Regards David Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
