Using Plustek OCR for OCR Scanned Images

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Using Plustek OCR for OCR Scanned Images

Perform text recognition on the scanned images using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to convert the image data (TIFF or JPEG) into Word, Excel, Text files that can be edited.

 

Using this complementary application enables organizations to work with scanned documents editable and searchable by:

 

Redact confidental information before sharing

Revise existing documentations

Make comments and amends to files

Quickly search the documents by keywords

Extract parts of the texts in the documents

Convert images Tables and numerical data to Excel

 

Refer to scan to Searchable PDF for creating PDFs directly in searchable format.

Note: Converting from TIFF/TIF or JPEG images is only available when scanning to local folders.

 

1. Select desired OCR 'Language'.

 

Click uncheck or checked under 'Selectable' to enable/disable adjustments prior to each scan task.

Note: When no checkbox is selected. User/Operator will perform scan according to default settings.

 

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2. When Language is selected, user can specify specific export format from the list. SmartScan will scanend the document and save the image in the original format and the indicated format.

 

Available Export Formats:

 

Rich Text Document (*.rtf)

Text Document (*.txt)

Excel Document (*xlsx)

PDF Document (*pdf)

Word Document (*docx)

 

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