Text recognition software?

spdrasr007 · spdrasr007 #1 (**permalink**)

10-16-2009, 10:24 AM

I have a lot of documents that I need to scan and convert to MS Word docs do you guys know if there is software that will recognize the text on a scanned document? Thanks for your help and my apologies to the admins if this in a wrong section of the forum.
David

nabl · nabl #2 (**permalink**)

10-16-2009, 03:49 PM

What kind of scanner are you using? It might come with some software for doing that (or at least have it available on the product's Web site). I at least know that part of the Photosmart suite that comes with HP All-in-Ones includes such a utility.

spdrasr007 · spdrasr007 #3 (**permalink**)

10-16-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nabl

What kind of scanner are you using? It might come with some software for doing that (or at least have it available on the product's Web site). I at least know that part of the Photosmart suite that comes with HP All-in-Ones includes such a utility.

It's a Brother MFC8640N it does have software but only for the PC.

deus_ex_machina · deus_ex_machina #4 (**permalink**)

10-16-2009, 04:46 PM

Brother printers and software
Are you using Leopard? Their software works for OSX 10.4 or earlier.

Here's a software list to get you started
more info

Chris.... · Chris.... #5 (**permalink**)

10-16-2009, 07:21 PM

Acrobat pro has it built in.

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spdrasr007 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 22, 2009 Posts: 5	10-16-2009, 10:24 AM I have a lot of documents that I need to scan and convert to MS Word docs do you guys know if there is software that will recognize the text on a scanned document? Thanks for your help and my apologies to the admins if this in a wrong section of the forum. David
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Member Since: Dec 13, 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 256 Mac Specs: 2.1GHz MacBook with 4GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.6, iLife and iWork ‘09	10-16-2009, 03:49 PM What kind of scanner are you using? It might come with some software for doing that (or at least have it available on the product's Web site). I at least know that part of the Photosmart suite that comes with HP All-in-Ones includes such a utility.
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