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Home > Scan > Scan Using the Scan Button on Your Brother Machine > Scan to an Editable Text File Using OCR Scan to an Editable Text File Using OCR Your machine can convert characters in a scanned document to text using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. You can edit this text using your preferred text-editing application. • The Scan to OCR feature is available for certain languages. • Use the Scan button on the machine to make temporary changes to the scan settings. To make permanent changes, use either ControlCenter4 (Windows) or Brother iPrint&Scan (Mac) software. >> MFC-J491DW/MFC-J497DW >> MFC-J690DW/MFC-J895DW MFC-J491DW/MFC-J497DW 1. Load your document. 2. Press (SCAN). 3. Press a or b to select the [to PC] option, and then press OK. 4. Press a or b to select the [to OCR] option, and then press OK. 5. If the machine is connected over the network, press a or b to select the computer where you want to send data, and then press OK. If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN, use the control panel to enter the four-digit PIN for the computer, and then press OK. 6. Do one of the following: • To change the settings, go to the next step. • To use the default settings, press Black Start or Color Start. [Scan Type] depends on the default settings. Pressing Black Start or Color Start does not allow you to change the settings. 7. Press a or b to select the [Scan Settings] setting, and then press OK. To use the [Scan Settings] option, a computer with either ControlCenter4 (Windows) or Brother iPrint&Scan (Mac) software installed must be connected to the machine. 8. Press a or b to select the [Set at Device] setting, and then press OK. 9. Select the scan settings you want to change, and then press OK. 112