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Dropout The scan will not pick up the color you select. This setting is only available if you select an Image Type of Grayscale or Black & White. Color Enhance Enhances the red, green, or blue shades in the scanned image. Threshold Adjusts the level at which black areas in text and line art are delineated, improving text recognition in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) programs. Parent topic: Scanning to a PDF File Using a Scanner Button Convert Scanned Documents to Editable Text (OCR) You can scan a document and convert the text into data that you can edit with a word processing, spreadsheet, or HTML-editing program. This process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). To scan and use OCR, you need to install an OCR program, such as ABBYY FineReader. In Mac OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8, you can use ABBYY FineReader to convert scanned documents to editable text by first using an application such as Image Capture. Scan and save your document in Image Capture, then open ABBYY FineReader, open the Get Images From pop-up menu, and select File. Select the conversion option you want to use, then select your scanned file and follow the instructions on the screen. Note: With Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8, in addition to scanning with Image Capture, you can download and install Epson Scan scanning software. Epson Scan provides additional image adjustment and photo correction features for enhancing scanned images, and provides an interface for TWAIN-compliant OCR scanning software, such as ABBYY FineReader. To download Epson Scan, visit Epson's driver download site (U.S. downloads or Canadian downloads). Scanning Using OCR - Windows Scanning Using OCR - Mac OS X Parent topic: Scanning Special Projects Scanning Using OCR - Windows You can use the ABBYY FineReader OCR program to convert scanned documents to editable text. 1. Place your original on your product for scanning. 2. Do one of the following to open ABBYY FineReader: • Windows 8: Navigate to the Start screen and select ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint. 75

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Dropout
The scan will not pick up the color you select. This setting is only available if you select an
Image
Type
of
Grayscale
or
Black & White
.
Color Enhance
Enhances the red, green, or blue shades in the scanned image.
Threshold
Adjusts the level at which black areas in text and line art are delineated, improving text recognition in
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) programs.
Parent topic:
Scanning to a PDF File Using a Scanner Button
Convert Scanned Documents to Editable Text (OCR)
You can scan a document and convert the text into data that you can edit with a word processing,
spreadsheet, or HTML-editing program. This process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition).
To scan and use OCR, you need to install an OCR program, such as ABBYY FineReader.
In Mac OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8, you can use ABBYY FineReader to convert scanned documents to editable
text by first using an application such as Image Capture. Scan and save your document in Image
Capture, then open ABBYY FineReader, open the
Get Images From
pop-up menu, and select
File
.
Select the conversion option you want to use, then select your scanned file and follow the instructions on
the screen.
Note:
With Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8, in addition to scanning with Image Capture, you can download
and install Epson Scan scanning software. Epson Scan provides additional image adjustment and photo
correction features for enhancing scanned images, and provides an interface for TWAIN-compliant OCR
scanning software, such as ABBYY FineReader. To download Epson Scan, visit Epson's driver
download site (
U.S. downloads
or
Canadian downloads
).
Scanning Using OCR - Windows
Scanning Using OCR - Mac OS X
Parent topic:
Scanning Special Projects
Scanning Using OCR - Windows
You can use the ABBYY FineReader OCR program to convert scanned documents to editable text.
1.
Place your original on your product for scanning.
2.
Do one of the following to open ABBYY FineReader:
•
Windows 8
: Navigate to the
Start
screen and select
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint
.
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