Chapter 2: Learning Pro Ocr Basics; The Basic Steps - Visioneer PROOCR100 User Manual

Learning Pro OCR Basics
Chapter 2
Learning Pro OCR Basics

The Basic Steps

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This chapter gets you started with Pro OCR. It introduces you to the Pro OCR
window features, tells you the basic steps that you use when you work with Pro OCR,
and provides several tutorial examples that you can complete to practice with Pro
OCR.
TIP: If you use PaperPort software or scanners, see the Working with PaperPort
document that came with Pro OCR. It provides tips and other information about using
Pro OCR with these Visioneer products.
When you use Pro OCR, you convert an image of text and save it an editable format.
To complete this conversion you perform the following basic steps:
1. Get Page—acquire pages either from a scanner or by opening an image file.
2. Locate—indicate which text on the page you want to recognize, and which
pictures (if any) to retain.
3. Recognize—convert the image to text.
4. Proof—check for incorrectly identified and unidentifiable characters and make
changes to recognized text.
5. Save—save the text to a variety of application formats.
Often, you automatically complete the first three steps by clicking the Auto OCR
button, however, you can perform each step individually. You can also use a
combination of automatic and individual processing by using deferred and finish
processing features.