Extracting Text From Scanned Images (Ocr) - Canon MB5000 Series Online Manual

Hide thumbs Also See for MB5000 Series:

Table of Contents

Extracting Text from Scanned Images (OCR)

Click OCR in the IJ Scan Utility main screen to scan text in scanned magazines and newspapers and

display it in a specified application.

• You can also extract text from Document, Custom, or ScanGear.

Start IJ Scan Utility.

2. Click Settings..., then set the document type, resolution, etc. in the

box, and then select the application in which you want to display the result.

When setting is completed, click OK.

• For Resolution, only 300 dpi or 400 dpi can be set.

• If a compatible application is not installed, the text in the image is extracted and appears in your

text editor.

Text to be displayed is based on Document Language in the

box. Select the language you want to extract in Document Language and scan.

• You can add the application from the pull-down menu.

3. Click OCR.

Scanning starts.

When scanning is completed, the scanned images are saved according to the settings, and the extracted

text appears in the specified application.

• Click Cancel to cancel the scan.

• Text displayed in your text editor is for guidance only. Text in the image of the following types of

documents may not be detected correctly.

• Documents containing text with font size outside the range of 8 points to 40 points (at 300 dpi)

• Slanted documents

• Documents placed upside down or documents with text in the wrong orientation (rotated

• Documents containing special fonts, effects, italics, or hand-written text

• Documents with narrow line spacing

Settings (General Settings) dialog

Settings (OCR) dialog