Any software for this?

[mendhak]

Is there any software that can take a scanned image, of a page, and convert it to text?

Not the software that comes bundled with the scanner, rather an independent one perhaps?

Thanks.

[Bonker Gudd]

Yes.

[mendhak]

Can you name some?

[Bonker Gudd]

I think it was called "Scanworks". It's over 5 years since I used it though, memory is failing me :(

[Si_the_geek]

I don't use anoy of that myself, but just try searching for "OCR software"... I'm sure something will come up!

[mendhak]

Thanx.

[Vanguard-MnC]

Scansoft Paperport has a little OCR program in it. It also has a lot of neat features like insert document in word, excel, or recycle bin. :)

[JoshT]

Heh, I'd had managers ask me to buy them OCR software because they thought it would magically take paper forms and convert them to perfectly fill-out-able MS Word documents...

[Martin Wilson]

Office XP can do it as well I think.

[siyan]

Originally posted by JoshT
Heh, I'd had managers ask me to buy them OCR software because they thought it would magically take paper forms and convert them to perfectly fill-out-able MS Word documents...

Ohh man I only wish it worked.

When I was working for Inco (large, large mining company here, and just about everywhere else on teh planet), I had to create a very detailed and complex form into an ASP page and have it draw data from a databse....bloody hell took 3 days to get the layout done :mad:

But I did get paid well :p

-C

[GSIV]

Omnipage will do the trick.