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inpawn

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    converting text from a scaned document (.jpg) to .txt
    « on: April 01, 2009, 03:59:22 PM »
    I am looking for software that I can convert email addresses from a scanned document into some sort of text image that I can paste to Excel or word pad. I tried CVista pdfcompressor but didn't have much luck with that.
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    Re: converting text from a scaned document (.jpg) to .txt
    « Reply #1 on: April 02, 2009, 09:17:23 AM »
    your scanning software has to have a OCR engine built into it.

    Did you check to see if you had it and if it was on?

    What scanning software are you using?

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      Re: converting text from a scaned document (.jpg) to .txt
      « Reply #2 on: April 02, 2009, 06:03:42 PM »
      I am using a Brother 7420 all in one scanner printer.
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      Re: converting text from a scaned document (.jpg) to .txt
      « Reply #3 on: April 03, 2009, 09:17:40 PM »
      The Brother scanner should have a OCR program.

       I have an old one. After doing a scan of a document, it lets me send it to Notepad. In Notepad it is a TXT document.
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