Difference between revisions of "Edit Text After Scanning"

Optical character recognition (OCR) is a term for software that can recognize text characters in an image, and OCR software typically allows you to extract text from an image, which is the first step to editing it. Every scanner comes with its own OCR software, typically, but using each is a different process. By contrast, Microsoft OneNote is available now on both Mac and Windows, has OCR and text extraction functionality, and is freely available on modern PCs, tablets, and smartphones, making the process of extracting text from images much simpler and predictable. All desktop and mobile versions of OneNote include text extraction capabilities – even free versions – but you can only extract text from an image using the desktop version of OneNote.<ref>http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/19/microsoft-updates-onenote-with-ocr-support-across-all-platforms-ipad-app-gets-handwriting-support/</ref>

Optical character recognition (OCR) is a term for software that can recognize text characters in an image, and OCR software typically allows you to extract text from an image, which is the first step to editing it. Every scanner comes with its own OCR software, typically, but using each is a different process. By contrast, Microsoft OneNote is available now on both Mac and Windows, has OCR and text extraction functionality, and is freely available on modern PCs, tablets, and smartphones, making the process of extracting text from images much simpler and predictable. All desktop and mobile versions of OneNote include text extraction capabilities – even free versions – but you can only extract text from an image using the desktop version of OneNote.<ref>http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/19/microsoft-updates-onenote-with-ocr-support-across-all-platforms-ipad-app-gets-handwriting-support/</ref>

== Steps ==

== Steps ==

=== Extracting Your Scanned Text ===

=== Extracting Your Scanned Text ===