Epson DS-410 - Convert Scanned Documents to Editable Text (OCR); Scanning Using OCR - Windows

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Convert Scanned Documents to Editable Text (OCR)
You can scan a document and convert the text into data that you can edit with a word processing,
spreadsheet, or HTML-editing program. This process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition).
To scan and use OCR, you need to install an OCR program, such as ABBYY FineReader.
Scanning Using OCR - Windows
Scanning Using OCR - Mac
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Scanning Using OCR - Windows
You can use the ABBYY FineReader OCR program to convert scanned documents to editable text.
1. Load your original in the scanner.
2. Do one of the following to open ABBYY FineReader:
• Windows 10: Click and select ABBYY FineReader 12 Sprint > ABBYY FineReader 12
Sprint.
• Windows 8.x: Navigate to the Apps screen and select ABBYY FineReader 12 Sprint.
• Windows (other versions): Click or Start, and select All Programs or Programs. Select
ABBYY FineReader 12 Sprint > ABBYY FineReader 12 Sprint.
You see a window like this:
3. Select the language used in the document you are going to scan as the Document Languages
setting.