After I scan text, I cannot put it into a Word document, edit, or anything. I have an Epson 2400. thanks I do not have the scanner directions.

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Try a software from the following.

Many of them are free:

SimpleOCR - freeware OCR

Freeware OCR


Omniformat image conversion freeware


Ocr freeware xp software

Once its printed or sent to the scanner , I don't think you can edit. Im pretty sure you can only do the editing direct on the PC

Yes, OCR software takes a page of "printed" text, and tries to use image-processing techniques to
O(ptically) do C(haracter) R(ecognition) to extract the text, letter-by-letter, and to create a "text" document that you can "edit" on your computer.

hi there.. seems, a hard job huh? transfering it from 1 folder to other.

try this , open epson scan program, goto home mode. click preview, click scan, it will open file save settings window where you can select where to save your picture, under location , look for the folder where you want to save it, if its not on the list, select other then look for the folder or for your appleworks, once you found it, click ok, it will scan and save directly to the appleworks.

i hope this one works for your.

pls come back and give me a vote. I would really appreciate that,thanks in advance. good luck.

you need to see if your scanner has any OCR software. If it does it needs to be scanned and processed through it to create a document you cane dit.

Try Microsft Document Imaging. It's included in Microsoft Office Tools which you should find in the "Microsoft Office \ Microsoft Office Tools" folder in the start menu.

Hi!

Here is an OCR software which you can download for free.

Please click on the link to access free OCR (scan to text) software.

Thanks.

Check if your Canon software creates a PDF image. A scanned image is a RASTER image, a series of dots, that 'appear' like text or drawing. You cannot use Ctrl-C or Ctrl-v. If the software creates a PDF file, you can cut & paste. Usr any good OCR (Optical Character recognition) software ad convert the raster image to editable text. Then you can cut & paste.

S. Moha, Chennai

To scan a document for editing purposes, you will need OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software. OCR software is not included with your model.
OCR software interprets the scanned document for editing purposes. The Epson driver alone only scans documents as image files and is not capable of this interpretation.
Some reputable OCR software programs on the market are:
Omni Page Pro
ABBYY FineReader Pro
Presto! OCR 4.0
Please understand that Epson has NOT tested our products with these programs. They do not know if these programs are TWAIN compliant and will import directly from our scanners. I recommend that you contact these companies for full compatibility information if you are interested.