I have a Dell V105 scanner printer. I am able to scan a document as a picture, but no text edit is possible. I do also have ABBYY fine reader 6.0 Sprint. What am I doing wrong? I do have the Dell instillation disk which has been installed properly. Joseph ([email protected])

You can try this free online ocr to convert image to text.

Hi

I have not familiar with the printer but I have alternative for your problem. I suggest you install Acrobat reader 9 that if have a friend that you can borrow.

From that program, you can scan a document and save it as pdf file. Just go to the document menu and there is a scan to pdf option there. Choose which one you preferred like print in black and white.

You'll need to scan the document with an OCR software package (Optical character recognition) that will recognize the letters themselves and transmit them to word processing application, such as Word for Windows. Most scanner packages come with some form of OCR utility, so check your installed software. You may already be set up!
Best of luck, William

Click start, all programs, Abbyy Fine Reader. Click on Language and select the language you want the OCR Program to use.


Rick

You will need to use Optical Character Recognition software such as Abbyy Fine Reader. Most scanners are supplied with software to allow this. You have to use the OCR software and then save or export to word. If you do not have any OCR software then free software can be downloaded from www.simpleocr.com

Yes you can, you must use OCR to do that, OCR means Optical Character Recognition, first you must scan the hard copy and save it as TIFF format and run through OCR reader, take note that convertion is not perfect, you still have to edit words that are not read correctly.

You can download OCR reader on this link: http://finereader.abbyy.com/?gclid=CK6C96aflZ4CFRgbawodiDZ2oQ

Hope this helps.

You need a OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program to convert your scanned text pages (which are images) to text.
You printer software doesn't include such a program.
There are a number of commercial programs available -- I.R.I.S, ReadIris, Abbyy Fine Reader, Adobe Acrobat (not the free Acrobat Reader), just to mention a few -- and also some free programs (SimpleOCR came first in a Google search).
Also, some computers also come with a limited version of these programs installed. I have an HP that came with a version of Readiris

have you tried loading the scan program from the my pictures program on the computer

OCR is a software provided by Dell to convert a scanned document to editable text(word) document. If you scan without OCR software, printer will scan it as a Picture and you can not edit it.

Now here is your answer.
When you install Printer CD, it also install OCR software (Abbyy Fine reader) along with it.
You might have uninstalled the printer drivers and reinstalled them by downloading it from Dell support site.
I must tell you that Downloaded drivers from Dell site DOES NOT contain OCR software.

Solution:
1. You can download free trial version(15 days) from Abbyy.com
Click here to download

2. If any of your friend or relative have printer listed below then you can use the same CD to install the OCR software.
List: Dell 924, Dell 926, Dell 928, Dell 944, Dell 946, Dell 948, Dell 964, Dell 966, Dell 968.

location on Disc:
D:\OCR\setup.exe

3. You can scan using MS Paint.
Click on Start > All Programms > Acccessories > Paint
Click on "File" on Top left corner.
Click on "From scanners and cameras"
Click on "Scan"

It should be able to scan.

4. If you want to use Dell All In One Center.
You can disable OCR option for scanning and it will scan as an image.

Open Dell All in one center.
Click on Advanced scan options Under scan,
Uncheck "Use OCR software".
Click OK and try to scan again using Dell All In One center or using the printer operator panel.

Please revert for any further assistance.

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.