[nabs-l] Free Scanning software

[Jedi]

Your computer may already have scanning software in it. If you have 
Office 2003 or later, you can activate Microsoft Document Imaging. 
Document Imaging will allow you to scan documents; they get saved as 
either jpeg or tif images. And if you need to, you can run the OCR 
engine. The OCR is then moved to a Word document. You can also import 
images into Document Imaging or do it the long way via taking screen 
shots and saving them in tif format for analysis by Document Imaging. 
The OCR works suprisingly well, especially in 2007 or later versions of Office.

Here's how you activate Document Imaging.

Go to Add/Remove programs in XP or Programs and Features in Vista/7. 
You should then get a list of all the programs you have running. Arrow 
down to Microsoft Office; most of you will probably have the Home and 
Student version. From there, tab over to chage in XP or press the 
applications key in Vista/7 and choose change. It may be listed in 
either case alongside uninstall, but no worries. The next screen will 
give you the option to configure various aspects of the software. I 
believe the next screen asks you if you want to add new features or 
configure features you already have. Click add (it's a radio button) 
then press continue. The next screen gives you a list of additional 
tools you can add to your product. No worries, you don't need your CD. 
Arrow down in the tree view to Document Imaging, then tab to continue. 
The next screen will tell you that you're in the process of configuring 
the new software. When it's finished, you can use it. To access it, go 
to your start menu and find Microsoft Office. There may be a submenu 
that will grant you access to all your installed tools including 
Imaging. But to make it easier on myself, I just type "Document 
Imaging" in the start search field in the start menu. However you find 
it, you may consider adding a shortcut to your desktop or start menu. 
It's pretty straightforward to use, a little experimentation should be 
all you need to learn how to use it. Just follow the prompts; make sure 
your scanner is connected, and be sure you've explored the menu bar as 
you will find everything you need there.

Respectfully,
Jedi


Original message:
> Hi all,
> I apologize since this is out of topic, but I really need help.
> I need to scan music pages and save them in JPEG format. Is there any 
> free scanning software that is accessible with JAWS that can do this? 
> Suggestions? recommendations? Would you give me the link to download it?
> I look forward to hearing from you very very soon. Many thanks.
> Regards,
> Winy.

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