[NABS-L] Digitizing documents advice

[dandrews920 at comcast.net]

The scanner just takes a picture of the page. You still need software to control the scanner, and extract the text, OCR.

Most scanners come bundled with something, or have a coupon to get something at reduced cost.

Dave



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My apologies for the late response, I am referring to a page scanner that uses software to operate the scanner not an optical character recognition.

On Tue, Jul 15, 2025, 2:25 PM dandrews920--- via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
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> When you say "scanner" do you mean a page scanner. You need some sort 
> of software to drive the scanner, and do the optical character 
> recognition, like OmniPage etc.
>
> Dave
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> I only have my printer with scanner, laptop, android and zoom text. My 
> original idea was to scan it and alter text.
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> On Tue, Jul 15, 2025, 1:21 PM dandrews920--- via NABS-L 
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> > It depends on what software/tools you have, an OCR program, a iPhone etc.
> > You basically want to scan to text.
> >
> > Dave
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> > Subject: [NABS-L] Digitizing documents advice
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> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am trying to digitizing several paper document in order to save 
> > space, reduce clutter, and organize more efficiently.
> >
> > How do I digitize them in a way my screen reader can read it to me later?
> >
> > If you have any suggestions please let me know.
> >
> > Thank You,
> >
> > Andre' Hill
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