[NABS-L] Digitizing documents advice

[André Hill]

Okay. Thank you so much for that information. I think Zoomtext Fusion has
an OCR feature but I have never used it.

On Fri, Jul 18, 2025, 1:42 PM dandrews920--- via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
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> 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
> >
> wrote:
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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.
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2025, 1:21 PM dandrews920--- via NABS-L
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> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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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> > > Cc: André Hill <andrehill6188 at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: [NABS-L] Digitizing documents advice
> > >
> > > 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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