[Athen] OCR Freeware

[Karlen Communications]

If you have Microsoft OneNote, you can scan directly into a OneNote page and
make the text searchable then copy and paste it wherever you want. You can
also insert a PDF document into a OneNote page and make the text searchable.
If you are using Office 2007, it includes the MODI or Microsoft Document
Imaging software which is a light version of OmniPage. As of Office 2010 the
MODI has been fully integrated into OneNote.

 

I have a how to booklet on the Karlen website about this tool.
http://karlencommunications.com/MicrosoftOfficeAccessibility.html It is
called "using the Microsoft Office Document Imaging tool."

 

Keep in mind it is free.so while it is generally usable, it is not always
respectful of layout.

 

I use the inexpensive ABBYY PDF Transformer, which has a cool name, but lets
me use keyboard commands to open documents and then convert them to Word
documents. I've been using this tool for about 4 years now and find it quite
reliable in the OCR.

 

http://pdftransformer.abbyy.com/ 

 

Cheers, Karen

 

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of Chris Cuevas
Sent: September 2, 2014 10:08 AM
To: athen-list at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Athen] OCR Freeware

 

Good morning fellow ATHENites,

 

Does anyone have any recommendations for OCR freeware that I can pass along
to some faculty that would like to make accessible documents for their
students?

 

Kindest regards,

 

Christopher J. Cuevas

 

Assistive Technology Specialist

 <http://valenciacollege.edu/osd/> Valencia College | Office for Students
with Disabilities

Mail Code: 3-31

701 N Econlockhatchee Trail

Orlando, FL 32825-6404

P: 407-582-2530 | F: 407-582-8908

 

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