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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Tim,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Try this, right after you scan the document into ABBYY, but before you Read (OCR the image), go up to the menu bar at the top of ABBYY FineReader and select Image and from the drop down list choose Invert Image. That should change the text to black and the background to white. Then Read (OCR) the document and send to Word for cleanup.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>We use ABBYY FineReader 7.0 Pro and always save our scanned textbook images to a TIF file. If your version of ABBYY is 9.0 (the newest version) it should still have this function.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope this helps.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>James A. Weier<BR>Adaptive Tech. Specialist/Access Office<BR>St. Louis Community College<BR>3400 Pershall Road<BR>Ferguson, MO. 63135<BR>314-513-4162 (voice)<BR>314-513-4876 (fax)<BR><A href="mailto:jweier@stlcc.edu">jweier@stlcc.edu</A></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> athen-bounces@athenpro.org on behalf of Tim Sears<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 1/9/2008 2:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B> athen@athenpro.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Athen] Scanning white text on black background<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Hey all,<BR><BR>I am using Abbyy Fine Reader to scan a book (Inconvenient Truth by Gore) which has white text on black background. Does anyone have recommended settings to get abbyy to read this as text. <BR><BR>Tim Sears<BR>Adaptive Technology Specialist<BR>3200 Broadway Blvd.<BR>Kansas City MO 64111<BR>email: tim.sears@mcckc.edu<BR>telephone: 816-759-1092<BR>work cell: 816-853-2485<BR>""Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure". - Nelson Mandela "<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Athen mailing list<BR>Athen@athenpro.org<BR><A href="http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org">http://athenpro.org/mailman/listinfo/athen_athenpro.org</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>