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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I have a how to booklet on the Karlen website about this tool. <a href="http://karlencommunications.com/MicrosoftOfficeAccessibility.html">http://karlencommunications.com/MicrosoftOfficeAccessibility.html</a> It is called “using the Microsoft Office Document Imaging tool.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Keep in mind it is free…so while it is generally usable, it is not always respectful of layout.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://pdftransformer.abbyy.com/">http://pdftransformer.abbyy.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Cheers, Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Cuevas<br><b>Sent:</b> September 2, 2014 10:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] OCR Freeware<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Good morning fellow ATHENites,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>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?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Kindest regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Christopher J. Cuevas</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:2.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Assistive Technology Specialist</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><a href="http://valenciacollege.edu/osd/"><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:windowtext'>Valencia College | Office for Students with Disabilities</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Mail Code: 3-31</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>701 N Econlockhatchee Trail</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Orlando, FL 32825-6404</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>P: 407-582-2530 | F: 407-582-8908</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>