IJ Scan Utility - Extracting Text from Scanned Images (OCR) (Mac) - TS5020
Article ID: ART170701 |
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Date published: 06/07/2018 |
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Date last updated: 04/08/2019 |
Description
This article explains how use the OCR function to extract text with IJ Scan Utility on a Mac.
Solution
Scan text in scanned magazines and newspapers and display it in your text editor.
Note
- You can extract text when scanning via Document, Custom, or ScanGear.
- The screens for scanning documents are used as examples in the following descriptions.
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Start IJ Scan Utility.
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Click Settings....
The Settings dialog appears.
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Click Document Scan.
Note
- For Resolution, only 300 dpi or 400 dpi can be set when Start OCR is selected in Application Settings.
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Select Start OCR for Application Settings, then select the application in which you want to display the result.
Note
- If a compatible application is not installed, the text in the image is extracted and appears in your text editor. When two or more documents are scanned, the extracted text appears in a single text file.
Text to be displayed is based on Document Language in the Settings (General Settings) dialog. Select the language you want to extract in Document Language and scan.
- You can add the application from the pull-down menu.
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Click OK.
The IJ Scan Utility main screen appears.
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Click Document.
Scanning starts.
When scanning is completed, the scanned images are saved according to the settings, and the extracted text appears in the specified application.
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