Does the included software have Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to turn scanned documents back to text? If so, is it accurate? null

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Scott · Accepted Answer

I purchased this mainly for photo processing. However it does have OCR software. It doesn't note if OCR is proprietary to Epson of from a 3rd party. The manual states: "You can save the scanned image as a PDF, JPEG, or searchable PDF file. If you select searchable PDF, you can select the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) language". It will also scan and save to word, excel and powerpoint file formats. I made a scan to pdf, but I haven't tried to scan articles yet. Hope this helps

Answered by Scott 7 years ago

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Hugh · Answer

No, it is intended for photographs although it will scan documents.
If you want to scan documents and perform OCR then I would recommend the Fijitsu ScanSnap.
My wife has had two and uses it nearly every day. I tried using it for photos and it was terrible at that task.

Rosita · Answer

Honestly I have been focused on the scanning and transfer/share with family that I have not yet explored this scanner in a more high tech way. I wished I could help more on this subject.

“Does the included software have Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to turn scanned documents back to text? If so, is it accurate?”

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