OCR From pdfScanMachine

This video demonstrates how to scan a document to PDF using pdfMachine's TWAIN scan feature and enable Optical Character Recognition (OCR) so that the text in the scanned image becomes searchable.

Steps in Video:

1. Open the pdfMachine TWAIN Scan application. Click on the "PDF Options" button.

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2. Check the "OCR" box to enable Optical Character Recognition.

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3. Click "OK" to save the PDF options.

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4. Click "Next" to proceed to the scan source selection.

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5. Select your scanner source from the list and click "Select".

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6. Configure scanner properties (like color, resolution, etc.) in your scanner's dialog.

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7. Click "Scan" in the scanner properties dialog to start the scan.

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8. Wait for the scanning and OCR process to complete.

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9. The scanned document is opened in pdfMachine Ultimate.

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10. Click the search icon (magnifying glass) in the toolbar.

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11. Type text (e.g., "scanned") in the search box.

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12. See that the text "scanned" is found and highlighted, confirming OCR was successful.

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