Converting Print Read to Web Scan Text

Web sites are full of print media text. Shame on them. Users are in a hurry. They hate dense blocks of lengthy blabbering. They ignore most text on their hunt for Relevant Content. Find out how to convert Print Read text into easily consumed information for the web.

Streight, Steven. Blogger.com (2004). Articles>Web Design>Scanning>Writing

Hewlett-Packard's CapShare 920 Portable E-Copier/Scanner  

The Hewlett-Packard CapShare 920 is designed to copy blocks of print and graphics as you pass it over the hardcopy document. If the size of the block to be scanned exceeds the 51/4-inch width of the scanner's surface, the HP Capshare 920 automatically pieces the output of successive swaths into one document. Stored documents can be transmitted to a computer as a graphics file, and text images can be converted to text files using ScanSoft's TextBridge optical character recognition (OCR) software included with the package. You can view demonstrations of the scanner at www. capshare.hp.com. in five to fifteen seconds to devices equipped with fast infrared (FIR) and in fifteen to thirty seconds to devices equipped with serial infrared (SIR). The scanner uses Scan Soft's Pagis Pro 2.0 software to organize files, clean up documents, and send both to other applications.

Wallia, C.J.S. Intercom (2006). Articles>Technology>Scanning

How to Get Better Scans

Removing margins, extracting type from scanned digital images.

Photoshop 911 (2000). Design>Graphic Design>Scanning

What Can Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Really Recognize?  

A handout describing the process and possibilities of optical character recognition systems.

Ford, Donna A. Write On Design (2001). Articles>Software>Scanning>OCR