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DocAction Help22

2.4.1

OCR Button Settings

Clicking the

Custom

icon on the left pane in the Button Configuration window

displays its current button settings on the right pane.

Selecting

OCR

Utility

from Button Template drop-down list in the Button Configuration window turns

the

Custom

button into an

OCR

button

The settings can be categorized into two:

OCR Settings

on the upper part, and

Scan Parameters

on the lower part.

The items and parameters available in the window are explained as follows:

OCR Settings

Determine to use which OCR application and what settings (e.g., recognition

language, page orientation, ...) to process the scanned images into text file, as

well as which word processor to start up and display the OCR'd results.

OCR Application

All documents that are scanned are treated by the computer as graphic

images. Acting as an image-to-text converter, an OCR (Optical Character

Recognition) application program recognizes letters on a page and write

them into an editable text file or a text-searchable pdf file. After the scan

and recognition process completes, a linked text editor or viewer

automatically opens, enabling you to instantly view, correct, and edit the

converted image as a text document.

The options available in the drop-down menu depends on the OCR

application programs that you may have installed in your Windows.

DocAction has been programmed to support the following famous OCR

applications in the industry to give you the convenience of single-touch

OCR button operation:

ABBYY FineReader Sprint

The availability of the programs may vary depending on the scanner model

you purchase.

Major OCR settings of the selected OCR application are displayed at the

bottom. Clicking

opens a configuration window where you may

check or modify the OCR settings (e.g., the file format to save the OCR