Is there a piece of software that will understand the text in a scanned document image file and convert it into a formatted text file?
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Yes, this is called OCR software which is short for Optical Character Recognition software. Many scanners come with free lite versions of such software. There is a free version called SimpleOCR available on the net- do a google search for it.
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If you have microsoft office, then you already have an OCR progam. Its called Microsoft Office Document Imaging and it's in your Microsoft Office Microsoft Office Tools folder. I used it a few years ago when I scanned my Fathers typewritten book to edit it and put it onto a CD. Also, as already mentioned, there is SimpleOCR which is free.
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