How to scan text with windows
Using TextBridge Pro (see PDF version with pictures) OR read the basic summary below.
- Put the printed page face down on the scanner with the top towards you.
- Open “TextBridge Pro 11.0” on the desktop.
- Make sure the AutoOCR button is selected on the TextBridge toolbox at the top of the page.
- On the AutoOCR toolbar are three drop-down menus: (1) Get Page, (2) Describe Original, and (3) Export Results. Make your own choices for (1) and (2), and for (3) choose "Save As File".
- Click “Start” (the blue arrow).
- Click “OK”.
- You will be prompted to save the text to a file. Either save the file on your own disk or on the desktop, in which case you can e-mail it to yourself (www.bu.edu/webmail/).
- Use “Unicode Text with line breaks” format if you are not sure what application you will be using the text in.
- When you have finished scanning, close the program by going to File -> Exit.
- Remember to copy your files to your own disk or mail them to yourself.
- Please erase any copies of your files from our computer and remove your original document from the scanner.
