Hi, You need an app like ABBYY Fine Reader or some other OCR capable app to convert a scanned document to text. Using Image Capture will scan and print it nicely, but the translation into text requires more.
Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Jun 15, 2022, at 15:07, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Several months ago I sent a message to the list wondering how I could use my > scanner to read print documents. It was suggested that I use the Image > Capture app and I have tried that. I’m able to scan in a page, but can’t > seem to get the image converted into a text (or Word) format. During the > scanning step I have tried PDF, JPG and TIF but can’t seem to get the final > step completed. > > Can anybody offer a suggestion to resolve this? > > TIA > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * > - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin > - "Study while others are sleeping;" > - "work while others are loafing; > - "prepare while others are playing;" > - "and dream while others are wishing." > - William Arthur Ward > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/64DB347E-E42B-48CE-9359-63F314234CC7%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/FE141240-D587-4885-BD12-FC62494C2572%40me.com.
