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Picture it. Does Photo Gallery not do this?
Picture it. Does Photo Gallery not do this?
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W J Rice Sr. wrote:> would like to scan documents as editable text documents like I could withI don't know whether Picture It had an OCR component, but I suspect it
> Picture it. Does Photo Gallery not do this?
didn't and you had OCR software installed from a scanner that was
configured to work with Picture It.
When you scan anything, it produces a graphics (picture) file. It doesn't
matter if the scanned item is text - what you get is a picture of text. In
order to edit the text, you have to turn the scanned file back to text
using Optical Character Recognition software ("OCR"). Most scanners come
with a "lite" form of OCR software. Or you can purchase a full version of
OCR software at your favorite online or brick-and-mortar store. Just make
sure that whatever you get is certified to work with Vista. Here's a Google
search to point you in the right direction:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...ta&btnG=Search
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Re: Windows Photo Gallery
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:29:00 -0800, W J Rice Sr.<WJRiceSr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> would like to scan documents as editable text documents like I could with
> Picture it. Does Photo Gallery not do this?
The result of scanning a document is a graphic image--a *picture* of
the text, not the text itself. To turn that picture into editable
text, you need to use a type of software called Optical Character
Recognition (or "OCR," for short.)
Neither Picture It, not Photo Gallery does this. When you used Picture
It in the past, you used it in conjunction with OCR software that you
must have had installed on your computer. Apparently you now either
don't have such software installed, or don't have it properly
configured to work with your scanner.
Most scanners come with a "Lite" version of such a software program.
For example, mine came with "OmniPage SE." Yours may also have with
it, or something similar, and if you look around you may find that you
have the CD and just need to install it.
If you don't already have such a program, you'll need to buy one to do
what you want.
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windows photo gallery
Windows Photo Gallery has quit working. I click on the icon from my startmenu and nothing happens. I have restored the computer to previous "good"
settings and then it will work one time and then quits working again. It will
not start from anywhere. The only way I can use my scanner is through Photo
Gallery and I really need it. Any clue as to what is wrong?
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