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Software to edit scanned in text from textbooks
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Hi,
Does anyone know of any software which will allow me to edit scanned in text from textbooks?
Thanks
Does anyone know of any software which will allow me to edit scanned in text from textbooks?
Thanks
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You'll need some OCR software. There's a good list of free ones for Windows here: http://www.freeocr.net/
Depending on what you're doing it for, you really should look into the copyright issues surrounding what you're doing.0 -
Hmm. Free to try. $399.99 after 15 days!0
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Versions of MS Office had an excellent ocr converter bundled in.0
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