You can use
the ABBYY FineReader OCR program to convert scanned documents to
editable text.
Place your original on your product for
scanning.
Do one of the following to open ABBYY FineReader:
Windows 8: Navigate to the Start screen and select ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint.
Windows (other versions): Click or
Start > All Programs or Programs > ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint > ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Sprint.
You see this window:
Select the language used in the document you are going to
scan as the Document Language
setting.
Click either the Scan to Other
Formats icon or the icon that corresponds with the program
you want to scan to.
If you see the Select Scanner window, select your product
and click OK.
Note: Do not
select a WIA option for your
product; it will not work correctly.
You see the scan settings window.
Select your scan settings.
Click Preview and adjust
the area you want to scan, if necessary.
Click Scan.
Note: To scan
a multi-page document, select settings in the Multi-Page Scanning
section and click Scan for each
page.
When you are finished scanning, click Close. Your document is scanned and
processed into editable text, then you see the Save As window.
Select a name and a file format for your document and
click Save. The file is
saved and then opened in an application associated with the file
type you selected, if available on your system.