Scanning Using OCR - Mac

You can use the ABBYY FineReader OCR program to convert scanned documents to editable text.
  1. Load your original in the scanner.
  2. Open the Applications folder and double-click the ABBYY FineReader Sprint icon. You see a window like this:


  3. Select your product from the Source list.
  4. Select the language used in the document you are going to scan as the Document language setting.
  5. Click on Scan Images to New Document. You see a window like this:


  6. Select your scan settings and click Scan.
    Note: For best results, select Grayscale as the Color Depth setting.
  7. Click Finish Import. You see your scanned image.


  8. Click on the Export icon.
  9. Select the program or format you want to scan to and click Next.


    You see the Save Converted File As window:


  10. Click the Export button. The file is saved and then opened in an application associated with the file type you selected, if available on your system.
Parent topic: Convert Scanned Documents to Editable Text (OCR)