macdknife Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Hi,I need some help with a scanned old handwritten document which I need to convert to a text file. The file is in Tiff format. I have tried using Image Converter Plus but it didn't help. Would any of you guys out there have any idea how to go about it. Mac Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 SoftWriting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Frankly, in my experience it'd be easier, quicker and far less frustrating to retype the documents using a word processor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete_C Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Frankly, in my experience it'd be easier, quicker and far less frustrating to retype the documents using a word processor. I agree there. Of course I am not a hunt and peck typist; I can touch type at a fairly good clip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 (edited) Guess I should'a added: IF you're a good typist or know one who'll help. I learned on an electronic keyboard designed to teach touch typing (one of V-Tech's earliest products) and tested, rather quickly, at 80+ WPM. I manually copied a sixteen lesson course (with homework assignments) in -- relatively -- little time. There are programs that teach touch typing (a web search would turn up dozens of examples). You'd be surprised at how quickly you'll "get" it. With OCR you wind up spending so much time manipulating and retyping the mis-translated text (move the cursor to the text that's been translated incorrectly, select the text using the keyboard or mouse, retype the text, move to the next error, repeat ad nauseum) ... then if there's any FORMATTING you'd like duplicated or to add that often has to be corrected or added manually. It's not worth it.(Uh-oh -- OP's first post -- Waiting for the SPAMMER pretending to sell OCR software but really linking to a site loaded with malware ...)***** Edited June 13, 2009 by JDoors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
casper0191 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Well like they said and I agree with them re type it. Also you might discover that you need to revised it while you are retyping it. Because it's like you are making a quality assurance when you retyping. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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