Place the document to be scanned on the scanner Flatbed or into the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), depending on the model of your machine.ģ. (It appears as a blue square labeled CC3.)Ģ. The ControlCenter3 application will be loaded in the Task Tray near the system clock. Make sure that the ControlCenter has been launched by clicking WINDOWS/START-> (ALL) PROGRAMS -> BROTHER -> XXX-XXXX (Where XXX-XXXX is the model number of the machine) -> CONTROLCENTER3. Method 3: Using the SCAN key on the Brother machine:ġ. The document will scan and automatically open in your word processing program. Place the document to be scanned on the scanner Flatbed or into the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), depending on the model of your machine.Ĥ. Double-click on the ControlCenter3 icon located in the Task Tray to launch the program window.ģ. The ControlCenter3 application will be loaded in theTask Tray near the system clock. Open the ControlCenter by clicking WINDOWS/START-> (ALL) PROGRAMS -> BROTHER -> XXX-XXXX (Where XXX-XXXX is the model number of the machine) -> CONTROLCENTER3. Once the item has been converted, your word processing program will automatically launch with the converted document.ġ. Note: PaperPort will automatically create alink to compatible word processing applications.Ĥ. You will receive the Send to window and a progress bar indicating that the scan is being converted to text. Single left-click on the link to your word processing program in thelist of links along the bottom of the PaperPort window. A red border will surround the file indicating that it has been selected.ģ. Single left-click on the file to be converted. Open PaperPort by clicking WINDOWS/START-> (ALL) PROGRAMS -> SCANSOFTPAPERPORT -> PAPERPORTĢ. This is especially true if the original contains handwritten notes or lines.ġ.

The OCR process is usually accurate but it is not always perfect. Be aware that scanning a document with fine print at a high resolution, such as 600 dpi, typically does not improve OCR results and can actually lower the OCR quality.Īfter you convert text, check for any mistakes or characters that were misinterpreted during the process. If yourdocument has fine print, you might find that scanning at 400 dpi produces better results. For best results use a clean original with text that is 10 to 14 points in size.

OCR requires images to be scanned at 150 to 600 dpi. Many factors can influence the accuracy of the converted text such as original document quality, font size, and scan resolution. The OCR process analyzes the shapes on an image and attempts to translate them into editable text. You can use the OCR software from within PaperPort, ControlCenter3, or using the Scan key on the Brother machine. The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software installed with PaperPort SE allows you to convert the image text in a scanned document into text that you can edit.

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