search - In Onenote, how do I 'make text in image searchable' enabled by default?
2014-07
kevyn
Onenote has a great OCR feature where you can select an image and click 'make text in image searchable' - but I'd like this enabled by default for all images I paste into Onenote - is this possible? (currently it seems hit and miss - I often have to right click on each images I want made searchable)
Julian Knight
It is enabled by default. Check under Options to make sure.
It does, however, take time to do. It is done by a background task so it can take a while.
Mr-Right
I need a software which can convert scanned text to editable text. I will prefer freeware?
8088
my favorite:
TopOCR is designed to be simple and user-friendly for use with your digital camera or smartphone. Now wherever you go, you can quickly and easily acquire documents from business cards, newspapers, books and magazines, without having to carry around a bulky and costly portable scanner.
of course it also works with images from a scanner.
TopOCR 3.1 Features
- Incredible OCR accuracy, upto 99.8% with a 3 MP camera
- No page limits, and no extra downloads or components needed
- Handles images with mixed text and graphics
- Handles skew and uneven lighting
- Output formats include searchable PDF and HTML
- Able to read 11 different languages
- Powerful, easy to use Image Processing
- Supports Smartphones: See some Smartphone samples
- Includes built-in Text and Image WYSIWYG Editors
- Post-processing spell checker for all 11 languages
- Built-in Text-To-Speech software. How about OCR to MP3?
- Browser Helper Mode supports creating free audio eBooks
TopOCR is freeware, easy to make portable with Universal Extractor.
William Hilsum
What you are looking for is OCR (Optical Character Recognition) Software, If the scanned file is small, you can use an online tool called Free OCR.
For an application, I recommend Paperfile's Free OCR. (Same name, different program).