Omni Page Ltd Reference

Online Manual OmniPage Limited Edition Installation and Setup This section describes how to install OmniPage Limited Edition (referred to hereafter as OmniPage Ltd. Ed.) and begin using it. It contains the following topics: • What is Optical Character Recognition (OCR)? • System Requirements • Scanner Requirements • Installing OmniPage Ltd. Ed. What is Optical Character Recognition (OCR)? Optical character recognition (OCR) is the process of converting an image to computer-editable text or graphics. An image is an electronic picture of text and/or graphics. You acquire an image in two ways: • By scanning a hard-copy document. • By loading a TIFF or PICT file (for example, a received fax file can be saved to one of those formats and then loaded into OmniPage Ltd. Ed. for OCR). The image you scan or load is at first just a “picture” to your computer even if it contains text. You can see the text but you cannot edit it. You need to perform OCR to turn the image into individual characters. During OCR, OmniPage Ltd. Ed. looks for and defines characters on the image to produce editable text. You can then export the recognized text OmniPage Limited Edition - 1 System Requirements from OmniPage Ltd. Ed. to a variety of word-processing, page layout, and spreadsheet programs. OCR is also referred to as text or page recognition, or just recognition. System Requirements To install and run OmniPage Ltd. Ed., you need the following setup: • Macintosh (68020 or greater), Power Macintosh, or Macintosh- compatible computer • System 7.0 or later • Free memory of at least 5MB RAM • Hard disk space of at least 7MB If you use System 7.0 or 7.1, remove the Dragging Enabler file from your Extensions folder. OmniPage Ltd. Ed. installs an AppleGuide enabler from Apple that replaces the Dragging Enabler file. Scanner Requirements The scanner driver supplied by the scanner manufacturer, if any, must be installed on your system according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Make sure your scanner is set up and connected properly according to the manufacturer’s instructions. …