Editing text of scanned image?

[Kroze]

Hey guys, I'm just wondering what's the best & free/cheap software I can get to be able to edit text of a scanned page?

What I want to do is scan a page (have pictures & text in it) and have it saved as a .doc format so that I just edit the text at a later time If I wish.

 

[Boobs McGee]

I don't know of specific software, but my 8 year old lexmark all in one can do that just fine with its OCR software bundle. I just scan the document into notepad and edit. I have only used it a few times though. The one time it got funky was a page with a signature.

 

[Billb2]

Scanners usually come with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software, did yours?
Perhaps the scanner manufacturer's website has something you can download.

MS's One Note will pull text out of graphics.

 

[Kroze]

Nevermind, I figured it out guys. I used Omnipage 17 and was able to do exactly what I wanted. It let me scan a page & decide which section is text & which section is image. From there I can export it as a PDF document and able to edit the text on the scanned image

The only problem is that Omnipage cost $500. Is there a similar program/alternative to omnipage?

 

[corkyg]

OPP 17 is what I would use - I have it - and never paid any $500. But, I paid for an upgrades from 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, etc., down to 6. It might add up to $500 or more, but that was spread over several years.

It really does a great job - exactly what you want done.

 

[lxskllr]

You should be able to do that with a PDF editor right? You could try Foxit and see how it works. Their advanced features will leave a watermark, but you can use it as a fully featured product to try it out.

 

[akugami]

You could try Presto! OCR Pro 4.0.