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Text items are printed documents of any size or type. These are candidates for Optical Character Recognition (OCR), for publication as keyword-searchable pdf files.
Hardware and software referred to in the instructions include:
- Epson Perfection V700 flatbed scanner
- Plustek OpticPro A320 flatbed scanner
- Plustek OpticBook OB3800 flatbed scanner
- ScanSnap SV600 contactless scanner
- ABBYY FineReader 12
Kansas State Historical Society Scanning Resolution Guidelines (used with permission) (2-page pdf)
Workflow overview for text files (1-page pdf)
Quick reference - scanning text and OCR (1-page pdf)
Scanning text with Epson Perfection V700 (2-page pdf)
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) with ABBYY FineReader 12 (5-page pdf)
Scanning with ScanSnap SV600 (7-page pdf)
Scanning books with Plustek OpticBook 3800 (4-page pdf)