Use your Mobile Phone to Scan Business Cards
Reviews of mobile apps that let you use a camera phone as a business card scanner. Snap a picture to import a business card into your phone’s address book.
OCR
OCR, short for Optical Character Recognition, is the process of extract text information from scanned documents and photographs. You can even perform OCR of PDF documents with Google Docs.
The Best OCR Tools for Converting Images to Text
Meet the best online OCR software that can help you convert images to text that’s both editable and searchable.
Scan and Upload Paper Documents to Google Docs
Meet a free document scanning software that will let you scan and upload paper documents directly to Google Docs as scanned PDF files.
How to Manage Your Collection of PDF Files
Learn how to efficiently manage your library of PDF documents using free software. Also learn how to use Scribd as an online PDF organizer with full-text search for your ebook and other private files.
Perform OCR with Google Docs – Turn Images Into Digital Text
Google Docs can now perform OCR on digital images. You can upload an image containing typewritten or printed text (like a fax document or a scanned newspaper clipping) to your Google Docs account and it will turn that image into editable text.
Adding Screen Captures in Gmail and Google Docs
iClippy is a free screen capture tool that lets you capture screenshots and paste them into Gmail, Google Docs and other online web applications without having to save that screenshot image locally.
How to Create PDF Documents Optimized for SEO
Duff shares some good tips on how to get your Adobe PDF documents and presentations rank higher in Google and other search engines using simple techniques.
Abbyy OCR for iPhone Applications
Abbyy Mobile OCR Engine SDK that provides tools for developers to create optical character recognition (OCR) applications for mobile or other compact devices now supports the Apple iPhone.
Extract Text from Images & Scanned PDF Manuals Online
Meet a free online OCR service that lets you perform Optical Character Recognition without having to install new software. You can convert scanned images and PDF documents into searchable and editable text from the web itself.
Performing OCR with Google Search vs Commercial OCR Software
OCR software help you convert scanned PDF images to searchable text, Word or HTML. We compare Google’s free online OCR software with commercial utilities like Abbyy FineReader and Adobe Acrobat Professional.
Convert Scanned PDF Documents to Text with Google OCR
If you have bunch of scanned PDF files sitting on your hard drive and no OCR software to convert them into text, here’s what you can do to recognize text from PDF files with Google OCR.
Capturx Digital Pen Now Works With Ordinary Paper & Microsoft Excel
The digital pens made by Livescribe and Adapx look like regular ballpoint pens but are very smart. They capture everything you write in ink, including handwritten notes and sketches made on paper, and this data can be uploaded on to the computer via USB.
The Best Software Tools for the Paperless Office
Read reviews of OCR scanning software tools to help you convert scanned images into editable and searchable text formats like Word or PDF.