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Patricia · 04-26-2010, 07:52 AM

If your file is that big then you are, as Wayrad suggests, making a PDF file of images. You will need some OCR software to convert the PDF to searchable text. Then you will need to edit all the OCR errors that will creep in.

Check the software that came with your scanner. There may be a copy of ABBYY Sprint, or an early version of ABBYY Fineware, or maybe Omnipage.
(I invested in ABBYY Fineware 10, which does a good job but is quite expensive.)

Here's an old thread that may just help:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9780

You may want to re-post your question in the Workshop forum, where you will get more up-to-date advice on scanning and OCR issues.

04-26-2010, 07:52 AM	#3
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	If your file is that big then you are, as Wayrad suggests, making a PDF file of images. You will need some OCR software to convert the PDF to searchable text. Then you will need to edit all the OCR errors that will creep in. Check the software that came with your scanner. There may be a copy of ABBYY Sprint, or an early version of ABBYY Fineware, or maybe Omnipage. (I invested in ABBYY Fineware 10, which does a good job but is quite expensive.) Here's an old thread that may just help: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9780 You may want to re-post your question in the Workshop forum, where you will get more up-to-date advice on scanning and OCR issues. Last edited by Patricia; 04-26-2010 at 07:54 AM.