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Scan to an Editable Text File Using OCR

Your machine can convert characters in a scanned document to text using optical character recognition (OCR) technology. You can edit this text using your preferred text-editing application.
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The Scan to OCR feature is available for certain languages.
  1. Start Brother iPrint&Scan.
    • Windows

      Launch image(Brother iPrint&Scan).

    • Mac

      In the Finder menu bar, click Go>Applications, and then double-click the iPrint&Scan icon.

    The Brother iPrint&Scan screen appears.
  2. Click Machine Scan Settings.
  3. Click OCR.
  4. Configure the scan settings, and then click OK.
  5. Do one of the following:
    • Windows

      Click Close.

    • Mac

      Click OK.

  6. Load your document.
  7. Press Mono Start and Colour Start simultaneously.
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