UMAX Technologies Astra 3400 - Manual (Page 39)

To configure the values for the OCR (optical character recognition) function:
1. If the OCR icon is not selected (enclosed in a red box), click the OCR icon.
2. Select the text editing application to use by clicking on the arrow to the right of the OCR Destination
field. Choose an application from the drop-down menu.
3. NOTE: You do not need to select values for Document Type, Resolution, Brightness, nor for Scan
Area.
4. Original indicates the type of material the original image is printed on. Select either Reflective or
Transmissive by clicking the arrow to the right of the Original field.
5. Click
the OK button to save the Custom OCR push button configuration settings. The Custom setting
is now configured to scan, OCR, and then send the editable text to the selected OCR Destination
application.
6. To configure the Custom button to scan and e-mail a document, refer to the To configure the values for
the e-mail function section above.
NOTE: You can also click the Default button to return the values in each filed to the default settings.
Then click OK to save these values for the OCR function of the Custom button.
Using the Push Buttons
Once you have configured the variables for each of the push buttons, you can scan images and text by
simply pressing one of the buttons on your scanner.
To scan using one of the scanner push buttons:
1. Press the Scan, Copy, or Custom (i.e. e-mail or OCR) button.
2. A Scan Progress window appears showing you the status of the scanning task.
3. When the scan is complete, the image you scanned appears in the application you specified when you
configured the button.
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