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6. Press the [Scan] button on the ScanSnap.
DScanning starts.
Text recognition is performed on the image data which is then saved as a searchable PDF file.
zIt may take extra time to process text recognition when you enable this setting
depending on your computer system environment.
zThe following types of documents (characters) may not be recognized correctly. Better
results in text recognition may be achieved by changing the color mode or increasing
the resolution:
- Documents including handwritten characters
- Documents with small characters scanned at a low resolution
- Skewed documents
- Documents written in languages other than the specified language
- Documents including texts written in italic characters
- Documents containing characters with superscripts/subscripts and complicated
mathematical expressions
- Documents with characters on an unevenly colored background
e.g. Shaded characters
- Documents with many decorated characters
e.g. Decorated characters (embossed/outlined)
- Documents with characters on a patterned background
e.g. Characters overlapping illustrations and diagrams
- Documents with many characters contacting underlines or borders
zIt may take extra time to perform text recognition on documents with complex layouts or
smudged documents.