User manual NUANCE TEXTBRIDGE PRO-MILLENIUM

[. . . ] COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 1995­2000 by ScanSoft, Inc. No part of this publication may be transmitted, transcribed, reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of ScanSoft, Inc. , 9 Centennial Drive, Peabody, Massachusetts 01960. Printed in the United States of America. The software described in this book is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. IMPORTANT NOTICE ScanSoft, Inc. [. . . ] Chapters 5 and 6 provide sample sessions that are step-by-step tutorials. Chapter 5 shows you how to use auto processing, Instant Access, recognize a document with complex layout, and process a document with text, pictures and a table. Chapter 6 shows how to process a document for a database, to use advanced settings for zones and page types, and to train TextBridge's OCR. The Help system provides a complete reference to the TextBridge user interface. Help includes overview information on key features, getting started instructions, step-by-step procedures for most operations and user tips. Typical user questions are answered in a "How Do I?" section and Troubleshooting helps when you have problems. Context-sensitive Help is always available by pressing F1 from any menu command or dialog box. 3­18 TextBridge Pro Millennium User's Guide 4 LEARNING TO USE TEXTBRIDGE The previous chapters introduced you to TextBridge and document recognition. This chapter describes the most basic capabilities of TextBridge. You will become familiar with the basic functionality of TextBridge so that you can understand how TextBridge works. The following chapters take you from the beginning to the end of using TextBridge to process different kinds of documents. The topics presented in this chapter are in the following list: x x x x x x x Before beginning to process a document Using TextBridge to process a document Starting TextBridge Using automatic processing Using manual processing Performing basic operations Getting Help while using TextBridge TextBridge Pro Millennium User's Guide 4­1 BEFORE BEGINNING TO PROCESS A DOCUMENT The following checklist will take you through the most important questions to ask before you start to process a document. Is this document a good candidate for OCR?If you have difficulty reading a page, TextBridge may also have trouble recognizing it. Is my document coming from my scanner or an image file?Do I want to retain the original layout and format of the document?Does the original document have pictures?If so, do I want to retain the pictures?Do I want to capture the whole page or just part of it?Are the pages I am processing all similar in layout and style?Do I want to proofread the results before saving?Are there any other settings I want to check and change?The rest of this chapter provides information that helps you to answer these questions. USING TEXTBRIDGE TO PROCESS A DOCUMENT TextBridge provides an easy-to-use interface and a powerful set of built-in capabilities. [. . . ] The Training dialog box appears (Figure 6­13). Click when the word is correct Suspect word Word image Click to undo last action Click if the recognized word image is not a word Click when you are done training Figure 6­13. Training OCR using Training dialog box 5. Change any words that were not accurately recognized. The words shown in the Word box are the results of TextBridge OCR analysis. [. . . ]