Scanned documents can be made editable and readable by a screen reader with the help of a software that can perform optical character recognition (OCR). One such software is Adobe Acrobat X Pro which has already been installed in the laptop in the Accessible Pod.
Here are the steps to create a digitised document from a printed page:
Step 1 Ensure that the laptop is connected to the scanner, and the scanner is switched on.
Step 2 Open Adobe Acrobat X Pro, and go to File > Create > PDF from Scanner and select Custom Scan.
Step 3 Select the scanner as "WIA-Officejet Pro 8500 A909g".
Step 4 The option to " Make Searchable (Run OCR)" is selected by default.
Step 5 Click on the “Scan” button.
The document will be converted into an editable and readable PDF file.
Step 6 The text will now be selectable and readable using Adobe Reader’s Read Out Loud feature.
