## Why

The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) functionality will help ReadSpeaker software gain access to a scanned PDF. What does that mean? The TTS software doesn't see the letters on the page but rather sees an image of the text. You will see this if you run your mouse over the page and can't highlight the text.

## When

Use the OCR tool anytime you are trying to use the TTS to read the text out loud, and you see the pop-up message below.

## What

As you encounter an “image PDF,” using the OCR tool will make that PDF readable for ReadSpeaker TTS software.

- Click Yes.
- The OCR takes place.

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## How

If you have an image or scanned-based PDF document, try opening it with docReader. Look for a popup message saying the documents look like has words on them and ask if you would like ReadSpeaker to try to make them readable. Click YES, and the OCR will take place like magic.

NOTE: Handwritten documents will be less accurate.

## Video

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