- ScanSnap Home Help
- Operation Procedure
- Modifying the ScanSnap Home Preferences Settings
- Specifying a Text Recognition Language for Each Document Type
Specifying a Text Recognition Language for Each Document Type
When changing the document type for a content data record that is managed with ScanSnap Home or when importing files to ScanSnap Home, specify a text recognition language for each document type.
- Display the Main Window of ScanSnap Home.
For details, refer to To Display the Main Window.
- Select [Settings] in the menu → [Preferences] to display the preferences window.
- Specify a text recognition language for each document type in the [Language] tab.
Language, Location/Region of receipt (Language)
Specify a language of the text to be recognized.
If you want to add another language that is not in the list, select [Select another language] and install the OCR pack.
For the languages included in the OCR Pack, refer to OCR Pack (Windows).
HINT-
When [Do not recognize text] is selected, the content data record created from a document that you scanned is imported to ScanSnap Home under the following conditions:
When the document type is [Documents], searchable PDF files are not created nor is the title or the summary consisting of three lines extracted
When the document type is [Business Cards], information on the business card is not extracted
When the document type is [Receipts], information on the receipt is not extracted
After content data records are imported to ScanSnap Home, text recognition can be performed again if necessary.
For details, refer to Converting Content Data Records into Searchable Ones.
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Default currency
This setting item is for [Receipts] only.
Specify the currency to use when failing to recognize the currency as text.
The default setting is the currency automatically obtained from the locale (information of country and region) of your computer.
To specify a currency of your choice, click the [Customize] button, and enter the three-letter alphabetic code of the currency in the window that appears. It is recommended to use currency codes that are defined in ISO 4217.
Only one currency can be specified for the customized currency.
- Click the [OK] button to close the preferences window.
When the document types is [Documents], [Business Cards], or [Receipts], the language to recognize text is set.
- Display the Main Window of ScanSnap Home.
Click the [ScanSnap Home] icon in the application list that appears when you click Launchpad in the Dock.
- Select [ScanSnap Home] on the menu bar → [Preferences] to display the preferences window.
- Specify a text recognition language for each document type in the [Language] tab.
Language, Location/Region of receipt (Language)
Specify a language of the text to be recognized.
HINT-
When [Do not recognize text] is selected, the content data record created from a document that you scanned is imported to ScanSnap Home under the following conditions:
When the document type is [Documents], searchable PDF files are not created nor is the title or the summary consisting of three lines extracted
When the document type is [Business Cards], information on the business card is not extracted
When the document type is [Receipts], information on the receipt is not extracted
After content data records are imported to ScanSnap Home, text recognition can be performed again if necessary.
For details, refer to Converting Content Data Records into Searchable Ones.
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Default currency
This setting item is for [Receipts] only.
Specify the currency to use when failing to recognize the currency as text.
The default setting is the currency automatically obtained from the locale (information of country and region) of your computer.
To specify a currency of your choice, click the [Customize] button, and enter the three-letter alphabetic code of the currency in the window that appears. It is recommended to use currency codes that are defined in ISO 4217.
Only one currency can be specified for the customized currency.
- Click at the upper left of the window to close the preferences window.
When the document types is [Documents], [Business Cards], or [Receipts], the language to recognize text is set.