Text Bridge Classic Tutorial

1. Double click the hard disk icon to open it.

2. Locate and double click the Textbridge folder.

3. Double click the Textbridge icon to launch the program.

4. The Textbridge window now appears with boxes reading Input, Outputand Tools. There are also click buttons for "More Choices" and"Go." If this is your first time using Textbridge, follow thesteps below.

a. Click on the Apple menu in the upper-left corner and select Chooser.

b. Locate the "Mustek F/B Scanner…" icon in the Chooserand double click it. If this icon is not present consult Document# 3540 "Installing From The Scanner Solutions CD."

c. Close the Chooser.

d. Click the File menu and click Select Source.

e. Make sure the "Mustek F/B Scanner…" is selected and click"OK."

f. The Input box will now have "Scanner" selected.

5. Verify that the Output box has "Text" selected and click"Go."

6. The Save Output As box will now appear. The default folder for savingyour text is the Documents folder on your hard disk. For the purpose ofthis tutorial, you should use the default setting although you can changethis by clicking on the Desktop button to the right, then clicking theHard Disk icon that appears in the box to choose the folder you wish touse.

7. In the box under "Save Output As:" there is the word "Untitled."Double click this word and replace it with a filename for your text document.For this tutorial, use the name TEST.

8. Just below the box where you entered your filename is a box withthe label "Text." This is for selecting the format of your textdocument. The default setting is "Microsoft Word (RTF)" whichmeans Rich Text Format. This setting will save your recognized documentin a format readable by word processors like Word and Claris Works. Touse a document in other word processors click on this box and select "FormattedASCII."

9. Click "Continue." The scanner will now scan the document.

10. When the scanner finishes, it will prompt you to "Add morepages and continue?"

a. If this were a multiple-page document, you could click "Continue."

b. If this were a two-sided document, lift the scanner lid, turn thepage over and click "Flip and Continue."

c. If this is a single, one-sided document, click "End."

10. For the purpose of this tutorial, click "End."

11. Textbridge will now perform the OCR process and save the document.The Textbridge setup screen will appear again.

12. Click the File menu and select "Quit."

13. Locate your Documents folder on your hard disk and double clickit.

14. Find the "TEST" document icon and double click it. Yourdocument will now open into the word processor which can read its format.From here you can edit, print, or save your finished document. You maysee characters that look like this ~. These are tildes, and they representcharacters that Textbridge did not recognize. OCR programs like Textbridgeare not 100 percent accurate in their recognition process, and they willmiss a few characters. If they miss too much, try the following troubleshootingtips:

a. Rescan the image at a different resolution. Relaunch Textbridge andclick the File menu and then Source Setup. You may choose between 200,300, or 400 dpi resolution settings. Click "OK" and then click"Go."

b. Make sure the page is lined up straight in the scanner. If it iscrooked, it may cause characters to be unrecognized.

c. If the page is a photocopy or print-out from a fax machine, the pagemay have broken characters or small black spots that would interfere withthe OCR process. It may be impossible to get a good OCR of this documentwithout a cleaner original.