OCR: Printed and Handwritten Text

Analyze the printed and handwritten text of a scanned file for the purpose of performing a sequence of actions on each page.

Step 1 - Analyze & separate the document

The first step in using the OCR: PRINTED AND HANDWRITTEN TEXT command is to analyze and separate the file on which the specified actions will be performed.

  1. See Azure Licenses for the information required to complete this tab.

  2. Select the file to analyze.

  3. Choose whether to analyze all pages of the file or enter specific pages to analyze.

  4. Choose the method for separating the file to be analyzed.

  5. Instruct the wizard how to handle any errors encountered. Read more about error handling.

Step 2 - Define the actions

Upon adding the OCR: PRINTED AND HANDWRITTEN TEXT command to your wizard, you will notice that it becomes an empty "container" within the Editor Pane, waiting for you to fill it with instructions:

  1. Enter the action(s) the wizard should take on the file.

    • You can do this by dragging the required Advanced Command(s) directly into the container.

Loop-the-loop

If you have elected to analyze each page separately, the wizard performs the actions defined within the container by looping through each page (i.e., it will perform the complete sequence of actions on a single page, then move on to perform the sequence on each remaining page in turn).

No limits

You can use any available Advanced Command within the OCR: PRINTED AND HANDWRITTEN TEXT container.

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Break that loop!

Under certain conditions, you may want to break and/or restart the loop created by the OCR: PRINTED AND HANDWRITTEN TEXT container. Make this happen by using the Loop: Break and/or the Loop: Restart command (usually within an If Else command).