Verifying text

After performing OCR, you can compare any part of the recognized text against the corresponding part of the original image, to verify that the text was recognized correctly. Verifying text also functions for the Asian languages.

To do this:

Use this:

Turn verifier on

F9 or Omnipage tb f verifier Verifying text

Turn verifier off

Esc or F9 or Omnipage tb f verifier Verifying text

Turn verifier on/off temporarily

F8: press and hold down

Show verifier until next keystroke

Double-click on word

Zoom display in

Alt + Num + or click in verifier

Zoom display out

Alt + Num – or click in verifier

Make verifier dynamic or docked/floating

Alt + Num /

Dynamic context (scroll through 3 values)

Alt + Num *

The verifier tool Omnipage tb f verifier Verifying text is in the Formatting toolbar. The verifier can also be controlled from the View menu.

To display the verifier toolbar:

  • Hover the cursor over a verifier display.

The verifier toolbar appears: Omnipage verifier tools Verifying text

Click Omnipage verifier dockable Verifying text to make the verifier dockable. Dockable means to make the verifier either docked or floating depending on its last state. See the examples below:

This verifier is docked along the top of the Text Editor:

Omnipage eng verifier contacts1 Verifying text

You can catch it by any side and drag it to any part of the screen. Now its state is floating:

Omnipage eng verifier contacts2 Verifying text

Click Omnipage verifier dynamic Verifying text to make the verifier dynamic.

Here you can see an example of the dynamic verifier in the Text Editor:

Omnipage eng verifier contacts3 Verifying text

Click Omnipage verifier size Verifying text to modify the size of the text context. This tool is available only for the dynamic verifier. You can define how much context you want to see. Choices are: one word, three words (current and neighbors) and the whole image line. In our example Three Words is the current selection.

To modify the size of the text context:

  • Click Omnipage verifier size Verifying text as many times as required to get the desired size.

  • Press Alt + Num * as many times as required.

  • Select the appropriate Verifier menu item from the View menu.

 

  • You should proofread and verify texts before doing large-scale editing. If you cut and paste large blocks of text, the links between text and image may be disturbed.

 

  • You can use the OmniPage text-to-speech facility to have the recognized text read aloud as another way of verifying text. You can hear the text letter-by-letter, word-by-word, line-by-line, sentence-by-sentence or in whole pages. See Converting Text to Speech.

 

  • Suspect and non-dictionary words may be marked in the Text Editor. See Proofreading. Proofing stops only on marked words, and removes the marking as you move on. You can verify any words in the text, whether marked or not.

 

  • Turn the verifier on and use the Find Next Suspect tool Omnipage tb f next suspect Verifying text or F4 to quickly verify suspect words. Use the shortcut menu to get dictionary suggestions and proofing commands.

Verifying text