IT Help Center
Boston University
 

Scanning

IT's self-paced tutorial and scanning facility is in the ACS Help Desk at 111 Cummington Street. You can use this facility as a walk-in.

The instructions below are for the scanners in our office. If you will be using different scanners or different scanning software, these instructions may not apply.

Scanning Images with Windows

Scanning Text (OCR) with Windows

Scanning Images with a Mac

Scanning Text (OCR) with a Mac

NOTE for text scanning: If you have a scanner but do not have OCR software at home, the following Web site might be helpful. Use at your own risk - we are simply providing this information for your convenience. www.ocrterminal.com/