Learn More: OCR Scanning

What is OCR Scanning?

OCR (optical character recognition) is the software we use to turn a simple scanned image of your paper into a fully text-searchable digital document. Once OCR is employed, applications can recognize individual characters and effectively "read" the document. OCR is the software that makes it possible to text-search your scanned documents. When you have your documents scanned with OfficeDrop, OCR is standard, at no added cost.

When OfficeDrop Adds OCR

Basically, your documents will be made searchable any time they enter the OfficeDrop system. This includes anytime we scan paper documents, or anytime digital documents are uploaded via OfficeDrop. The following list outlines all of the times we employ OCR

Anytime You Have Documents Scanned by Mail

Anytime You Upload Documents to OfficeDrop

Anytime you Email Documents to your OfficeDrop Account

Anytime You Scan to OfficeDrop with ScanDrop

When OCR is not Added

Upload directly to Evernote with ScanDrop

Upload directly to Google Docs with ScanDrop

Once Searchable Always Searchable

Once OfficeDrop adds OCR to a document, it retains text-searchability even outside the OfficeDrop digital filing system. When you link OfficeDrop documents to Google Docs, or Evernote, you will still be able to fully utilize the search feature of both these applications.

If you download OfficeDrop documents to your desktop, you can open and search them with Adobe Acrobat or other PDF readers.