Retyping a document is tedious: even expert typists need a good 4 to 6 minutes to properly rekey a full page of text. Document scanners save you time by converting the documents into images from which you can pull text by using optical character recognition (OCR) software, such as Microsoft OneNote. Once the text is in OneNote, you can copy and paste it into Microsoft Word (or any other text editor) and edit the text. Tips Writer Bio
