OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition which means that the software reads the image of the text characters and converts them into text that can be modified in computer programs such as word processing programs. The reason for this is twofold. First it allows me to layout a page consistent with the website format, but more importantly it reduces the size of the file and allows for quicker viewing on your computer.
Large files are the potential nemesis of all web sites.
OCR sometimes has difficultly reading a page if the characters are small or the copy is not crisp. The output of the OCR allows for spell checking which endeavors to find word that the software did not correctly identify, however it is possible that some of the original text got modified in the OCR process. If that has happened I apologize to the reader and the author and would like to be informed by e-mail of the error so I can correct it. If anyone has any expertise to share on this or any other OCR program I would enjoy corresponding with you. All rights reserved.