How to programmatically read over a scanned document or image

Question

I\'ve searched around on the net, as I\'m a bit of a n00b when it comes to OCR, and I\'m actually not sure where a good starting point would be.

I\'d like to build a

Answer 1

You can try and use the Office MODI library.

Other options are

1. a commercial OCR library, or
2. implement your own bitmap recognition logic (might be feasible if you have full control over the layout of what has to be scanned).