Windows 8.1 OneNote to add OCR features

Microsoft today released a major update for the Windows 8.1 OneNote application, including camera scanning (Camera Scan) OCR, fine-tuning the interface, and compatibility with Windows 8.1 features – such as recording Windows 8.1 by sharing "Super buttons" The content or screenshot in the application or browser.

According to Microsoft, the most important update for the Windows 8.1 version of OneNote is the camera scan (Camera Scan), OCR (optical character recognition, prior to Microsoft's integration in SkyDrive and Windows 8.1), available in OneNote Use the camera to take documents, photos and whiteboards and extract the above text for editing; This feature also supports searching through text for images.

You can find camera in the radial menu in OneNote notes to start using the camera Scan feature. In addition, Microsoft has updated the navigation features of OneNote, the notes list is added to the preview, the notes can be viewed in full screen (hide left navigation), and the stylus effect is improved.