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title: "Scanning to PDF from UConn Xerox Printers/Copiers"
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Students, faculty, and staff can create more accessible scanned PDF documents from UConn Xerox Printers/Copiers. 

Selecting OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for PDFs created at UConn printers converts typed or printed text into machine-encode text to be read by a screen reader and searched.


**Step 1: **Select email from the Xerox home page. 

![Screenshot of Xerox home page with Email icon highlighted.](media://fc50f81d-0c7e-47bc-b6a8-7ba11489a85d)


**Step 2: **After adding recipients, select file type by choosing the “.pdf” bubble

![Screenshot of Xerox recipient page with .pdf highlighted.](media://19ef6d2c-9ccc-4d43-8a63-cdde95943b1b)


**Step 3:** Select “More” from the pop-up list.  

![Screenshot of Xerox recipient page more menu with .pdf highlighted.](media://fbdeaa0c-4e2e-4a79-9db0-d065a4a24a20)


**Step 4: **Under “Searchable”, select the “Yes” option.

![Screenshot of Xerox pdf page with Yes highlighted](media://6002243c-85e0-45f9-95d7-b7a6407aba87)


**Step 5: **The document language can be changed from the “English” or “Current Language” bubble.

![Screenshot of Xerox pdf page with English highlighted](media://1b1ae9d5-48ed-4f93-9c83-0d4dfb4e1598)


**Step 6: **Once done, select the “OK” bubble to save changes.

![Screenshot of Xerox pdf page with OK highlighted](media://16cad527-8c25-4765-9a48-1d6bde02060c)