problem translating scanned documents

[eileenjune]

Hi,
I can scan photos and send to emails and use on sites, but the scanned documents that go through windows documents won't translate as says wrong file. Is there a file I should put them in to be able to open in google translate?
Anyone had this problem before with scanned items?
Thanks

[tamborine]

Scanned docs are seen as pictures.....send as a Jpg picture

[eileenjune]

Hi Tamborine,
Yes, it is a jpg. This is the error message:
"Sorry, the page you requested contains a file type (application/octet-stream) we are unable to translate."
Thanks for reply.

[rojash]

A jpeg is a picture. I don't think you'll find any program that can translate a picture!
You need to scan them into an OCR program to convert them to text before they can be translated.

[Wak]

I suppose you could also convert the .Doc file to a .PDF type file and send that with the e-mail.
The recipient could then read the .PDF file using the FREE Adobe reader.

[eileenjune]

Thanks all for answers.
When I scan a document a list appears on screen asking where I want it to go. As it's in french I select the windows one, which goes into images file.
Maybe I should try one of the other options?

[eileenjune]

Just tried again, and it automatically turns into a JPEG in images. The first prompt is which Epson file I want to use, scanner, video etc. Then it goes to images and can't open the document.
Very annoying as want to translate from french to english.

[eileenjune]

Good answer WAK, it works in a PDF file!!
Thank you