Character recognition device, method of generating document file, and storage medium

A method for generating a document file in a character recognition device configured to convert characters on a scanned image obtained by reading a document into digital data, the method comprising:

• performing character recognition processing on the scanned image;
• generating data in which candidate characters or character strings of a character or character string recognized by the character recognition processing are associated with recognition degrees representing probabilities of the candidate characters or character strings;
• displaying a first candidate having a highest recognition degree among the candidate characters or character strings;
• and
• generating the document file in a format in which another candidate, other than the first candidate, of the candidate characters or character strings is displayed simultaneously with the first candidate, in association with the first candidate, and in a form different from a form of the first candidate.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing a computer to execute a method for generating a document file in a character recognition device, the method comprising:

• performing character recognition processing on a scanned image;
• generating data in which candidate characters or character strings of a character or character string recognized by the character recognition processing are associated with recognition degrees representing probabilities of the candidate characters or character strings;
• displaying a first candidate having a highest recognition degree among the candidate characters or character strings;
• and
• generating document the file in a format in which another candidate, other than the first candidate, of the candidate characters or character strings is displayed simultaneously with the first candidate, in association with the first candidate, and in a form different from a form of the first candidate.