[GreenKeys] OCR on PDF files [ was Quoth the RTTY...]

[Sam Hallas]

Jim Pruitt wrote:
> Hello Sam. Can I ask you what you use for OCR?  Also how do you feed
> the OCR software the data (scan a picture)?  I looked at the RTTY
> Journal file and was wondering how to convert it to usable text (like
> you did).

Fairly straightforward, Jim. The full version of Acrobat allows you to 
'export all images' so I extracted the single page with the text and 
exported it to a JPG image. (You can buy second-hand copies of Acrobat 
legally from various sources).

The OCR software I'm using is TextBridge Pro 11, which work bought for 
me some time ago. It's obsolete now but I also have a lite version of 
OmniPage which came free with my scanner.

Both programs will open image files and you only need to drag a marquee 
round the required text and press 'Automatic' to start the OCR process.

Hope that helps

Sam

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