Re: OCR

de Susan Bugher 06/19/2006 11:49

Big Papi wrote:

> Is there any way to perform OCR on a jpeg file? I have a scanned article
> I found on the Internet that I would like to convert into a text file.
> Is there anything that can do this without rescanning the image?

If necessary, you can easily convert JPGs to other image formats. See
the apps listed here:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2006/PL2006GRAPHICS.php#Viewer

If you need an OCR program try this app - it's gotten good reviews here
recently:

Program: FineReader
Company: ABBYY Software
Ware: (Registerware) (free) (v 4.0) older version of $ware; language
choice during setup
http://www.ilsoftware.it/articoli.asp?ID=2904

other free OCR apps are listed here:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_TEXT.php#2.01Convert:OCR

or use an online app - some are listed here:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/Webware.php#TEXT

Susan
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