Hi Greg, This is a really great idea, especially since the ability to OCR PDFs would be independent of the software of any particular scanner or version of ReadIris.
Cheers, Esther On Nov 22, 2007, at 07:47PM, Greg Kearney wrote: >In theory yes, I do not know how this will work in practice. You might >need to run the command on each page of a PDF. At this point I do not >believe that the Google OCR system I am employing support layout. I'm >just starting to play with it. > >As with any OCR system you have to have enough resolution in the >image. At least 150 dpi. > > >Greg Kearney >535 S. Jackson St. >Casper, Wyoming 82601 >307-224-4022 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >On Nov 22, 2007, at 10:29 PM, Rafael Bejarano wrote: > >> Hello Greg, >> >> I would find such a program extremely useful. I often download pdf >> files that I cannot read unless I first print them. If I understand >> your suggestion, I could simply run such files through your program, >> which would convert them to text files. Is that right? >> >> Also, would the lay-out of documents be preserved? For example, >> would the columns be preserved in a multiple column document? >> >> Cordially, >> Rafael Bejarano >> On Nov 22, 2007, at 11:09 PM, Greg Kearney wrote: >> >>> OK folks time to try out an idea on everyone. >>> >>> What I'm thinking of is a program I'm going to call iOCR. This >>> program will take the front most document of Preview and run OCR on >>> it and then open the resulting text in TextEdit. I'm thinking of >>> using Googles open source OCR which I have working on a Mac. It >>> seems to do a good job and can deal with upside down pages. >>> >>> This will likely be an Intel, Leopard only thing at first. >>> >>> So useful or not? >>> >>> Greg Kearney >>> 535 S. Jackson St. >>> Casper, Wyoming 82601 >>> 307-224-4022 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > >
