> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Phoebus R. Dokos (F??Ã?? ?. ?t????) > Sent: 10 February 2004 03:12 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ql-users] Thor manual > > I am using SimpleOCR which started off badly but learned > after 5 or 6 pages despite the very bad scan. I had to import > the PDF to Photoshop and process every page individually > first before I could do the thing. > Unfortunately that left me with 54 files that are a pain in > the you-know-what to reassemble :-)
Ah, same way I'm having to do this. I'd kinda hoped there was a magic solution :) > with a good contrast, reduced noise (ie photocopy speckles) > and properly oriented pages :-) (Same as most OCRs that is) That's the main problem - orientation. The original was a small format paperback so it was scanned 2 pages at a time, though I'm glad that someone took the time to scan it in the first place! Cheers -- Adrian/Witchy Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(
