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Re: anyone have software to OCR a PDF?



aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:
I have a PDF file containing source code for an apple II program,
does anyone have the software to convert this PDF into text?  the
text within the PDF is just a scan, so it is in graphic (pixel)
format.

Acrobat 4.0 would do OCRs of scan PDFs with a few clicks.
Then a copy-and-paste to a text file extracts the text.
(Later versions deleted/restricted the OCR operation.)

As always, proofreading is a *must* as accuracy can be
pretty low depending on the scans.

-michael

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