[nfbcs] Off List RE: Optical Recognition of pdf image files

[Bryan Schulz]

HI,

I could do the same with openbook.
the pdf converter included with versions 9 and later seem to work well.
Bryan Schulz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Louis Maher via nfbcs'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 11:16 PM
Subject: [nfbcs] Off List RE: Optical Recognition of pdf image files


> If you don't find a solution soon, I have Kurzweil , and I could OCR it 
> for
> you. That being said, I can only guarantee that it would be as good as the
> program could make it, which is not 100% perfect.
>
> Nicole
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Louis Maher via
> nfbcs
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 3:48 PM
> To: 'Steve Jacobson'; 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Optical Recognition of pdf image files
>
> Thanks Steve.
>
>
> Regards
> Louis Maher
> Phone 713-444-7838
> E-mail ljmaher at swbell.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
> via nfbcs
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 12:18 PM
> To: Louis Maher via nfbcs
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Optical Recognition of pdf image files
>
> Louis,
>
> The first thing I would do if I were you is to see if whomever produced 
> the
> 990 couldn't try another option.
> Presumably it was either someone in your affilliate or someone you paid, 
> so
> this should be a possibility.  I've gotten PDF's from the person I pay to 
> do
> my personal taxes which have come out fine.  I do not like using OCR on
> documents where every digit is important if I can avoid it.
>
> I believe 990's are pretty much public documents, so if you can't get a
> different version, finding someone with Kurzweil 1000 to convert it would 
> be
> a possibility.  Other off-the-shelf programs such as OmniPage and 
> FineReader
> which are far cheaper also can convert PDF's.  I believe there is still a
> place you can email such files and get a text file back but I don't have
> that information.
>
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 06:19:17 -0500, Louis Maher via nfbcs wrote:
>
>>Folks,
>
>>I have been given a form 990 from our affiliate to review.  It is a pdf
>>file containing images.  What do people recommend for Optical character
>>recognition of this file.  I really do not want to spend $1,000 to
>>solve this problem.  The file has 28 pages.
>
>>Thanks.
>
>>Regards
>>Louis Maher
>>Phone 713-444-7838
>>E-mail ljmaher at swbell.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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