[NFBCS] Missing text in OCR of PDF

[Steve Shelton]

I think you need to add the file as an attachment rather than opening and trying to copy the contents. I think Chat GPT  has an option to include an attachment.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Steve

 

From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NFBCS
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 2:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Missing text in OCR of PDF

 

Pete, you’ve gone beyond my skills.  No surprise there.

I opened the PDF, and it said “alert:  empty document.”  I selected all anyway and copied, then I went to chat GPT and pasted, but all that was there was the little alert message.  How would I make the bot do OCR on the image part of the doc?

 

I don’t have email on my iPhone, so getting the doc to it is not at all easy.

Thanks.

Tracy

 

 

From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> > On Behalf Of Peter Mark via NFBCS
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2025 9:31 AM
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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Missing text in OCR of PDF

 

hey tracy

 

if there is no personal info on it then maybe paste it into chat gpt.

 

or email it to an iphone and see if seeing AI can read it.

 

 

pete

 

On Sep 27, 2025, at 9:23 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

 

I got a handout for a class I’m taking.  It was a PDF which was really just an image, so I had to run Jaws OCR to get anything out of it.  The OCR missed a whole section of text, several paragraphs.  Is there any way to get that text?  I tried running the OCR again, after class when I knew it was missing, but I got the same results.  

 

The text is in Irish Gaelic, so I can’t just have someone read it to me, and I need to see the spelling anyway.

Tracy

 

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