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PDF Program to convert a scanned text page to editable text?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:43 am
by KingManULTRA
I have this text PDF file, however I can neither edit nor highlight text because the program does not recognize text as such. Similarly, I can not highlight text from scanned book pages. Is there a conversion program to convert the picture of text to actual text?
Re: PDF Program to convert a scanned text page to editable text?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:28 am
by AmIdYfReAk
i'm 100% sure there are Twain based app's that will do that... they are usually bundeled with a scanner.. so you may need to print the page then scan it to get the desired test you are looking for..
i would tell you more if i knew anything more, i havnt had a scanner in atleast... well... 7 years?
Re: PDF Program to convert a scanned text page to editable text?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:05 am
by MKJ
its called OCR, it has been around for years.
it is indeed a scanning function.
Re: PDF Program to convert a scanned text page to editable text?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:14 pm
by obsidian
Yes, Optical Character Recognition. Most scanners come with an OCR software bundled with it.