RobinH wrote:
I don't know how well this program does it, but apparently
converting a PDF file IS possible...
http://www.scansoft.com/pdfconverter/
Note who these people are. They have a PDF converter as a by-product of
their scanning technology. Have you ever used a text-scanning program? I
have. Theirs, in fact. I won't say it's never useful -- it's
occasionally been a life saver -- but as soon as a document becomes at
all typographically complex, scanning becomes very difficult.
This is an area requiring heuristics at a minimum, and downright A.i. in
advanced applications, and even then things like tables and indices will
get wholly balled up.
I'm not saying it can't be done, but don't think of it as a "filter".
Think of it as an entire application program, and a project size to match.
--
John W. Kennedy
"Those in the seat of power oft forget their failings and seek only the
obeisance of others! Thus is bad government born! Hold in your heart
that you and the people are one, human beings all, and good government
shall arise of its own accord! Such is the path of virtue!"
-- Kazuo Koike. "Lone Wolf and Cub: Thirteen Strings" (tr. Dana Lewis)
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