Ruby nadler wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for tool that can create searchable text pdf. I have image > file (tif or gif) and I have an xml file or text file which contains the > list of all the words in the image file and each word position on the > image file (in pixels). Since I didn’t try itext, is there a way to do > it with itext? If so can you point me to the right direction? > > I read about adding text or images but I couldn’t find any place about > hidden text under image layer.
Let me summarize: you have - an image - the result of an OCR operation Now you want to add the image to a PDF (1) and add the text on the absolute positions (2). (1) is explained in chapter 5 of the book, and you can find all the examples in that chapter here: http://1t3xt.info/examples/browse/?page=toc&id=10 I've written an additional example to explain how (2) is done: http://1t3xt.info/examples/browse/?page=example&id=390 Somebody sent me this file: http://1t3xt.info/examples/resources/questions/txt/ocr.txt It's the output of an OCR operation and I made a PDF that puts the text on a page more or less in the correct position. Give it a try. -- This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Do you like iText? Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Or leave a tip: https://tipit.to/itexttipjar
