There are many open source OCR software. Search for OCR on 'freshmeat'. 
Convert pdf to bitmap using something like "pdftopbm" and then use OCR 
software. You may have to convert bitmap to appropriate one needed by OCR 
software. "gimp" or "imagemagick" can easily do this type of job.

Thanks,
- Prabhat Ranjan

On Sunday 28 September 2003 23:15, Aseem Asthana wrote:
> * Arjun Asthana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-27 09:32 PST]:
> > google 'pdf to text'
>
> Might not help since the pdf is composed of "images" vs "text". OCR
> software, IMHO, is a better bet.
>
> Aseem.

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