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. -- ******************************************************************** Prof. Prabhat Ranjan, Professor, Ph.D.(UC Berkeley), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar - 382009 (Gujarat) - India Web Page : http://www.da-iict.org Phone : (079) 30510553 (Direct) (079) 30520000 (PBX) Fax : 91-79-30520010 ******************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
