Hi Michael, Thank you for the additional clarification. It looks like ABBYY FineReader Pro for Mac can do what you are asking. Following your outline, I was able to import 5 PDF files at once and have them all OCR’d and saved as individual TXT files in one test scenario and DOCX files in a second scenario. Here are the steps I followed to do this.
1. I placed the 5 sample PDF files in their own folder inside the Documents folder on my Mac. 2. I launched ABBYY FineReader Pro for Mac. 3. I chose File / New. This opens the “New Task” window. In this window there are a couple of unlabeled or mislabeled items, but the important sections are accessible with VO. It takes a few minutes of navigating through the elements on this screen to get them figured out, but essentially there are two working modes to choose from: A “Quick Conversion” mode and a standard mode. I’m not sure of all the differences, but the Quick conversion offers 4 output formats, while the standard mode offers 12 output formats. I tested using the MS Word output format in Quick Conversion and the TXT output format in the standard mode. 4. In both cases I was prompted to select the source file(s) using a standard OSX file selection dialog where I selected all 5 of the PDF source files at once and then selected the Export button to start the conversion process. 5. The conversion process took a couple of minutes and there was a cryptic status message displayed during this process. 6. At the end of the conversion I was presented with a dialog box telling me I would have better luck working with 600 DPI sources. I closed this message and was presented with another dialog box that included a popup with an option to Create a separate file for each source file” and then the process finished. I looked in Finder and found that a subfolder for the TXT and one for the DOCX output files had been created inside my test folder and the converted files had been placed inside those folders Each file had the same name as it’s original PDF file but with the TXT or DOCX extension instead. That’s the short version of the story, but I hope it helps. There were a number of other options I ignored during the process, and I’m sure someone here or on AppleVis will do a podcast or a more thorough write-up as time permits. Cheers, Bryan On Dec 10, 2013, at 9:01 PM, Michael Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > hey, > i do not have a scanner for the computer. > in finereader express you can inport more than one pdf document how ever, it > will put all the OCR text into one big document. > if i use finreader pro this is what i do: > say i have 5 documents with the names doc one to 5.pdf. i inport the 5 files > into finereader pro. finereader will ad and OCR eatch page of the documents. > i then go into file menue and hit save as. finereader will then save a copy > of the 5 documents i inported into the program in another format so, you have > doc 1.html and so on in what ever format you like to use. > that is all there is to it. i believe a user on the list ann? sorry if that > spelling is wrong knows more about this stuff than i do. > > hope this helped a bit. > > Michael <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
