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> ++ Ensuring your scans are at LEAST 300 dpi. If your document includes
small (<9 point text), then 600 dpi is strongly preferred.
>
True, the pdf documents with me are of varied quality, many are
soiled but many are at 300 dpi or above. The converted documents of clear
files also has its font/ font size changed and the formatting also changes.
The data with tables and that with mix of pics and text is a big problem.
Atul
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From: "Duff Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: [PDF] pdf to doc
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> > I have used the product but the results are varied, with
formatting of
> >the word document dramatically changing sometimes while at times it is
> >same. Ditto with the spelling, the level of accuracy is not very high.
Which
> >version of ABBY FineReader do you use?
>
> Results are "varied" because real-world scanned documents are varied. This
is not a problem with your software. Perfect automated conversions for 99%
of pages are still years away.
>
> Having said that, you can dramatically improve your results by...
>
> ++ Ensuring your scans are at LEAST 300 dpi. If your document includes
small (<9 point text), then 600 dpi is strongly preferred.
>
> ++ Ensure that your settings for contrast and brightness are such that the
characters on the page are neither too faint or too "bold" for the OCR to
get a good grip.
>
> ++ Ensuring that the scanned page is as clean of specks, edge-artifacts,
crud and other blemishes BEFORE OCR.
>
> ++ Ensuring minimal skew in the scanned image
>
> All of these things take time and effort. However, they all substantially
reduce the time and effort spent in dealing with bad OCR results... and that
benefit persists for the life of the document.
>
> Duff Johnson
> Document Solutions, Inc.
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