On Fri, 4 Jun 2010, jeff newman wrote:

[snip]

> > Can you recommend some OCR software for MacOS X (leopard)?
> >
> >
> I use Abbyy FineReader[1] and ReadIris[2] is supposed to be pretty good,
> too, but both will set you back about $100. Which is still cheaper than
> acrobat pro. :)
>
> There's also a "free online OCR" application[3]. I can't even comment on how
> well it works or what happens to your files, privacy, etc. but it does say
> it can handle short PDFs.
>
> [1]: http://www.abbyyusa.com/finereader/express/mac
> [2]:
> http://www.irislink.com/c2-1584-189/Readiris-12---OCR-Software-------Convert-your-Paper-Documents-into-Editable-Text-.aspx
> [3]: http://www.free-online-ocr.com/
>

Thank you for the recommendations! FWIW, I tried printing the
"image-type" pdf file, but using the "PDF" button to select "save to
postscript". I thought that by using the utility "ps2pdf", it might be
doing some OCR transformation thing in the process. There I go --
_thinking_ again! ;) It didn't work. I was hoping that Apple had
hidden some bizarro way of doing this very thing ;) Haven't yet found
it. Thanks again!
-- 
Duke

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