On Jun 4, 2010, at 19:08, Duke Normandin wrote: > 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
No, really, OCR is always expensive, or flawed, never both. That's also why we can't offer it directly in Skim. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
