On 29 Jan 2010, at 12:43, Jason Davies wrote: > On 29 Jan 2010, at 07:36, Gillian Snoxall wrote: > >> Talking of media-convert, I am looking for something that will convert a >> scanned PDF into text for OSX. I would be grateful for any suggestions. >> >> Gilly > > > it has to be very good quality to work. Most things do this when scanning > though -- can you select a word as text? > > If it's a one-off I can do it with Acrobat and send it back.
Gilly, Could you provide a bit more detail? Did you scan a page(s) that included text and saved the result as a PDF? What sort of source media was it - book, magazine, newspaper, computer? It depends on the quality of the source but often you can select the text in Preview and copy/paste it elsewhere. I've found that the layout/formatting often gets lost and you needs to use the systemwide services to reformat the pasted results. I assume that if you'd scanned it yourself that you had checked to see if the software that came with the scanner offered OCR. Jason is on the button that you need a good quality image to have any chance to convert the text. Certainly doesn't work 1970's typewriter material! Regards, Tony -- Tony Crooks <mailto: [email protected]> 53 Mendip Avenue Eastbourne BN23 8HP Mob: 07590508079 Tel: 01323-460789 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
