Thanks, sieghard! No jaws but I’ll try your steps. Good to have your expertise! Harry
> On 21 Sep 2018, at 17:30, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I assume you don't have access to Jaws? With Jaws 2018 and later it's as easy > as pressing a shortcut key combination when you are on any image file in > Windows Explorer. > You might want to try the following, I did a Google search for "Online OCR of > jpg files": > > Free Online OCR service allows you to convert PDF document to MS Word file > , scanned images to editable text formats and extract text from JPEG > /TIFF/BMP ... > Here is the link: > Free Online OCR - convert PDF to Word or Image to text > Once you are on the page, look for the “Choose Files” button, it says above: > 1 STEP - Upload file 2 STEP - Select language and output format 3 STEP – > Convert > Sounds like most online converters and it will probably work well enough. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 9:22 AM > To: Abridged Recipients <[email protected]> > Subject: Extracting text from a jpg image? > > Can anyone tell me which app can ocr a jpg image? The French teacher of a > class I’m going to has started sending French articles to us as jpg files. > I’ve tried TextGrabber and KNFB Reader but neither can get anything. I’m > using iPhone 7 Plus and a 2018 iPad, iOS 12. Might my MacBook Pro on high > Sierra do a better job?Recommendations welcome! > Thanks > Harry > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
