I got the latest version of Adobe Acrobat 9 and I am testing this
"clearscan" OCR option. It looks great in high resolution but
unfortunately it has some problems:
1. It makes the files ~3 times bigger.
2. It does not look any different when printed.
3. The OCR quality is poor. It seems to often break words in the
middle. Here is some sample text copied from documents with the
line-breaks, fonts, and font size unchanged.
OmniPage 17 OCR output:
some researchers select open electrolytic cells over closed
cells, and very long sampling intervals (e.g., 5-minute sampling
intervals for input voltage used by Pons and Fleischmann in
recent boiling-cell experiments [12]). Some researchers continue
to use x-ray films instead of x-ray spectrometers, helium or
tritium gas sampling instead of charged-particle spectrometers,
Geiger counters rather than silicon or germanium detectors, and
neutron survey meters instead of sensitive neutron detectors as
described above. It is time to strongly question claims of cold
fusion based on crude techniques and to demand tests at a
rigorous scientific-proof level.
EPRI ICCF-4 Proc. Vol. 3. p. 275 (And this is a pack of lies, by the way)
Same text, Acrobat 9 OCR output:
some researchers sel ect open el ectrolytic cells over closed
cel l s , and very l ong sampl ing interval s ( e . g . , 5 -minute sampl ing
interva l s for input voltage used by Pons and Fle ischmann in
recent b o i l ing-cell experiments [ 1 2 ] ) . S ome researchers continue
to use x-ray f i lms instead of x-ray spectrometers , hel ium o r
tritium g a s sampl ing instead of charged-particle spectrometers ,
Geiger counters rather than s i l i con or germanium detectors , and
neutron survey meters instead o f sens itive neutron detectors a s
described above . I t i s time to strongly question cla ims o f cold
fus ion based on crude techniques and to demand tests at a
rigorous -scient i f ic-proof l eve l .
- Jed
