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Article #385Re: Extracting text from graphics files
From: Craig
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:20
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:20
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beenthere wrote: > "Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:4mala1F5bsjmU3@individual.net... > >>G'day mates, >> >>I'm just wondering if there is a convenient (and free) program for >>extracting at least small amounts of text from a graphics file. >> > > No. Sorry the text is part of the graphic. Yup. The text is now a graphic. As others have mentioned, OCR may fit the bill. I've been using Abbyy's OCR v4.0 for about 6 months now. It's quite good. From a posting by Susan Burgher back in June... > download link: > http://www.san-com.net/software_it/FR_4.0_Pro.zip > registration page: > http://fr5promo.finereader.it/reg_fr4free_ils603.htm > Minimum requirement to register: choose one of the provinces in Italy > (they're in a drop-down box). The registration number (shown on-line) is > always: FRB4-2000053-97214 > > Susan There's a lot of Italian involved but, wing it. By the end of the process you'll at least be gesturing wildly like a native Roman... hth, -Craig
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