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In article <LaWLg.6117$m36.5162@trnddc02>, "dadiOH" <xico@verizon.net> wrote:
>Phred wrote:
>> 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.
>
>There is no "text" in a graphics file; what there is are pictures that
>you choose to call text.  In order to manipulate those pictures as
>"text" you need an OCR (optical character recognition) program.

Yeah.  I was aware of that; I just wondered if there was a free one 
kicking around that would be convenient to use for doing that sort of 
job on one or another of the common graphics formats; with help from 
the operator by delimiting the "text" area on screen, if necessary. 

I guess you're saying OCRs will only work with the formats used by 
mechanically scanned images; and/or there are no free ones?

Anyway, thanks for your interest, dadiOH.

Cheers, Phred.

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