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In article <2NWLg.8592$yO7.7434@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, Craig <netburgher@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
>beenthere wrote:
>> "Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
>> news:4mala1F5bsjmU3@individual.net...
>>>
>>>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
>
>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...

Okay!  So I have to withdraw my assumptions made minutes ago in 
responding to dadiOH!  :-)

Thanks for the pointers, Craig.  Sounds like this might be worth 
trying.  I used to be able to nod like an Indian; arm waving will be a 
new challenge.  :-)

Cheers, Phred.

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