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In article <4mastmF59m2rU2@individual.net>, ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred) wrote:
>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.  :-)

Addendum:  I started the download and it told me to expect some 55 MB 
coming down the wire, so I cancelled for the time being.  I don't 
think a program of that size would fit my "convenience" requirements 
on this too-modestly configured system.  (Win ME, 128K RAM.)

Cheers, Phred.

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