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Started by Phred
Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:31
Extracting text from graphics files
Author: Phred
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:31
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:31
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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. IrfanView can export to a wide range of formats, so that may give some idea of available options that could be used (e.g. BMP, JPG, GIF... ). Indeed, I guess at a basic level it would only need to extract the text from the screen display, wouldn't it? Perhaps that's really the only way it could work? Of course, the text to be "translated" would be selected on screen by the operator, rather than hoping the program could work on the whole damn image! Any suggestions? It's not something that I want to spend money on, but it could be useful at times to this slow typist! Cheers, Phred. -- ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
Re: Extracting text from graphics files
Author: beenthere
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:23
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:23
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"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.
Re: Extracting text from graphics files
Author: dadiOH
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:39
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:39
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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. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
Re: Extracting text from graphics files
Author: 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
Re: Extracting text from graphics files
Author: Phred
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:30
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:30
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In article <LaWLg.6117$m36.5162@trnddc02>, "dadiOH" <xico@verizon.net> wrote: >Phred wrote: >> G'day mates, >> >> I'm just wondering if there is a convenient (and free) program for >> extracting at least small amounts of text from a graphics file. > >There is no "text" in a graphics file; what there is are pictures that >you choose to call text. In order to manipulate those pictures as >"text" you need an OCR (optical character recognition) program. Yeah. I was aware of that; I just wondered if there was a free one kicking around that would be convenient to use for doing that sort of job on one or another of the common graphics formats; with help from the operator by delimiting the "text" area on screen, if necessary. I guess you're saying OCRs will only work with the formats used by mechanically scanned images; and/or there are no free ones? Anyway, thanks for your interest, dadiOH. Cheers, Phred. -- ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
Re: Extracting text from graphics files
Author: Phred
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:41
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:41
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In article <2NWLg.8592$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. -- ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
Re: Extracting text from graphics files
Author: Phred
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:47
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:47
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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. -- ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
Re: Extracting text from graphics files
Author: El Bandolero
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:15
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:15
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Il Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:47:37 GMT, Phred ha scritto: > 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.) the free version 4.0 version was shipped in 1999 it is not so huge as you imagine Finereader is very fast, quick and effective the other free and open source OCR software I've found out are even tinier -- ciao Bando recursive: (adj.), see recursive
Re: Extracting text from graphics files
Author: El Bandolero
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:15
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:15
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Il Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:15:07 +0200, El Bandolero ha scritto: > the other free and open source OCR software I've found out are even tinier http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/SimpleOCR-Download-27172.html http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/GOCR-Windows-Frontend.shtml -- ciao Bando recursive: (adj.), see recursive
Re: Extracting text from graphics files
Author: socrtwo
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:45
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:45
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El Bandolero wrote: > Il Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:15:07 +0200, El Bandolero ha scritto: > > > the other free and open source OCR software I've found out are even tinier > > http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/SimpleOCR-Download-27172.html > > http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/GOCR-Windows-Frontend.shtml > > -- > ciao > Bando > recursive: (adj.), see recursive Some consider webware a subgenre of freeware (pricelesswarehome has a section for instance). Here is a good free webware OCR: http://docmorph.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/docmorph.htm
Re: Extracting text from graphics files
Author: Synic
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:25
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:25
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dadiOH <dadiOH@guesswhere.com> 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. Now that's not *entirely* true. The GIF format supports internal labels. Run GIMP and save as GIF, you'll get the option to set a GIF comment (by default "Created with The GIMP" but you can change it to anything). There are also a few other XML or text based image formats that may also have textual label fields. But yeah, chanced are Phred just wants an OCR tool ;-).
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