Article View: comp.sys.mac.apps
Article #2796Re: Utility to convert screen dump to text ?
From: Les Ferch
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 08:14
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 08:14
19 lines
1512 bytes
1512 bytes
In <1992Sep8.115709.7634@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk> b130778@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk (MA NGAI LING) writes: >I would like to save the text from a screen dump as an ascii text file. >Is there any PD utility that will do the job? Thanks in advance. If you mean that you would like to convert the text within a paint image produced by a Command-Shift-3 screen save, then what you need is an OCR program (fairly expensive commercial software). Converting bitmapped images of text to ascii text is a slow, cumbersome and error-prone procedure. Just try to devise your own program to do this and you'll soon see why OCR software is not cheap. However, converting the known regular bitmaps of some common Mac fonts in 72 dpi screen shots (assuming fractional widths off) should be easier. Perhaps a different approach is in order. You might want to consider using one of the following utilities that can be found on sumex.stanford.edu: fkey/text-capture-19.hqx cp/text-trap.hqx
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<ferch.716026447@swiss.ucs.ubc.ca>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!caen!destroyer!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!swiss.ucs.ubc.ca!ferchReferences:
<1992Sep8.115709.7634@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!caen!destroyer!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!swiss.ucs.ubc.ca!ferch From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch) Subject: Re: Utility to convert screen dump to text ? Message-ID: <ferch.716026447@swiss.ucs.ubc.ca> Sender: news@unixg.ubc.ca (Usenet News Maintenance) Nntp-Posting-Host: swiss.ucs.ubc.ca Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada References: <1992Sep8.115709.7634@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 08:14:07 GMT Lines: 19