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OCR in Adobe Acrobat

  • 21-04-2010 3:44pm
    #1
    opinion guy
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    Hi all,

    TEchy question for any adobe experts.

    I have a bunch of journal articles to scan. I've just noticed that Acrobat has built in OCR. This would be amazing if I could convert the articles to text, but I'm wondering how does it work and how accurate it is ?

    Does it leave my original scanned image as is ? i.e. is the text is creates metadata that is in effect just superimposed on the image ? In other wors - do I still retain my original image as was on the paper version (or does it change the letters to what it thinks they are ?).

    Anyhow I'm hoping this is the case but just wondered if anyone knows ?


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  • #2
    mordeith
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    I can only speak for Adobe Professional 9. The OCR in this version scans your original file (tiff or whatever) and places the ocr text behind the image. The file is then text searchable and you can copy and paste to word or whatever. It does not alter the original file. It should be pretty accurate if the file is scanned at a high resolution. I used it on scanned directories from the early 1900's. The text was type written and Abobe did a pretty good job. Only messed up where the tpye was faded in places.


  • #3
    opinion guy
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    mordeith wrote: »
    I can only speak for Adobe Professional 9. The OCR in this version scans your original file (tiff or whatever) and places the ocr text behind the image. The file is then text searchable and you can copy and paste to word or whatever. It does not alter the original file. It should be pretty accurate if the file is scanned at a high resolution. I used it on scanned directories from the early 1900's. The text was type written and Abobe did a pretty good job. Only messed up where the tpye was faded in places.

    You sir/madam are a LEGEND.
    Thanks. That's exactly what I needed to know!!:D


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