Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Busby scan (Was: Feet wet?)

[Garry Muir <garry.muir4@virgin.net>]

Hi Warren 

This might be of some use:  http://freshmeat.net/projects/pdf-api2/?topic_id=154%2C809

Regards, Garry


On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 05:12  pm, Warren Greenway wrote:

> Speaking of this, does anyone know of a
> free/opensource
> PDF maker? It really sucks having to pay nearly $1000
> for Acrobat professional just to make PDFs.
>
> Warren.
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> --- jbarlow@bjservices.ca wrote:
> > Does Acrobat contain OCR?  There web site as per the
> > link that someone else
> > put up here seems to state that.
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> > To "create searchable text from scans" seems to
> > imply that?
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> > Jay.
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> > Jari Siikarla                 
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> > Subject:  [PSUBS-MAILIST] Busby scan (Was: Feet
> > wet?)                                   
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> > 23/10/2003 12:21 AM           
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> > personal_submersibles         
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> > At 18:29 22.10.2003 -0600, you wrote:
> > > Oh, that sounds great!!!!  I thought that you would
> > get a scanned picture
> > > of text, not actually searchable words.
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> > I agree that the best way would be to scan the book.
> > OCR it to text and compile it to PDF.
> > That way the text is text and not picture, so you
> > can search in it and it uses a lot less space.
> >
> > PDF is widely accepted and used when you need
> > keep the layout. PDF can be converted to other
> > formats
> > quite easily with abundant programs in the internet
> > (Postscript, html, etc.)
> > Most printer accept or even prefer PDF when
> > submitting
> > print jobs.
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> > The most laborous part is the scanning. If the
> > Busby's is
> > allready in sheet format, you can find a copy shop
> > or printer
> > with scanner that can scan them all automatically
> > (like
> > fotocopiers do). I was under the impression that the
> > photocopy
> > version of Busby's wasn't very good quality.
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> > This method can still be used for text if it is
> > readable
> > (you need more proofreading), but pictures (or pages
> > with them)
> > should be scanned separately for the book.
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> > I'm willing and able to OCR and compile the PDF from
> > scans.
> > (in any format, but gif is (still) pretty good for
> > b/w pics. Jpg is
> > lossy format so you lose some info.)
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> > Jari Siikarla
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> > --
> > Jari Siikarla
> > jari.siikarla@vertex.fi
> >
> > Vertex Systems Oy
> > Tel.+358 3 3134 11
> > Vaajakatu 9
> > FIN-33720 Tampere Finland
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