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

[Warren Greenway <opensourcesub@yahoo.com>]

Uhhmmm. I copy and pasted the link and it just says
the
project doesn't exist. What is is called? I can just
enter the search string.

Warren.

--- Garry Muir <garry.muir4@virgin.net> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > --- 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.
> >>
> >> To "create searchable text from scans" seems to
> >> imply that?
> >>
> >> Jay.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>                       Jari Siikarla
> >>
> >>
> >>                       <jari.siikarla@vertex.fi>
> >>    To:       personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> >>
> >>                       Sent by:
> >>    cc:
> >>
> >>                       owner-personal_submersible
> >>    Subject:  [PSUBS-MAILIST] Busby scan (Was:
> Feet
> >> wet?)
> >>                       s@psubs.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>                       23/10/2003 12:21 AM
> >>
> >>
> >>                       Please respond to
> >>
> >>
> >>                       personal_submersibles
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.)
> >>
> >> Jari Siikarla
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jari Siikarla
> >> jari.siikarla@vertex.fi
> >>
> >> Vertex Systems Oy
> >> Tel.+358 3 3134 11
> >> Vaajakatu 9
> >> FIN-33720 Tampere Finland
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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