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Automator-script with an OCR-software to automatically add OCR to material? [duplicate]
The OCR software could be anything like PDFPen, ABBYY FineReader Express or Adobe Acrobat Pro. Automator does not list any features such as 'Add OCR layer to' or show any OCR programs under Automator.
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OS X: Any PDF to Kindle format converter to read technical material on Amazon Kindle?
I like to read course material on Kindle. I merge all lecture slides with Automator and then send them to my Kindle email. Earlier, I have used Readle's Documents app (a spinoff of PDF Expert) where I ...
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Search over different types of documents such as DjVU sometimes without OCR?
Suppose Apple products such as iOS devices and OS X devices at hand. You want to make things searchable. Some files such as converted PDFs lack OCR so you cannot search them. Some formats are not ...
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OCR under OS X with build-in OCR feature in Brother MFC-9840CDW All in One Printer
I own following multipurpose device: Brother MFC-9840CDW All in One Printer.
It does support direct OCR over Wi-Fi that can be initiated right from the onscreen display on device (scan -> send to -> ...
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Index screenshots
I want to be able to search through text in my screenshots that I made. Prizmo does the OCR feature pretty well and also has an Automator action provided. Unfortunately, though, I have no idea how to ...
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Make existing PDF searchable ( OCR ) via command line / script
I am looking for an offline scriptable tool that makes an existing PDF file searchable by running OCR on it, replacing the original non-searchable file with the searchable version, and can run ...
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Looking for Software to Scan or Convert to Searchable and Signable PDF
I have the occasional need to scan and/or convert scanned images into PDF format. OS X Mountain Lion does this natively, but as far as I can tell it's just an image wrapped in a PDF, so text ...
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iOS: App to search All Content in PDF files?
There are many apps that have search over the names of the files but not all content in the files. It is very slow to test all apps such as iAnnotate, PDF Expert, Amazing PDF Expert and GoodReader. ...
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OCR software for handwritten notes
I am looking for a way to recognize handwriting of scanned notes (in PDF format).
It doesn't have to be perfect, and it doesn't have to free, but before paying I would like to try it (even with just ...
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Easiest way to scan ISBN number from books
What is the easiest/quickest way using an iMac to scan the ISBN number of a bunch books.
Non-paying (for software, or dedicated scanner device) preferred, although low-cost solutions might be ...
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Show hidden Characters in PDF
I made some optical character recognition on a scanned PDF File. The original document contains special characters like öäü and so on. The problem is that sometimes the characters get recognized wrong ...
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Best scriptable OCR Software for OSX for a paperless office
I'm planning to get a paperless office and for that, I a need good scriptable piece of OCR for OS X?
What do you use? What is your favourite and why?
There is a blogpost by Marco Arment about a few ...
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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Tool to Convert Pictures or Images to Text
I have scanned text. I am looking for an affordable OCR tool (Optical Character Recognition) tool. I tried OCRTOOLS from the App Store, but it crashes with the first picture I tried.
Any ...
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Offline iPhone app to recognize Japanese words
I am looking for an offline iPhone app to recognize Japanese words:
I take a picture of a kanji or Japanese word or short piece of Japanese text
The app recognizes the kanji and converts it to text ...
