Tool to convert jpeg files to text

[Stuart Rogers]

On 16/11/2011 10:29 AM, Owen, Clint wrote:
> OCR is the only possible solution, as there is no text information in a
> JPG.
> I would convert the manual to PDF, then try the built in OCR in a recent
> version of Acrobat or a dedicated tool, such as Omnipage.


I have found Acrobat's OCR to be cumbersome and not particularly 
accurate.  Older versions of MS Word (up to 2007) included Document 
Imaging in the Office > Tools menu; apparently OneNote that comes with 
current Office installations does OCR automatically on any image 
containing text:

http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2006/10/01/Free-OCR-software_3F00_-You-may-already-have-it_2E002E002E00_.aspx

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14595/ocr-anything-with-onenote-2007-and-2010/

HTH,

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