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    Software that can extract text from pictures?

    Dunno if this even exists, but since scanners can do OCR, I was wondering if some software can do this as well?

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    Get some scanning OCR software...the one i used to use (sorry cant remember name), had to option of input from scanner or file (.jpg etc...).
    Try it and see.
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    any recommendations whatsoever?

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    OmniPage Pro can do that I think
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    I think I had a free copy of textbridge wth my scanner?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Howard
    OmniPage Pro can do that I think
    Yes it does, takes a bit of time though and for me sticks the text into Microsoft Excel not Word.
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    I use scansoft omnipage SE, and it seems to work fine. Goes into what ever type of file I tell it to, and can also be done from a file too so that's handy . It came with my printer/scanner, so I have no idea how much it'd be, or even if a free/trial version is avaliable.

    A few years back, I tried textbridge on my parents PC/scanner. Maybe it was because the software wasn't that good, or the scanner is compartivly old now, but it hasn't done anywhere near as good a job as omnipage.

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    even random pen ink marks such as lines get intreprated as ewhehw when I tried yesterday.

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