Atnes Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Hello to All, does anyone know of a reasonably good free software to convert jpg. files to .doc files? Something that would perhaps functionally resemble the Abby Fine Reader? Hope there is something out there ! Thank you for your suggestions! Best, Atnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted November 25, 2007 Moderators Share Posted November 25, 2007 Couldn't you just paste it into word/openoffice and save it as a .doc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotse Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Couldn't you just paste it into word/openoffice and save it as a .doc? Interesting question which I have also wondered about. It is also an answer which I have never tried... Unfortunately Word saves the image as an image, not as text as I assume Atnes mean't. Thus my image of a web page saves as a .doc file turns out like this, with a right click of the mouse to show its an image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted November 25, 2007 Moderators Share Posted November 25, 2007 I guess I misunderstood then. I just figured as long as the image was in .doc and the program could open the files then it would work. Could you use .pdf instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotse Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 It might be I who misunderstood.. Maybe this site is the answer: http://www.pdfonline.com/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atnes Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 Interesting question which I have also wondered about. It is also an answer which I have never tried... Unfortunately Word saves the image as an image, not as text as I assume Atnes mean't. Thus my image of a web page saves as a .doc file turns out like this, with a right click of the mouse to show its an image. Yes, exactly; Words saves it just asan image and basta. It would be very practical though to have the option of scanning a text (typically it saves as picture)and then converting this 'picture' back into the text again in order to be able to process it furter...(f.i. you have a certain piece of text only on paper / hard copy., like a looooong list of recommended literature, bibliography etc., usually rather meticulously equipped with all possible punctuation marks, diacritcs etc.) and which you need to add / insert at the end of an article or similar and most probably even complete it with your own suggestions. The Abby Fine Reader Program did / does this (converting ), but as much as I know, there is no free version available. Or? Best, Atnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted November 26, 2007 Moderators Share Posted November 26, 2007 Now I get it. You want image to text conversion. I have a program that came with my scanner for free that does this(haven't ever tried it though.) The type of program this is called is an OCR. Try googling for a free one and maybe something will come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atnes Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 Now I get it. You want image to text conversion. I have a program that came with my scanner for free that does this(haven't ever tried it though.) The type of program this is called is an OCR. Try googling for a free one and maybe something will come up. Unfortunately, nothing has come up yet. I hate computers too! Best, Atnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Unfortunately, nothing has come up yet. I hate computers too! Best, Atnes There's a few freeware OCR programs listed on Softpedia, can't vouch for any of them though as I've never used one: http://www.softpedia.com/progSearch/ocr,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atnes Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 There's a few freeware OCR programs listed on Softpedia, can't vouch for any of them though as I've never used one: http://www.softpedia.com/progSearch/ocr,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,0 Thanks, I'll let you know ... Atnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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