OCR

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 01/10/2014 12:50 AM, g wrote:
>
> hello robert.
>
> On 01/09/2014 09:56 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> For f20, is there an OCR program for extracting the text out of a pdf
>> scan?
>
> do you have the pdf file or are you talking about files that were
> run thru a scanner?

I scaned my old printed copy to pdf.

>
>> I have an old document of 'Assembly Instructions'.  Some can be
>> found at:
>> http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~bcd/humor/instruction.set.html,
>> but I have a few more.  And a lot less.
>
> that is a dead link.

Not for me.  Or Poma (see his post).

>
>> But I want the ones that were passed around in my assembly writing
>> days (early 80s).
>
>
> in past, i have had need to convert pdf files to text files. the
> 2 linux programs that i  used where "pdf2txt" and "pdftotext".

I will do some searches.

>
> i do not know if binaries are available for f20, if not, there are
> plenty of sites with source.
>
> https://ixquick.com/do/search?q=%22pdf2text%22+%2Blinux&lui=english
>
> gives about 19,310 results of information. 1st page has what is needed.
>
> do not know about, other than "calibre" at;
>
>   http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux
>
> also, as i understand, you can use google docs to convert a pdf file
> to a text file.
>
> last, but not least, adobe reader can export text from a pdf file.

Not for this pdf.  I tried that.  It exports a zero length file.