The problem arises when there is text and photographs on the same page. That might be a real headache.
I think Kurt has the key here, scan everything into a pdf. Then scan only the pages that require changes to word using OCR software. Make the changes to those pages only, then merge everything back into one document. Much quicker than converting the whole document to word. --- On Fri, 3/5/10, Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NF] image processing > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, March 5, 2010, 2:08 PM > I agree with Mathew on this. Your > best bet - get the manual to a place > that will scan it. Then, you can use OCR. But, the OCR is > imperfect. So, > you're best shot - after getting the whole manual scanned > in - is to > ONLY have the OCR work on the text that needs updates. For > Data - as > your scan is graphical - you can just replace that data > with updates. > > In short - ONLY use the OCR on the parts of text that need > changing - > and leave all the rest as graphics. Although, it will still > need a good > bit of work - depending on how many changes they need! > > -K- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jarvis, Matthew > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 2:02 PM > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Rafael Copquin > > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 9:53 AM > > > > I have a client with a huge manufacturing procedures > manual that needs > > > to be copied into Word documents. > > > > You are talking about Optical Character Recognition (OCR) > software. > Great for bulk loading, but don't expect anything near > perfection on the > accuracy part - especially if your client uses industry > jargon, big > words and/or charts/graphs. > > If your client has access to a Kinko's or similar, they > could probably > scan it in for you. > > Thanks, > > Matthew Jarvis > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
