#PDF OCR X REVIEW PDF#
Some simple cropped screen dumps joined together in an image for the blog post about my Grandmothers wedding dress.įollowing is the text that PDF OCR X returned. How well does PDF OCR X perform?įor the blog post mentioned earlier here is the image I converted. Next the new file appears under the grey shaded area and select plain text then a file opens up in TextEdit, on my Mac. The prime two settings to consider are the selection of Plain Text or Searchable PDF and the Output Folder selection. When you drag and drop a file you see a screen with the OCR conversion settings options. Making it easy to find if you are converting lots of images. The Open button opens the text file and the reveal button show which folder the text has been saved. After conversion the files are available below the grey section. This is what the free OCR software looks like on my Mac after 2 files of images have been dropped onto the grey shaded area.
Just drag and drop the image or PDF onto the window. Output quality depends on the input quality.Useful for genealogists with materials scanned to image.Images converted can be output as text.You can convert PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PICT, BMP, and most common image formats.It can handle lazy screen dumps, quality permitting.The version I use is FREE OCR software, to repeat it again.This is particularly useful for dealing with PDFs that were created via a Scan-to-PDF function in a scanner or photo copier. It uses advanced OCR (optical character recognition) technology to extract the text of the PDF even if that text is contained in an image.
#PDF OCR X REVIEW FOR MAC OS X#
PDF OCR X is a simple drag-and-drop utility for Mac OS X and Windows, that converts your PDFs and images into text documents or searchable PDF files. Here is the description, as they note on their website: Now, as The Lazy Genealogist, I am sharing this with you. Last year I looked for easier and quicker ways than typing to transcribe printed text. It is available as a digital version in the PapersPast archive from the National Library of NZ. You can read about What did Olive Wear to Her Wedding, if interested. Needing to type up transcriptions from digital newspaper images or printed documents?įor example, the other day I posted about my paternal grandmothers wedding attire.
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