Pdf to text

[anonprivate]

I can usually copy text from a pdf file and paste it into Writer.

Sometimes I have a pdf file that has text as image. Is there a tool in the repository that I can download that will copy the text so that I can paste it into writer?

Thanks

[Wheel Inventor]

Ocr

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical...er_recognition

Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OCR

[anonprivate]

Thank you for the link.

I am trying out OCRFeeder at the moment, not sure if it is the best programme from the repository, but it does have a graphical interlace, I prefer graphical to the command line.

I note on conversion to text that there are spelling mistakes in the translation. I expect that this is common for these converters.

Best wishes

[Snowhog]

The dictionaries used or available will impact the translation I'd think.

[anonprivate]

Thank you

The programme uses the OCR Tesseract engine, which I believe to be the best engine. It is the only option in my downloaded version.

The translation is set to English, I am not sure if this is English (UK) or English (USA). The company is based in Spain.

The mistakes in reading tend to occur after ' bullets (not always), and page splits (often containing irrelevant text, company logos or text at the split).

Best wishes.