OCR from PDF to ascii...

Alexvader · 09-15-2010, 12:32 PM

Hi

I have this technical report...

http://www.calculix.de/auslegung.pdf

It pertains the use of an FOSS finite element package do size an

arcraft engine, well, sort of... this is a scale engine for model

aircraft.

I would like to convert this to english, but the PDF has been

scanned... so no text layer inside...

What can I do to have the text converetd to Ascii, so as to translate

it in a translator ?

BRGDS

Alex

TB0ne · 09-15-2010, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexvader

Hi

I have this technical report...
http://www.calculix.de/auslegung.pdf

It pertains the use of an FOSS finite element package do size an
arcraft engine, well, sort of... this is a scale engine for model
aircraft.

I would like to convert this to english, but the PDF has been
scanned... so no text layer inside...
What can I do to have the text converetd to Ascii, so as to translate
it in a translator ?

There are several OCR programs available for Linux. A recent benchmark was done between several of them here:
http://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2010-...are_comparison

Grab them, and find out which one works best for you. Getting the image scanned is the first step, which you've already done.

Alexvader · 09-15-2010, 01:02 PM

Hi TB0ne

Thx..

BTW do you know of any FOSS translator, German-English...?

My sister has Systran in some windows mobo, but she lives quite far from me, and besides Systran is not FOSS...

John VV · 09-15-2010, 01:10 PM

i just normally use "google/translate "
http://translate.google.com/

Alexvader · 09-15-2010, 01:14 PM

Hi John_VV

Google translate is kewl, but it only translates tiny ammounts of text...

I am talking a 70s pages document here...,

I bet Google translate cannot hold a single page...

I was refering to sum program...

H_TeXMeX_H · 09-15-2010, 01:40 PM

For translating, it may be harder to get a good program, but here are some:
http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=machi...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
http://logos-os.dfki.de/

ilnli · 09-30-2010, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexvader

Hi

arcraft engine, well, sort of... this is a scale engine for model

aircraft.

I would like to convert this to english, but the PDF has been

scanned... so no text layer inside...

Hi,

You can use online pdf to text converter at http://www.ocrconvert.com, it lets you convert 5 files at same time and its very quick.