Is there an easy way to program an OCR to beat a upper case?

Posted on 2013/05/24 by Ada

Question: Is there an easy way to program an OCR to beat a upper case? I have a PDF document that full of upper case sentence. Is there an easy program to use or someone who can program for me quickly an OCR or other program to get around it?

Answer: If you need OCR software and you need this OCR software can help you convert PDF to text and change the upper case to lower case, maybe you can have a free trial of this software: VeryPDF OCR to Any Converter. This software can OCR text in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and PDF files and save content as Microsoft Word (doc, docx), Excel (xls, xlsx), RTF, XML, and TXT.  The most important, it can help you change upper case to lower case easily before saving. In the following part, I will show you how to use this software.

Step 1. Install OCR to Any Converter

  • This software I mention here is the GUI version and there is also one command line version available. When downloading finishes, there will be exe file. Please install this software by double clicking the exe and follow installation message.
  • When installation finishes, simply launch this software by clicking the icon on the desktop.

Step 2. OCR input document and change upper case to lower case

  • The following snapshot is from the software interface, please have a check. When you launch this software, there will be dialogue box reminding you to input the registration code. If you have, please input and then click button OK. If you do not have, please click button Try.

change case of OCRed content 

  • Please click button File then go to Open to add input file to software interface. When loading finishes, the input file will be shown on the software. If you do not need to fix the input file, please click button Command to run the conversion. Here you can either choose to convert all pages or the current page.
  • A few seconds later, the recognized text will be shown in the left part. Now we can change the upper case to lower case. Please click option Format and choose Change Case in the dropdown list. Then you will see the options like I showed in the first snapshot. You can choose one of them: Sentence case, lower case, Upper case and title case.

find option of change case 

  • Please choose the content first then choose option. By this way, you can changed content of upper case to lower case.
  • Then click option File again and choose the Save as to save the recognized content.

There are more options of this software, please check them one by one. During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.

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What are some excellent OCR software for scanning text into Word?

Posted on 2013/05/24 by Ada

Question: I would like to scan some of my short stories into Word but my scanner does a lousy job with OCR. It scrambles text and sometimes I can’t even remove the glitches! (Puzzling and frustrating.) I need to be able to edit the scanned text.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Answer: Here I will list some of the OCR products on VeyPDF website. And I will try to compare them for you, hoping you can get the proper one. And all the software I list here can be used to convert scan to word documents.

The First: Scan to Word OCR Converter

  • GUI version software, support 8 OCR languages including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. This software can convert scan PDF, images like TIFF, JPG, PNG, BMP, TGA, PCX, EMF, WMF and PNM to editable word document or RTF file directly.
  • OS: Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / Vista / Server 2008 / 7 and Later systems, both 32bit and 64bit systems.
  • Price: $79.95 for Single Personal User License
  • If you do not have too much experience in using software, this software is best for you as it has extremely easy software interface. The operation of this software can be learned once you install this software.

The Second: VeryPDF Table Extractor OCR

  • GUI version software, support more than 20 OCR languages.  By this software, you can extract tables or any area from scanned,normal PDF or image files and then recognize characters in scan files in different languages with OCR technology. This software is good at converting scan file with tables to Excel and word documents with table.
  • Price: $59.95 for Single Personal User License
  • OS:
    • Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / Vista / Server 2008 / 7 and Later systems, both 32bit and 64bit systems.
    • Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6 or 10.7 (Lion)
  • Output file format: CSV, XLS, HTML, PPTX, DOCX, XLSX, RTF and TXT.
  • If you are Mac user, this software is better for you.

The Third: VeryPDF OCR to Any Converter Command Line

  • This is the only software with OCR function to convert scan PDF or image to word document. And for this software, you can call it together with C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, VB, VC, Delphi, ASP, PHP, Javascript, VB Script, etc. program languages to do the batch conversion.  And this software covers all the functions of above two software. What more, it allows you fix damaged PDF or image before conversion. By this way the OCR accuracy can be enhanced greatly.
  • Price: $395.00 for Server License (Commercial use for one server or PC)
  • OS: Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / Vista / Server 2008 / 7 and Later systems, both 32bit and 64bit systems.
  • Output: Word, Excel, CSV, HTML, TXT, Pure Text Layer PDF, Invisible Text Layer PDF, etc.
  • If you use this software for professional developing or OCR using, this software is better for you.

Through comparing, I guess you can choose an excellent OCR software when you need to convert scan to word. During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.

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What is the best OCR software for creating eBooks?

Posted on 2013/05/24 by Ada

aQuestion: What is the best OCR software for creating eBooks? Hi, I’m looking to change my paperbacks into e-books. I want to get an OCR program that is the most accurate in translating the text in a novel format and storing in a format that I can later change to be read by most e-book readers and in an audio format. Any suggestions on which OCR you believe will best accomplish this and what format I should save it as initially? Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this subject.

Answer: When you need to create eBooks from paper novel, I guess you can scan paper novel to image then convert image to searchable PDF file. It is known to all that PDF file format as eBooks can be read by most of the eBook readers. And when convert paper novel to searchable PDF file, you still can read those novels as other eBooks. This conversion overcomes the disadvantage of normal image eBook which can be copied, chosen casually. In the following part, I will show you how to make it.

Step 1. Convert scan paper novel to searchable PDF

  • Download OCR to Any Converter Command Line. This software was developed by VeryPDF software company, which can be used to convert scanned PDF, TIFF and Image files to searchable PDF file by command line. If you need to know more about it, please visit homepage of OCR to Any Converter Command Line
  • When downloading finishes, it is an zip file. Please unzip it and then call the executable file in MS Dos Windows. When use this software, please refer to the usage and example.
  • Here are some command line examples for your reference:

    • ocr2any.exe -ocr2 C:\in.pdf C:\out.pdf
    ocr2any.exe -ocr2 C:\in.png C:\out.pdf
    ocr2any.exe -ocr2 C:\in.tif C:\out.pdf
    ocr2any.exe -ocr2 C:\in.bmp C:\out.pdf
    ocr2any.exe -ocr2 C:\in.gif C:\out.pdf
    ocr2any.exe -ocr2 C:\in.pdf C:\out.pdf
    ocr2any.exe -ocr2 D:\temp\*.pdf D:\temp\*.pdf
    By this software, you can convert most of the image file formats to searchable PDF file by the advanced OCR technology.
    Related Parameters:
    -ocr2 : use enhanced OCR module to convert scanned PDF and image files to RTF, DOC, TXT, CSV, Excel, HTML files
    -ocr2aor : detect page direction and rotate it automatically when -ocr2 used

By this software, you can directly use the OCRed PDF as eBook. However, if you need some more professional too to create eBooks, please have a free trial of this software : VeryPDF Flipbook Maker. By this software, you can generate flipbooks that can be viewed on PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone and other mobile devices.

However, even if this software also supports PDF, Office files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), HTML webpages and images as input. But the eBooks made by this software can not be searchable. Now let us check the PDF eBook made from image file by OCR to Any Converter.

input jpg and output searchable PDF

During creating eBook by those software, if you encounter any problem, please contact us as soon as possible.

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What kind of OCR software are good at recognizing fax orders?

Posted on 2013/05/24 by Ada

Question:What kind of OCR software are good at recognizing fax orders? I need to find a solution that will eliminate the manual entry of fax orders, I am hoping there is an OCR solution that may accomplish what I am looking for. Guys, is there some good OCR software can do this?

Answer:  According to your needs, you can put all the fax files into some folders. By VeryPDF OCR to Any Converter, you can convert all the fax file to editable word documents in a few minutes. If you would like to archive those fax files, you can convert fax files to searchable PDF files. In one aspect, the content in fax can be recognized to searchable content. In another aspect, the PDF file format is more proper for long time preservation.

It is known to all that fax is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. And the best benefit of this software is that it can convert scanned PDF files and image files to plain text files and searchable PDF files by OCR technology. In the following part, I will show you how it works.

Please note: when you use this software, please make sure the fax DPI is higher than 2000 dpi. And you know a little bit more about command line operation. This software only can work under Windows system.

Download OCR to Any Converter

  • As this software is command line version, we have compressed it to zip file for easily downloading. When downloading finishes, please extract it to some folder then call the executable file in MS Dos Windows.
  • Please use this software according to the usage and examples.
  • Usage:    ocr2any.exe [options] <PDF-file> <Text-file>
  • This software provides more than 5 modes to handle fax or scan file by OCR functions. Please choose the proper mode according to the fax content.
  • Here are some examples for your reference.

    • ocr2any.exe -ocr2 -ocr2aor C:\in.tif C:\out.rtf
    ocr2any.exe -ocr2 -ocr2aor C:\in.tif C:\out.doc
    ocr2any.exe -ocr2 -ocr2aor C:\in.tif C:\out.xls
    ocr2any.exe -ocr2 C:\in.tif C:\out.csv
    ocr2any.exe -ocr2 D:\temp\*.tif D:\temp\*.doc

You can save the fax file to black and white tiff file, then the conversion effect is best. As to the output, you can save it to editable RTF, Word documents, Excel, searchable PDF or any others. Meanwhile, this software also supports PDF or other image files as input.  If you need to check more examples, please visit readme.txt and website.

Now let us check the conversion effect from the following snapshot.

input fax and output searchable PDF

During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.

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Convert Tiff to searchable PDF and set password to protect PDF

Posted on 2013/05/23 by Ada

  In this article, I will show you how to convert tiff file to searchable PDF file and then set password to protect output PDF. By this method, for one thing you can extract the content from tiff file to searchable PDF and for another thing, you can protect content from being used by others easily without user permission. I use software VeryPDF OCR to Any Converter Command Line, which also can convert tiff to editable Word, Excel, CSV, HTML, TXT and others.

Step 1. Install OCR to Any Converter

  • All the VeryPDF software are free downloading, so you can get one copy of it to your computer and test it whether cater to your needs or not. And please note this is Windows command line application.
  • As this is command line version software, when downloading finishes, it is a zip file. Please extract it to folder and then call the executable file in MS Dos Windows.

Step 2. Convert Tiff to PDF and set password to protect it

  • Usage:                 ocr2any.exe [options] <PDF-file> <Text-file>
  • When you need to convert tiff files to PDF and set password, you need to two steps. Convert tiff to PDF—> Set password to protect PDF.
  • When converting tiff file to PDF, please refer to the following command line template. Please note by those command line,we can convert tiff files to searchable PDF file which you can do copy and paste in it.

    • ocr2any.exe -ocr -lang deu -ocrmode 1 C:\in.tif C:\out.pdf
    By this command line, we can convert tiff file with German content to searchable PDF file. And use the OCR mode 1.
    ocr2any.exe -ocr -lang dan-ocrmode 2 C:\in.tif C:\out.pdf
    By this command line, we can convert Danish tiff file to searchable PDF file by OCR mode 2.
    ocr2any.exe -ocr -lang eng -ocrmode 3 C:\in.tif C:\out.pdf
    By this command line, you can convert English tiff file to searchable PDF by mode 3. As the default language is English, the conversion also can be done without adding parameter -lang eng.
    Related Parameters:
    -lang <string>          : choose the language for OCR engine
      -ocrmode <int>          : set OCR mode
        -ocrmode 0: output to text file
        -ocrmode 1: OCR PDF pages and insert new text layer under original PDF pages
        -ocrmode 2: output to plain text based PDF file
        -ocrmode 3: output to OCRed PDF file (BW) with hidden text layer
        -ocrmode 4: output to OCRed PDF file (Color) with hidden text layer

  • When you need to set password for PDF, please refer to the following parameters.

    • -keylen <int>           : Key length (40 or 128 bit)
            -keylen 0:  40 bit RC4 encryption (Acrobat 3 or higher)
            -keylen 1: 128 bit RC4 encryption (Acrobat 5 or higher)
            -keylen 2: 128 bit RC4 encryption (Acrobat 6 or higher)
      -encryption <int>       : Restrictions
            -encryption    0: Encrypt the file only
            -encryption 3900: Deny anything
            -encryption    4: Deny printing
            -encryption    8: Deny modification of contents
            -encryption   16: Deny copying of contents
            -encryption   32: No commenting
            ===128 bit encryption only -> ignored if 40 bit encryption is used
            -encryption  256: Deny FillInFormFields

Now let us compare the conversion effect from the following snapshot. During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.

input tiff file and output searchable PDF

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