How to recognize text?

Sometimes we need to translate into electronicformat text from paper medium. Of course, the simplest version is a reprint of the text, but it's much faster to scan or take a picture of it, and then use special programs to recognize and translate it into the desired format. In this article, let's talk about what programs and how to recognize text from a picture or a photo and translate it into the required format.

Online services

The main advantage of online services in the businessrecognition of documents - the simplicity of the interface. The user simply needs to download the file and click the "Recognize" button. There are quite a lot of online services that allow you to recognize the text, and each of them has its pros and cons. For example, OCRconvert.com is completely free and does not require registration service, however, firstly, it recognizes the recognized text directly in the browser, that is, it should be copied to Word or another format independently, and secondly, what's worse, sometimes the service something confuses with the encoding and gives out an absolute abracadabra. Service OnlineOCR.ru does not suffer from such problems, however, registration is required. In addition, there is a limit on free text recognition. So, if you need to recognize texts often, it's better to install a special program.

Programs

Perhaps, the most successful program for recognizingtexts - ABBYY FineReader, it works with a mass of formats and allows you to recognize text not only from the picture, but also from a pdf-file. The program contains a number of work scenarios, including "Scan to Microsoft Word", "Scan to PDF", etc. After defining the script, you must click the "New Job" button and load the document that you want to recognize. The program will recognize the entire document in automatic mode, however the user can set the recognition areas manually. Of course, after recognition, it is possible to edit the text and save it in one of many supported formats.