PRS-350 PDFs to ePub with OCR conversion?

ivantheipodder · 11-04-2010, 08:11 AM

Hello everyone, just joined MobileRead.

So I just got my 350 and I got a bunch of PDFs to transfer to the 350. The thing is you cannot highlight text in those PDFs, so I think I need some sort of OCR (quite noob at this, correct me if I am wrong) to 'extract' the real text in them and then use Calibre to convert those to ePub then to the 350.

I tried getting them over to the 350 without OCR (PDF directly to 350 in Calibre) and they are far too small for me to read on it. Plus the fonts are all photocopy-ish fonts, if that makes any sense.

What OCR apps would you recommend? I'm on Mac.

Thank you.

igorsk · 11-04-2010, 10:21 AM

The best one is FineReader, though it's a bit expensive. There's a trial version available.

ivantheipodder · 11-04-2010, 12:21 PM

Thank you for the suggestion. But it's a bit on the expensive side. Any cheaper alternatives?

encapuchado · 11-04-2010, 01:09 PM

Just google for "pdf ocr conversion free", there are many free tools to try out.

11-04-2010, 08:11 AM	#1
ivantheipodder Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: SONY Reader PRS-350	PDFs to ePub with OCR conversion? Hello everyone, just joined MobileRead. So I just got my 350 and I got a bunch of PDFs to transfer to the 350. The thing is you cannot highlight text in those PDFs, so I think I need some sort of OCR (quite noob at this, correct me if I am wrong) to 'extract' the real text in them and then use Calibre to convert those to ePub then to the 350. I tried getting them over to the 350 without OCR (PDF directly to 350 in Calibre) and they are far too small for me to read on it. Plus the fonts are all photocopy-ish fonts, if that makes any sense. What OCR apps would you recommend? I'm on Mac. Thank you.

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11-04-2010, 10:21 AM	#2
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	The best one is FineReader, though it's a bit expensive. There's a trial version available.

11-04-2010, 12:21 PM	#3
ivantheipodder Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: SONY Reader PRS-350	Thank you for the suggestion. But it's a bit on the expensive side. Any cheaper alternatives?

11-04-2010, 01:09 PM	#4
encapuchado Banned Posts: 130 Karma: 7587966 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Mexico Device: Black Sony Touch (650)	Just google for "pdf ocr conversion free", there are many free tools to try out.

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