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j42 · 11-29-2010, 06:03 PM

hello everyone, i started converting pdf to epub format just recently. most of the time all is well and it works totally awesome with calibre on standard settings.
now i happen to come across some pdf's that after i convert them to epub only show three pages. if i convert the pdf to a text file though, i get this:

Document Outline

scan0001

scan0002

scan0003

scan0004

scan0005

scan0006

scan0007

and so forth.
i can assume that the pages i see in the pdf are really just the scanned image and that's what it tries to convert. is there an easy way to get the text back. (except for manually typing it) like a text recognition software or something.

thanks in advance.

11-29-2010, 06:03 PM	#888
j42 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	hello everyone, i started converting pdf to epub format just recently. most of the time all is well and it works totally awesome with calibre on standard settings. now i happen to come across some pdf's that after i convert them to epub only show three pages. if i convert the pdf to a text file though, i get this: Document Outline scan0001 scan0002 scan0003 scan0004 scan0005 scan0006 scan0007 and so forth. i can assume that the pages i see in the pdf are really just the scanned image and that's what it tries to convert. is there an easy way to get the text back. (except for manually typing it) like a text recognition software or something. thanks in advance.