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chorpler · 10-31-2008, 11:07 PM

Well, I'm using Copistar to do the following:

Create a new unprotected high-resolution PDF file (just images of the text)
Export that PDF file's pages to lossless images (like PNG files)
Import those images into OmniPage Pro 16 (any OCR program should work, but I've found OmniPage to be pretty nice)
OCR the images back into text (that's why I specified "high-resolution" in step 1)
Save the file as a Word 2003 document or an HTML file or whatever
Convert file to Mobipocket using Mobipocket Creator (or to LRF using Calibre) to read on cell phone or Sony Reader

And I believe the Kindle will read Mobipocket files. So in that case, you could eventually read the Adobe e-book on the Kindle. But it's a rather involved process.

10-31-2008, 11:07 PM	#18
chorpler Zealot Posts: 128 Karma: 278 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle; PRS-500; MobiPocket on Windows Mobile	Well, I'm using Copistar to do the following: Create a new unprotected high-resolution PDF file (just images of the text) Export that PDF file's pages to lossless images (like PNG files) Import those images into OmniPage Pro 16 (any OCR program should work, but I've found OmniPage to be pretty nice) OCR the images back into text (that's why I specified "high-resolution" in step 1) Save the file as a Word 2003 document or an HTML file or whatever Convert file to Mobipocket using Mobipocket Creator (or to LRF using Calibre) to read on cell phone or Sony Reader And I believe the Kindle will read Mobipocket files. So in that case, you could eventually read the Adobe e-book on the Kindle. But it's a rather involved process.