Thread: k2pdfopt: optimizes PDFs for viewing on e-readers
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Old 02-10-2017, 05:17 PM   #1358
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Originally Posted by dhdurgee View Post
Is there a way to use the OCR engine in k2pdfopt to produce a text file from a PDF? I would like to create an epub from a PDF and the text file would be a good start. I would also need to use -as to rotate a few pages that are tilted...
Yes, you can use the -ocrout command-line option:
Code:
k2pdfopt -ocrout outfile.txt myfile.pdf
Check my OCR help page. Also be sure to get the latest version (v2.40) which does OCR faster using multi-threading. Finally, you might want to read through my page on PDF conversions for e-books.
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