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MarjaE · 01-25-2018, 08:40 PM

What's a good way to run Tesseract to ocr pdfs on the Mac?

I've previously used Elucidate, which uses Tesseract but reformats pdfs in Quartz, which limits compatibility with k2pdfopt later on. I've also tried k2pdfopt, which can use Tesseract if requested and reformats pdfs in MuPdf. It's really useful for reformatting pdfs, but not as good as Elucidate for ocr.

I've tried straight-up Tesseract, installing with Macports, but I can't get it to work. Apparently I have to create a config file to actually use Tesseract? The Macports installation doesn't include the required config files.

01-25-2018, 08:40 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 940 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	How to run Tesseract (to Ocr Pdfs) on the Mac? What's a good way to run Tesseract to ocr pdfs on the Mac? I've previously used Elucidate, which uses Tesseract but reformats pdfs in Quartz, which limits compatibility with k2pdfopt later on. I've also tried k2pdfopt, which can use Tesseract if requested and reformats pdfs in MuPdf. It's really useful for reformatting pdfs, but not as good as Elucidate for ocr. I've tried straight-up Tesseract, installing with Macports, but I can't get it to work. Apparently I have to create a config file to actually use Tesseract? The Macports installation doesn't include the required config files.