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icefusion · 09-24-2018, 04:34 AM

I scanned a German document at 600dpi. Then I used Briss to split each scanned page into two PDF pages. Then I ran Acrobat DC's OCR for 600dpi output. It worked, as can be verified by copying and pasting the text.

When I send the PDF to Kindle, however, virtually every word has spaces within it. What in DC, e.g., was properly "Ganzheitsworte," when selected within Kindle is "Ganzhe i t swor t e". This renders Kindle's integrated dictionary useless.

The book is from 1989 and is a fairly high-quality printing. However, it is full of foreign phrases, including in the Greek alphabet, so a text-export is out of the question.

Ideas? I posted my issue in the PDF section (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=310865), to no avail. Perhaps it's more appropriate here.

09-24-2018, 04:34 AM	#1
icefusion Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	extra spaces in Kindle (e.g. Ganzhe i t swor t e) but not DC (e.g. Ganzheitsworte) I scanned a German document at 600dpi. Then I used Briss to split each scanned page into two PDF pages. Then I ran Acrobat DC's OCR for 600dpi output. It worked, as can be verified by copying and pasting the text. When I send the PDF to Kindle, however, virtually every word has spaces within it. What in DC, e.g., was properly "Ganzheitsworte," when selected within Kindle is "Ganzhe i t swor t e". This renders Kindle's integrated dictionary useless. The book is from 1989 and is a fairly high-quality printing. However, it is full of foreign phrases, including in the Greek alphabet, so a text-export is out of the question. Ideas? I posted my issue in the PDF section (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=310865), to no avail. Perhaps it's more appropriate here.