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bobcdy · 06-05-2009, 01:27 PM

Thanks for the info. I found that ABBYY Fine Reader does a very good ocr on djvu and then one can have text, html, or pdf result. One needs to proof the result, though, and depending on the quality of the ocr, there may be many errors. After thinking about it, I don't believe there can be any converter such as "djvu2mobi" because of the image character of the djvu. The images imply that there has to be ocr in the conversion. The djvu.txt that is available on archive.org for most documents and books seems to be an ocr of the djvu and usually seems not be have been proofed - has many, many errors.
Bob

06-05-2009, 01:27 PM	#7
bobcdy Fanatic Posts: 527 Karma: 1048576 Join Date: May 2009 Device: bebook; prs-950; nook simple touch; HTC Jetstream tablet	Thanks for the info. I found that ABBYY Fine Reader does a very good ocr on djvu and then one can have text, html, or pdf result. One needs to proof the result, though, and depending on the quality of the ocr, there may be many errors. After thinking about it, I don't believe there can be any converter such as "djvu2mobi" because of the image character of the djvu. The images imply that there has to be ocr in the conversion. The djvu.txt that is available on archive.org for most documents and books seems to be an ocr of the djvu and usually seems not be have been proofed - has many, many errors. Bob