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Old 04-09-2010, 12:02 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by chainring View Post
Along the same line, I have to wonder why ABBYY doesn't give any indication as to the differences/similarities between FineReader and PDF Transformer.
The user can download trial versions of both programs. Since individual users have different requirements, just be sure you have some tough test files to run the program(s) against. The trial is very short lived (15 days, max of 50 pages, one page at a time). I feel certain I can eliminate the more expensive program with just a few pages. How does this look for conversion:

E(A, D) = DT £ [(Yi • Yi)I — YiY? D = DTM(A)D

The source is page 2 of

http://www.geometrictools.com/Docume...resFitting.pdf

It's not the subscripts and superscripts that upset me. FineReader got most of them correct. It is the non-recognition or omission of the math fonts. This makes sampling Transformer, the next program in line, moot. Which leaves me with Acrobat.

For non-math/science uses, FR is not too bad. It flows the paragraphs correctly, recognizes italicized text, and identifies headings. Since I won't be evaluating Transformer, I'll leave that to another board member.
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