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MarjaE · 12-26-2016, 12:36 PM

Okay, thanks.

I really need some way to extract existing text layers for entire books. I know "it isn't hard" but I don't know how to do it.

I would also like some way to speed up proofreading, and extract the pages with tables and insert them at the appropriate points in the text.

I don't have Word, but I imported into NeoOffice and got a long ocr'd drawing of one text. I think the ocr was the Internet Archive's text layer, but I don't know for sure. I can see that some figures are off - 4 for 1, 0 for 6, etc. I don't know how to strip off the source images or convert all the small text boxes into proper tables...

And with my disabilities, I haven't found an accessible tablet, and I never expect to.

12-26-2016, 12:36 PM	#7
MarjaE Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Okay, thanks. I really need some way to extract existing text layers for entire books. I know "it isn't hard" but I don't know how to do it. I would also like some way to speed up proofreading, and extract the pages with tables and insert them at the appropriate points in the text. I don't have Word, but I imported into NeoOffice and got a long ocr'd drawing of one text. I think the ocr was the Internet Archive's text layer, but I don't know for sure. I can see that some figures are off - 4 for 1, 0 for 6, etc. I don't know how to strip off the source images or convert all the small text boxes into proper tables... And with my disabilities, I haven't found an accessible tablet, and I never expect to.