01-23-2009, 12:29 PM | #1 |
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Arabic script support?
I have many books in Persian-Farsi. I was wondering if a) I could get an OCR program to scan them in, and b) could I then convert them to the LRF format? Will it accept foreign characters?
Also what OCR would you use for Arabic script support? |
01-27-2009, 05:10 AM | #2 |
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LRF files do not support right-to-left scripts.
PDF with an embedded font is your best bet. Presumably there must be OCR apps which deal with non-Roman alphabets, but I'm afraid that I don't know what they are. I would imagine OCR of Arabic would be a real challenge, given the cursive nature of the script and the huge range of "styles" of writing! Rather like trying to OCR handwriting. |
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01-27-2009, 06:08 AM | #3 |
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Hi Matth3w
If you care to provide one or two pages digitized (300dpi’s) I can test them for you. Best regards, |
04-15-2009, 02:20 AM | #4 |
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I have tested Readiris as Farsi OCR, and it sort of works. Also usually an OCR enabled application comes with scanners when u purchase one.
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