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Google Adds OCR To PDF and Images

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the typing-is-for-suckers dept.

Kilrah_il writes "Now you have the option to OCR every PDF and image you upload to Google Docs. 'When you upload files to Google Docs, you'll notice a new option that tells Google to convert the text from PDF and image files to Google Docs documents. ... I've tried to convert an excerpt from the book Rework and the result wasn't great. About 10% of the text has been incorrectly converted and the formatting hasn't been preserved.'"

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  1. Re:Captcha correction? by Ardeaem · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I save my mod points exclusively for people like you, and you just missed being "off-topic" by about 4 hours because that's when they expire.

    Yeah, well, I save my mod points for people who post responses to offtopic posts, too. People like you suck. I would NEVER do such a thing.

  2. OCR??? by BlackEdder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Typing "Optical Character Recognition (OCR)" was too much effort?

  3. Re:OCD??? by clone53421 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't argue for argument's sake.

    But those are the best kind... it doesn’t even really matter who’s wrong.

    Never let a day go by when you can’t say to yourself as you’re falling asleep, “Well, I was wrong on the internet today, but damn, I had fun.” That’s what I say...

    --
    Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.