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in fact, you can use software like <a href="http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php" rel="ugc">Bullzip PDF printer</a> to print ANY file as PDF then use OCR to extract a text file...
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in fact, you can use software like Bullzip PDF printer [http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php] to print ANY file as PDF then use OCR to extract a text file...

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Hi,<br />
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I would note that, if you are printing something to PDF that has the actual text within it, then you don't need OCR at all - the text will be in the PDF.<br />
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If you are printing an image to PDF, then you are probably wasting your time, as most OCR software will work with most image formats, not just PDF.<br />
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Alan.
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Hi,

I would note that, if you are printing something to PDF that has the actual text within it, then you don't need OCR at all - the text will be in the PDF.

If you are printing an image to PDF, then you are probably wasting your time, as most OCR software will work with most image formats, not just PDF.


Alan.

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Security/Privacy related question. &nbsp;Can text be detected in say a .jpg, . bmp, etc. type file formats? &nbsp;I know using text within .pdfs can be with OCR. &nbsp;When I say &quot;detected&quot; I mean with use of a SIEM, DLP or other event driven software? &nbsp;Not referring to steganography or obfuscation of text in anyway. &nbsp;Just simple text detection in a jpg or bmp format. &nbsp;Much thanks.
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Security/Privacy related question.  Can text be detected in say a .jpg, . bmp, etc. type file formats?  I know using text within .pdfs can be with OCR.  When I say "detected" I mean with use of a SIEM, DLP or other event driven software?  Not referring to steganography or obfuscation of text in anyway.  Just simple text detection in a jpg or bmp format.  Much thanks.

Text within a Image format

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Software

Photo and imaging software is used to edit and compose raster images; Adobe Photoshop, which dominates the market, has its own topic. Common actions include cropping, slicing, retouching, color replacement, masking and erasing. Other programs include Apple Photo, Corel PaintShop Pro, GIMP, Serif PhotoPlus, Pixlr, PhotoScape, Picasa and IrfanView.

Images and Photos

SIEM

Optical character recognition (OCR) is the mechanical or electronic conversion of images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used as a form of data entry from printed paper data records, including passport documents, invoices, bank statements, computerized receipts, business cards, mail, printouts of static-data, or any suitable documentation. It is a common method of digitizing printed texts so that it can be electronically edited, searched, stored more compactly, displayed on-line, and used in machine processes such as machine translation, text-to-speech, key data and text mining. OCR is a field of research in pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and computer vision.