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Thanks heaps guys. &gt;<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/videos/1618/" rel="ugc">How to OCR pages in a PDF with free software - PDF-XChange Editor</a>&nbsp; I've found that Adobe XI Pro could not OCR a jpg image file so can PDF-Xchange editor OCR a jpg (or png) file? &nbsp;Or I print the jpg/png to a PDF &amp; then use it to OCR? &nbsp;Would this work? &gt; PDF-XChange can OCR but cannot scan, while the free Foxit can scan but cannot OCR By 'scan', it means use it with an external scanner (USB or mobile phone)?
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Thanks heaps guys.

>How to OCR pages in a PDF with free software - PDF-XChange Editor [https://www.experts-exchange.com/videos/1618/] 
I've found that Adobe XI Pro could not OCR a jpg image file so can
PDF-Xchange editor OCR a jpg (or png) file?  Or I print the jpg/png
to a PDF & then use it to OCR?  Would this work?

> PDF-XChange can OCR but cannot scan, while the free Foxit can scan but cannot OCR
By 'scan', it means use it with an external scanner (USB or mobile phone)?

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 Is there any good lightweight PDF reader (which enables partialediting &amp; insertion of signature) that is freeware? I find Adobe Acrobat installs lots of miscellaneous stuff &amp; thetrial 7 days Pro version (though it gives accurate OCR conversionto MSWord/Excel), is rather heavy resource. Anyone tried ReadIris &amp; Nuance/Omnipage? &nbsp;Are they accuratein OCR conversion &amp; easy to use? 
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Is there any good lightweight PDF reader (which enables partial
editing & insertion of signature) that is freeware?
I find Adobe Acrobat installs lots of miscellaneous stuff & the
trial 7 days Pro version (though it gives accurate OCR conversion
to MSWord/Excel), is rather heavy resource.
Anyone tried ReadIris & Nuance/Omnipage?  Are they accurate
in OCR conversion & easy to use?

alternatives to Adobe Acrobat (Pro) &amp; accurate OCR

Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software and Web services developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF). The family comprises Acrobat Reader (formerly Adobe Reader), Acrobat (formerly Acrobat Exchange) and Acrobat.com. The commercial proprietary Acrobat, available for Microsoft Windows and OS X only, can also create, edit, convert, digitally sign, encrypt, export and publish PDF files.

Adobe Acrobat

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.

A Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format consisting of an electronic image resembling a printed document and can be viewed, printed, and electronically transmitted. PDF files can store various types of data, including formatted text, vector graphics, and raster images. The page layout defines the location, size, and shape of each page and each item on the page. The information looks the same no matter what device or program is used to open it.

Multimedia applications are those programs that integrate more than one media at a time; browsers are the most obvious. However, the term has come to include the use of programs that enable the use of any component that isn’t simple text and static graphics, such as audio, video, animation, virtual reality, conferencing and monitoring.

alternatives to Adobe Acrobat (Pro) &amp; accurate OCR

alternatives to Adobe Acrobat (Pro) & accurate OCR