OCR for PDF files

[samoguz]

I was searching for a free program to OCR some of my pdf files. I have tried topocr, freeocr, tesseract-ocr and many others. The only one I found useful is the OCR offered by PDF XChange viewer. I downloaded the portable free version from their website and tried the OCR feature. It worked like a sharm for me.

It will work for you if you want to OCR pdf files with 3 pages or less. The result is impressive. I thought someone out there might need just what I described above. Also, download the portable zip ocr file and unzip it in the same folder so that it works for you.

Make sure you download the portable version because I read some reviews that installing the non portable version will install the Ask toolbar if you don't follow instructions carefully.

http://www.tracker-software.com/prod...xchange-viewer

The website states that "The free version of this product may be used for both private and commercial use as long as it is not distributed for commercial gain without permission ... "

[crank]

Thanks for that tip, I haven't tried it, I have tried google's and Irfanviiew's and they work pretty well. One thing about OCR, if you use it on a large chunk of data, the proofing is really tedious, and if it's important, you have to extra-careful, the mistakes are often subtle and easy to overlook.

[samoguz]

You are welcome