Re: Xy3 - reference manuals

[Myron Gochnauer goch@xxxxxxxx]

Scan-to-pdf programs start with an image file and then run an OCR  
routine on the image to produce a PDF that contains searchable text.   
Acrobat does this. If you don't run the OCR part of the process, you  
end up with pure image files.


Since OCR is involved You really need to proof read the result.

When I do this sort of this for textbooks I use in class, I always  
keep the image version as well as the OCR'd version.  Sooner or later  
I need to consult the former to figure out what the latter is supposed  
to be.


Myron


On Jul 14, 2009, at 11:55 PM, Harry Binswanger wrote:

> Flash,
>
> My scanner produces searchable PDF files. Not editable ones, though.
>
> > Harry et al,
> >
> > The point about scanning Xy manuals is not to generate foto files  
> > such
> >
> > as tifs or gifs, which is what most scanners generate as output; but
> > rather a) editable text files, b) searchable text files, and c) files
> > with internal links. That is, when you click on a line in the toc or
> > index, Acrobat jumps to that page in the file, and you can search the
> > entire file for any string. Budget scanners will not produce the
> > required output.
> >
> > Brian did this with the Xy4 manual. We're working on it.
>
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxx