OCR - Optical Character Recognition

[makahajo]

Hi,
I would like to apply OCR to my pdf documents in PDF xchange PRO.

I have PDF xchange PRO version 2.0 (build 42.6).

With some documents the "select Text" tool does not work.

In my TIFF viewer (mspview.exe from microsoft) there is a prompt asking me if I want to apply OCR to the document.

I do not see an OCR command or option for PDF xchange PRO.

My work-around currently is to use FILE-EXPORT-EXPORT TO IMAGE. Choosing the TIFF option.
then open the document in mspview.exe and then apply OCR.
Obviously this is cumbersome.

Am I missing something - any suggestions?

Is OCR available for PDF xChange PRO?

Thanks in advance.

[Corwin - Tracker Sup]

Hello makahajo,

At this time we do not offer an OCR solution - though we have been working on our own OCR library for the past 4+ years - it is not available yet as a commercial release.

[makahajo]

Thanks Corwin for your prompt reply.
I wish you success in this project - it will be helpful.
When it is available - will it show up as an update if i use HELP>>Check for updates?
most likely i am sure.

thanks again.

Aloha.

[John - Tracker Supp]

Will advise further once its available