Urgent!!!! Pdf convert to word or txt. Chinese character support? Thread poster: rachel_xiao
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rachel_xiao 
United Kingdom
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I downloaded ABBYY FineRead, hoping it can easily convert my scanned pdf files into word or some sort.
But it turned out I need to have the extended package support ifor Chinese lanuage recognisation.....and the extended package is only supplied to company users by ABBYY. obviously I am not a company user.
Anyone has any suggestions? or any other tools complying with Chinese?
Thanks in advance.
Rach
| | | | Mulyadi Subali
Indonesia
Local time: 03:49
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| | Check out this software (works fine with Japanese documents) | Apr 11, 2007 |
Hello,
I can really really recommend this solution.
I just checked out the trial version and it works fine with pdfs created in the Japanese language. As I noticed this software also supports Chinese.
(You can just download from their site and use for several pages and then decide whether it is convenient for you)
http://www.solidpdf.com/
Have a try...it ... See more Hello,
I can really really recommend this solution.
I just checked out the trial version and it works fine with pdfs created in the Japanese language. As I noticed this software also supports Chinese.
(You can just download from their site and use for several pages and then decide whether it is convenient for you)
http://www.solidpdf.com/
Have a try...it is really nice and cheap
Regards,
Katrin ▲ Collapse
| | | | rachel_xiao
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:49
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TOPIC STARTER
I finally sorted it out yesterday using a chinese tool for the scanned pdf recognition. I tried those two tools recommended by Katrin and Mulyadi first but turned out they were not working for the scanned files .
Anyway, thanks for both of you.
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| What a pity, Rachel... | Apr 12, 2007 |
Sorry for not being helpful but of course it does not work with pdfs which have not been converted from a standard text file (e.g. Word...).
I also tried a pdf file the other day which finally turned out originally being a bmp file converted into pdf. In that case I guess no converting tool is able to retrieve any information out of a picture file because all relating information data gets lost during the processes.
In those cases probably only a good OCR-software is fi... See more Sorry for not being helpful but of course it does not work with pdfs which have not been converted from a standard text file (e.g. Word...).
I also tried a pdf file the other day which finally turned out originally being a bmp file converted into pdf. In that case I guess no converting tool is able to retrieve any information out of a picture file because all relating information data gets lost during the processes.
In those cases probably only a good OCR-software is finally helpful in order to prevent you from typing a document manually for a translation process with Trados and other tools.
I just found one for Japanese characters ("YONDE! Koko") and have in mind to buy very soon. I am sure there must be a similar one for Chinese characters. Actually it is the same fonts' nature.
I would try asking the customer whether they could not send you an original text file. If I face any troubles with those "originally produced" files I can also use my Japanese OS + Office and fix any compatibility problems in most cases. But not every agency is aware of these possibilities - depending on their general experience with Chinese/Japanese fonts.
Nevertheless - Good luck for your project
Katrin
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| | | | | Other OCR programs | Apr 16, 2007 |
Hi all,
The sticking pont seems to be finding an OCR program that has all these features:
- can OCR a flattened PDF, or unlayered image file like JPG, TIFF
- preferably comes with a western UI (for easy handling by non-chinese users)
- is available unbundled for individual users at a reasonable price
Search the forum for previous suggestions. The concensus seems to be that the best OCR for Chinese is Hanwang. But I still don't know if it has any Eng... See more Hi all,
The sticking pont seems to be finding an OCR program that has all these features:
- can OCR a flattened PDF, or unlayered image file like JPG, TIFF
- preferably comes with a western UI (for easy handling by non-chinese users)
- is available unbundled for individual users at a reasonable price
Search the forum for previous suggestions. The concensus seems to be that the best OCR for Chinese is Hanwang. But I still don't know if it has any English UI!
Product page here (it seems that it's now available standalone too, not just bundled):
http://www.hanwang.com.cn/english/products0303.asp
Mentioned here:
http://www.proz.com/post/343923#343923
"Hanwang (汉王), Shangshu (尚书) and 清华紫光 are top ones in the industry. Where Hanwang is bundled solely with Hanwang Scanners, whereas Shangshu is not scanner-dependant, but sold as a bundle with Microtek series. 清华紫光s are for Qinghua series.
Amongst them I like Hanwang best. Their website:
Hanwang: http://www.hw99.com/
Shangshu is also part of Hanwang, with limited features."
Other suggestions:
http://www.proz.com/topic/65264
http://www.proz.com/post/506370#506370
http://bbs.betabbs.com/index.php?showtopic=45198&mode=linear
http://www.cyberway.com.sg/~computek/ ▲ Collapse
| | | | | convert pdf (chinese words) into text | Apr 29, 2007 |
hello to rachel and all,
Which chinese tool can be used for the scanned pdf recognition? and how to used it, can teach? i do scanned my chinese document but cant convert it into text, it appear as a image. meant i need to retype whole document!! anyone can help please? tq in advanced.
| | | | Angeline PhD
China
Local time: 04:49
English to Chinese
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"慧视小灵鼠"
For Chinese character, It is better than other ocr software.
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| display output error | Aug 25, 2012 |
Hi, tried Hanwang, it able to recognised, but when convert to text or words, it shown simbol instead of chinese charactor. Anybody encounter this? What setting should I do?
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