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Topic: Optimizing OCR Process - GUIDANCE PLEASE!!!
Conf: (P-PDF) Paper to PDF, Msg: 23869
From: MDarchiver
Date: 7/12/2001 04:35 PM

In the process of creating an imaging solution for my Center, I have hit a HUGE snag...

Approx. 20% of the documents I will be archiving are 'onion skins' which I intend to photocopy. The problem that I'm running into is that many of the skins are 7 or 8 generation, causing the letters to be fuzzy. This fuzz is failing to be recognized in the OCR process!!!

Using Acrobat Capture 3.01, I've tried exporting to PDF as Image & Text, Searchable Image Exact, as well as Searchable Image Compact. The best result, with two paragraphs identified as text, was with the Image & Text option; but this is by know means acceptable.

What can be done on both software & hardware ends to optimize the OCR process??

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

M. C. Desroches