Re: proofing searchable pdf files

[Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net>]

On 30/10/14 08:47 PM, Gary Roach wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Problem:
>     I am working on an archiving project and wish to archive documents 
> to searchable pdf files but can't seem to figure out how to proof read 
> and correct the text overlay. Any suggestions.
>
> System:
>     Debian Wheezy
>     Intel i5-750 processor
>     HP Officejet Pro 8600 wireless all in one printer/fax/scanner
>     gscan2pdf software with Tesseract ocr
>     300 to 600 dpi scans.
>
> Tesseract seems to do a really great job but I have no good way of 
> proving this or correcting any mistakes. Some of the documents are 100 
> years old and may not be in such great shape. I can always retype 
> everything but would like to avoid this, as much as possible, for 
> obvious reasons.
>
> Gary R.
Tesseract is the tool for the job. Scan at 600 dpi for best results. If 
the originals are typed/typeset the results should be good but you may 
have to do some fiddling with the scans to bring out the detail.

The fastest way to proofread is to inhale the text into a word processor 
and spell check. Grammar checking is also a help.

There are also Tesseract box editors you can try that let you edit the 
Tesseract OCR files.

I thought Tesseract would let you adjust the search words when necessary.