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I have a .pdf file which I'd like to convert to text.
I apt-got a package called gocr (and gocr-gtk, a frontend).
gocr wants .pbm files, so I converted the .pdf to .pbm with
ImageMagick, then used gocr on it.
What I got from my 25-page .pdf file (which is text, not images)
was a 1.7K text file of garbage. I am using Libranet, targeted
at Debian stable.
I know nothing about how ocr software works and thought I'd ask
whether anyone has had luck with this package. One thought
that occurred is that the creator of the document put in images
of text, rather than text itself...is that possible?
Greg Helledy
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