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jmt111
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June 13, 2013
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Primary OCR language as Arabic

  • June 13, 2013
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I have a list of 42 languages to select as my Primary OCR language in the Recognize Text general settings dialogue (see below image). But I cannot find Arabic in there. Is it possible to include Arabic?

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Zaid Al Hilali
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Zaid Al HilaliCommunity Expert
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May 11, 2017

وعليكم السلام اخي محمد

ماتطلبه هو مطلب لعدد كبير جداً من المستخدمين ونحن بدورنا نوصل مطلبنا لفريق برمجة اكروبات

ارجو منك الانتقال لصفحة معنية بهذا الامر والتصويت على هذا المطلب وبهذه الطريقة نقنع ادوبي بضرورة اضافة هذه الخاصية للمستخد العربي

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    ArtNovoDynamics
    Participant
    June 22, 2013

    Arabic (and other Middle Eastern languages) are hard OCR challenges. Right to Left issues as well as characters that look often like our "cursive" handwritten characters make it a challenge. The one used in the region and by the US government when accuracy is important is NovoVerus http://www.novodynamics.com/novoverus/ and it does create PDF's that can then be used in Acrobat. It also offers both English and Arabic UI

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    jmt111Author
    Inspiring
    June 23, 2013

    I have Acrobat Version 10.0 (Adobe Acrobat X Pro), which is what comes with Adobe CS6. I could not find the price of NovoVerus on its web site, but I was able to find the price of ABBYY FineReader 11 Professional Edition, which also supports Arabic. It is $222.37 (169 €) with Arabic OCR. 

    But then I am in the same boat—having to buy yet another program to do what I was hoping I could get in Acrobat. Paying $222.37 isn’t much less than Acrobat’s $240.00 upgrade. Moreover, I already have two software programs, Acrobat and Bluebeam and really want to avoid shelling out another $200. What I really want is a single one-stop-shop pdf program that can do everything.

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    June 23, 2013

    We'd all like that, but it doesn't make it happen. Acrobat is already an enormous program with an endless feature list, but I'm sure Adobe are happy to know there are still things they can add (and charge for an upgrade!)

    MichaelKazlow
    MichaelKazlow
    Legend
    June 13, 2013

    If it is not in the list, then the answer is no. You can request this feature: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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    jmt111Author
    Inspiring
    June 16, 2013

    Certainly it must be available. If they are going to have languages as obscure as Galician and Nynorsk, then they must have Arabic, a global language spoken by roughly 200 million people. I am confident they would not have neglected Arabic, especially given booming business in the Arabian Gulf. It is just a matter of finding out to install Arabic. Perhaps there is a language pack? Or some kind of separate installation?

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    June 16, 2013

    Those two languages use the western alphabet, so it is not much work to add them. It would be nice if Adobe included all languages, but each different alphabet is a complete new challenge. There doesn't appear to even be an Arabic version of the software yet, perhaps the market is not so profitable.

    I observe on http://shop.adobe.com/DRHM/store that there is a version described as "English (Arabic Enabled)" available for purchase. I have no idea what that is.

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