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rrufer
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May 29, 2022
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Obtain a text file without using a language

  • May 29, 2022
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I want to obtain a text file for the included file. I don't want to use a specific language.

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try67
try67
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May 29, 2022

Convert to PDF (using Acrobat, not Reader), run Text Recognition, save as a text file.

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rruferAuthor
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May 30, 2022

The recognition does not identify spaces correctly, as shown in the atached Word file.  It appears that the spaces are geometrically identical, but the Acrobat OCR does not use that in making the text file!

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rruferAuthor
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June 7, 2022

@rrufer 

 

The puzzle you are trying to convert to text comes from copyrighted material.

 

 

 

 You need to get permission from the magazine to copy their puzzle. We cannot assist.

 

 


I understand. I am a subscriber to this magazine, so I believe that I can use their content to solve their cryptogram using a  program I developed.  I can manually type the text shown in the uploaded .pdf file to a word processing program, but I want to avoid this by having a stupid OCR program (one that doesn't use a language) do it for me.

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