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    Text from books

    I would like to avoid retyping passages I have found in published stories relating to persons included in my Reunion file
    I have tried to scan the copy of the passage I wanted to insert into my Notes and I dragged this jpeg image into the Notes area.
    The passage of text certainly appeared in the Notes as I hoped but the text then disappeared

    Is there a short cut available.
    Obviously the source of the text would be acknowledged

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    Re: Text from books

    I believe the image will have to be treated as multimedia and be attached to the person as a picture or to a source. I don't think you can embed it in the notes directly.
    Tim Lundin
    Heartland Family Graphics
    http://www.familygraphics.com

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      #3
      Re: Text from books

      Tim is correct, images can't be imbedded in note fields.
      Mark Harrison
      Leister Productions, Inc.

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        #4
        Re: Text from books

        You would need OCR software (optical character reader) to actually *read* the text on the picture and turn it into text. This isn't trivial -- which is why sites use "capcha" codes to decide if you area a human. You are reading the text/numbers on a visual picture, which can be difficult for a machine to do (if the text is garbled, which is what a capcha uses).

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          #5
          Re: Text from books

          Many scanners come with some kind of OCR software on the accompanying installation CD. You may want to check and see if you already have it installed. If so, then you just need to learn how to use it.
          Bob White, Mac Nut Since 1985, Reunion Nut Since 1991
          Jenanyan, Barnes, White, Duncan, Dunning, Luce, Hedge and more
          iMac/MacBookAir M1 - iPhonePro/iPadPro - Reunion13 & RT

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            #6
            Re: Text from books

            Use an application like OmniPage Pro X, scan the text and convert it to digital content that can be in the notes.

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              #7
              Re: Text from books

              Originally posted by CDLng@aol.com View Post
              Use an application like OmniPage Pro X, scan the text and convert it to digital content that can be in the notes.
              Omnipage Pro X was a great OCR program, but it's a PowerPC program and won't run on the Intel Macs with current OS's.

              I haven't found anything nearly as good that will operate on current Macs, but ABBYY FineReader Express is at least servicable and will get the job done.
              Dennis J. Cunniff
              Click here to email me

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                #8
                Re: Text from books

                PDF-OCR-X is cheaper, and I find it works pretty well. It's actually free for a 1-page at a time version.

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                  #9
                  Re: Text from books

                  Originally posted by Michael Talibard View Post
                  PDF-OCR-X is cheaper, and I find it works pretty well. It's actually free for a 1-page at a time version.
                  I second that!

                  Martha
                  Click here to email me
                  OS X 10.7.5, Reunion 9.0c
                  http://www.avotaynu.com/books/tamar.htm

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                    #10
                    Re: Text from books

                    Originally posted by Michael Talibard View Post
                    PDF-OCR-X is cheaper, and I find it works pretty well. It's actually free for a 1-page at a time version.
                    I searched for it, but couldn't find it.
                    Terry

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                      #11
                      Re: Text from books

                      I found it here <http://solutions.weblite.ca/pdfocrx/>
                      Tom Boyd
                      boydroots.net

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                        #12
                        Re: Text from books

                        Originally posted by Terry Medlar View Post
                        I searched for it, but couldn't find it.
                        PDF OCR X is a simple drag-and-drop utility for Mac OS X and Windows, that converts your PDFs and images into text documents.

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                          #13
                          Re: Text from books

                          Originally posted by g.winters View Post
                          I would like to avoid retyping passages I have found in published stories relating to persons included in my Reunion file
                          I have had good success with an app on my iPhone called Image to Text. I photograph the text and the app emails it to whichever address I want. It needs to be typed text as the app can't read handwriting, but it has been most useful.

                          For handwritten text I dictate into Dragon Dictate app. I've used this for my father-in-law's memoirs. It remembers changes and new words and even recognises my Kiwi accent.
                          Jan Powell
                          in Wellington, New Zealand
                          http://www.rellyseeker.nz/
                          --
                          Apple/Mac since 1987, Reunion since 1993

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                            #14
                            Re: Text from books

                            Omni Pro X works on my intel MacBook Pro just fine, thank you.

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                              #15
                              Re: Text from books

                              Originally posted by CDLng@aol.com View Post
                              Omni Pro X works on my intel MacBook Pro just fine, thank you.
                              I assume this is a response to "Omni Pro X won't run on the Intel Macs with current OS's", and I further assume that you're running a rather old OS X. If you've managed to get Omnipage Pro X to run on a recent OS X version, I'd love to hear more.
                              Dennis J. Cunniff
                              Click here to email me

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