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how to convert jpg files to either word document or pdf file

Asked by Prasanna K S

I have a jpg file which I actually want to copy paste to a doc file.It is a letter

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David Pires (slickymaster) said : 		#1

To make text in a .jpeg editable you need Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software such as ocrfeeder.

To install it, open a terminal window and run the following command:

sudo apt-get install ocrfeeder

Please bare in mind that OCR is not 100% accurate, you may have to correct errors, and the more formatting your document has, the harder it will be.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

imagemagick can make PDFs from images. It's a great CLI tool

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tonytong (tonytong198) said : 		#3

You can try this free online ocr http://www.online-code.net/ocr.html to convert jpg to text or to searchable pdf document.

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