ray@lemmy.ml to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoChrome will soon automatically OCR PDFswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkChrome will soon automatically OCR PDFswww.androidpolice.comray@lemmy.ml to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThe issue with OCR’ing pdfs is typically that it doesn’t understand the document formatting. So if you’re reading a document which is formatted as two columns per page, the OCR text will be a mess.
minus-squareanon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’m willing to bet that given that most scientific papers are in that two format column, this ocr will take that into account or it’s dead on arrival.
The issue with OCR’ing pdfs is typically that it doesn’t understand the document formatting. So if you’re reading a document which is formatted as two columns per page, the OCR text will be a mess.
I’m willing to bet that given that most scientific papers are in that two format column, this ocr will take that into account or it’s dead on arrival.