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| 327018 | 2005-02-21 07:38:00 | I took a photo of a printed document which the camera saved as a jpeg, the program I want to open it in will only accept txt format. How do I change the jpeg format to a txt file? |
curly (6655) | ||
| 327019 | 2005-02-21 07:40:00 | If you do it wont work, you wont be able see the picture or writing | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 327020 | 2005-02-21 07:40:00 | You cant. What program are u trying to load a picture into?? You need a program that loads jpeg pics. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 327021 | 2005-02-21 07:41:00 | you cant, a jpeg is a picture format whereas a txt file is a file that has words, text. what program are you trying to open it with, to open the pic try opening it with paint or just double click on the picture. what os? | Prescott (11) | ||
| 327022 | 2005-02-21 08:46:00 | Hi Curly. Looks like you want an OCR programme. Several free ones available on Google. Scan your picture and, depending on the quality, allows you to play with the Font. Always requires some manual input, but worth a try. :cool: | Scouse (83) | ||
| 327023 | 2005-02-21 09:02:00 | Yeah, thanks for the quick replies. Having since googled for an answer it seems that it is not possible, with the possible exception of using an OCR program and a scanner. Will try that. The program I want to save the image into is a genealogy program and the images are photos of old birth certificates from the early 1800's. This proggie will only accept txt files for storeing doccuments, so bit of a bummer! Someone asked - the op system is winxp pro, plenty or ram etc. Xp will not even try to set up the scanner, which is of 1995 vintage, but it comes with an OCR proggie. Will get the old win98 machine out of the shed and try setting up the scanner on that. Again - thanks |
curly (6655) | ||
| 327024 | 2005-02-21 10:19:00 | Hi Curly. Whci genealogy programme? I have tinkered with several and most have some ability to store and associate graphics with individuals. :cool: |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 327025 | 2005-02-21 10:33:00 | Just point the OCR programme of choice at the JPEG rather that scanning it or, a fast and dirty work-around, convert to PDF, then use the snapshot select tool to copy and paste into a Word (or similar) doc as text. It won't get all the spelling or characters right so you'll have some tidying up to do, but neither will an OCR. | Murray P (44) | ||
| 327026 | 2005-02-21 10:34:00 | Given the complexity of the text in a birth cerificate document, you're unlikely to get very successful results using OCR | Greg (193) | ||
| 327027 | 2005-02-21 12:00:00 | Given the complexity of the text in a birth cerificate document, you're unlikely to get very successful results using OCR Yes, possibly not pretty, have had success though converting Acts (as in, of law) and regulations/compliance codes that have a mix of text and tables to word files without it being an absolute pain in the a. You get things like a) converted to; A| and, all looking like; a]l every now and again but not so much to make it a complete waste of time. If the intention is to reproduce the document then keeping it as a graphic is more accurate. |
Murray P (44) | ||
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