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Raster to Text OCR Converter Command Line

What is OCR (Optical Character Recognition)?
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a visual recognition process that turns printed or written text into an electronic character-based file. A document that is scanned and converted into a PDF document provides the basis for which character recognition software may interpret each character image on the PDF and assign it an electronic character-based file that can then be entered into an editable format, such as a Text or Word document.

Given the proliferation of scan-to-PDF technology available today, VeryPDF's OCR solutions focus on the conversion of scanned PDF documents and image files. The quality of the OCR conversion process will largely depend on the quality of the scanned image and the clarity of the characters of that image.

VeryPDF's Raster to Text OCR Converter is a Command Line application uses Optical Character Recognition technology to OCR scanned PDF documents and images (TIFF, BMP, PNG, JPG, PCX, TGA, etc.) to Text files.

The default package of Raster to Text OCR Converter Command Line includes support for only English. However you can download more OCR language packs at here.

Download and Purchase Raster to Text OCR Converter Command Line product,

Version	Quantity	Price (USD)	Download	Buy All
Raster to Text OCR Converter Command Line	1 Server License	$195 each
Raster to Text OCR Converter Command Line	1 Developer License	$1495 each
OCR Language Packs		Free		Free

Raster to Text OCR Converter Command Line has following features:

Raster to Text OCR Converter converts scanned PDF files to editable text files;
Raster to Text OCR Converter converts scanned image files (TIFF, BMP, PNG, JPG, PCX, TGA, etc.) to editable text files;
Raster to Text OCR Converter has a fast OCR engine, 92% faster than other OCR software;
Raster to Text OCR Converter supports page selection, OCR single, range or all pages at a time;
Raster to Text OCR Converter supports over 10 Languages, Besides English, Raster to Text OCR Converter also supports German, French, Spanish, Italian and many Languages else;
Raster to Text OCR Converter converts text based PDF documents to text format, Fast, Accurate, Free Trial;
Raster to Text OCR Converter supports command line operation (for manual use or inclusion in scripts);
Raster to Text OCR Converter does NOT need Adobe Acrobat or free Acrobat Reader software;
Raster to Text OCR Converter supports all Windows platforms, Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, 32bit and 64bit systems;
Raster to Text OCR Converter supports extract text from encrypted PDF files and password protected documents;
Raster to Text OCR Converter able to convert PDF file to text file and maintain original physical layout;
Raster to Text OCR Converter able to convert PDF file to text file with reading order layout;
Raster to Text OCR Converter able to insert or remove page break 0x0C characters between pages in text file;
Raster to Text OCR Converter able to insert additional text at end of each text page, e.g., Page Information is %PageNumber% of %PageCount%;

Raster to Text OCR Converter Command Line Options:

C:\>pdf2txtocr.exe
Raster to Text Converter OCR Command Line v2.0
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Description:
    Convert text based PDF files to plain text files.
    Convert scanned PDF files to plain text files by OCR technology.
Usage: pdf2txtocr.exe [options] <PDF-file> <Text-file>
-firstpage <int>   : first PDF page to convert
-lastpage <int>    : last PDF page to convert
-res <int>         : set resolution, the unit is DPI (default is 300 dpi)
-ownerpwd <string> : set owner password for encrypted PDF file
-userpwd <string> : set user password for encrypted PDF file
-layout            : maintain original physical layout
-noc               : don't insert page breaks 0x0C between pages in text file
-bitcount <int>    : set color depth when render PDF page to image data, it can be set 1, 8, 24, default is 8bit
-ocr               : enable OCR function for scanned PDF file
-lang <string>     : choose the language for OCR engine
-text <string>     : add additional text at end of each text page, this parameter supports the following variables:
    %PageNumber%   : current page number
    %PageCount%    : total page count of PDF file
-$ <string>        : input your License Key
Examples:
pdf2txtocr.exe C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -firstpage 1 -lastpage 1 C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -ocr -res 300 C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -ownerpwd 123 -userpwd 456 C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -layout C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -noc C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe C:\in.tif C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe C:\in.jpg C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe C:\in.bmp C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe C:\in.png C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -ocr -lang eng C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -ocr -bitcount 1 C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -ocr -bitcount 8 C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -ocr -bitcount 24 C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -ocr -lang deu C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -lang deu C:\in.tif C:\out.txt
pdf2txtocr.exe -text "PageText %PageNumber% of %PageCount%" C:\in.pdf C:\out.txt

Following command line will OCR all PDF files in D:\temp\ folder to text files:
for %F in (D:\temp\*.pdf) do pdf2txtocr.exe -ocr -lang deu "%F" "%~dpnF.txt"

Following command line will OCR all PDF files in D:\temp\ folder and subdirectories to text files:
for /r D:\temp %F in (*.pdf) do pdf2txtocr.exe -ocr "%F" "%~dpnF.txt"

Following command line will OCR all PDF files from D:\temp\ folder and output text files to C:\test folder:
for %F in (D:\temp\*.pdf) do pdf2txtocr.exe -ocr "%F" "C:\test\%~nF.txt""

See Also:
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