A program that converts text images into regular text? - Hardware & Software

So I just started online school and to prevent from cheating they made it so that the reading selections are no longer just text, but rather an image of the text so we can't copy paste it into a word pad. I could really care less about this class, as I already have a shit ton of other homework to do and I took this because I heard the class was really easy (back when you could actually cheat) but I've ran into this wall and there HAS to be a way around it other than actually reading. Here's an example of what I'm talking about [img]http://link.primaveralearning.com/Content/SS301R/snag/01a/01.jpg[/img] Now I can't push control+f and find the answer. Too much work, I need something easier.

just read it you chucklefuck

No I have better things to do then read 5 pages of shit and take a worthless quiz on it. I'm not learning anything, and I'm already swamped with homework from my college courses and the last thing I need is more busy work.

[url]http://www.secretgeek.net/timesnapper_23_ocr.asp[/url], maybe?

Your looking for an OCR (optical character reader I think). Not sure of a good one but a simple google search will get you there.

You're telling me that's college reading?

[QUOTE=Trogdon;17201065]No I have better things to do then read 5 pages of shit and take a worthless quiz on it. I'm not learning anything, and I'm already swamped with homework from my college courses and the last thing I need is more busy work.[/QUOTE] its 5 pages what the fuck are you illiterate or something

It's not exactly a lot of text, you know.

That looks like a really easy reading.

[QUOTE=dgsjk1;17201101]its 5 pages what the fuck are you illiterate or something[/QUOTE] .

Education these days, you don't even have the time to read that?

If you had starting reading since you made this thread you probably would be finished.

[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;17201100]You're telling me that's college reading?[/QUOTE] No it's a high school course, but I'm in other college classes and I could care less about my highschool classes.

Whatever you're looking for, think of words that associate with it, then skip through to find it. It's how I find things.

[QUOTE=Trogdon;17201217]No it's a high school course, but I'm in other college classes and [B]I could care less [/B]about my highschool classes.[/QUOTE] Then don't read it.

[QUOTE=dgsjk1;17201101]its 5 pages what the fuck are you illiterate or something[/QUOTE] this.

fail school party hard work at burger king for the rest of your life

[QUOTE=Thor667;17202240]Then don't read it.[/QUOTE] I need to at least finish it so I can fucking pass and not fail. Why are you guys such assholes, I asked for fucking help not bitching at me. I doubt any of you would do anything differently.

[QUOTE=Trogdon;17203892]I need to at least finish it so I can fucking pass and not fail. Why are you guys such assholes, I asked for fucking help not bitching at me. I doubt any of you would do anything differently.[/QUOTE] I would read it, seeing as it's piss easy.

[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;17203927]I would read it, seeing as it's piss easy.[/QUOTE] Well this thread isn't about you and your reading now is it?

[QUOTE=cdlink14;17201082][url]http://www.secretgeek.net/timesnapper_23_ocr.asp[/url], maybe?[/QUOTE] That one kind of works but is horribly inefficient. I need one that can convert my image files directly (no page scrolling just to show it all :/) [editline]07:37PM[/editline] I found a crude one, but it's online and free. Makes a couple i with l mistakes, but overall works well. [url]http://www.free-ocr.com/[/url] I love it.

OCR needs high resolutions to work. try scaling it up with nice sharpening filters and stuff then running it through SimpleOCR.

[QUOTE=SassyCheese;17204667]OCR needs high resolutions to work. try scaling it up with nice sharpening filters and stuff then running it through SimpleOCR.[/QUOTE] Ah alright! I'm going to test it out now, I just upped the res of one that didn't work very well and sharpened it and I'll see how it goes.

What college do you go to anyways?

I know many PDF readers have ODF. Maybe you can somehow make the two work together?

[QUOTE=FHamster;17205714]I know many PDF readers have ODF. Maybe you can somehow make the two work together?[/QUOTE] Usually PDF to DOC converters cost Money and watermark your shit because it's not registered. -_-

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;17205421]What college do you go to anyways?[/QUOTE] I'm in high school. But I take two college classes and I get swamped with work from them, so I don't want to worry about this online class because I need it to pass high school (I opted out of taking it at school because before they didn't use this image format, so passing was insanely easy and required no thought).

oh microsoft office has OCR built in that's quite good as well. google for it because i forget exactly what it's called. there's a little VB application that doesn't look like an OCR program but it actually is.

How exactly does changing the text into an image of text make this class hard? It's not like you can't read it, and if your answers comprised of actual copy pasting from the text before then you deserve to fail now.

why the fuck is everybody bitching about reading the text, if he wants a ocr program, fine let him use it and help the fellow out. its not your problem if he doesn't read it.