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To: Kleon
The text output of the scan can be seen. WND even posted it, claiming it's some sort of hidden code. There, you can see how the scanning software recognized the characters--both correctly and incorrectly.

Try to reconcile that to the report that the PDF lacks the fonts generated by an OCR scan. How can the text have come from an OCR scan without generating the fonts informatio required by the OCR scan to produce usable text?

"The point is that OCR software is designed to read words in an electronic file into a table so that the words can be manipulated by word-processing software. Failure to generate fonts in the White House-released PDF is evidence OCR software was not run on the file, the expert argues."

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=329221#ixzz1TvziLMl8

71 posted on 08/02/2011 9:14:59 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX
Try to reconcile that to the report that the PDF lacks the fonts generated by an OCR scan.

There are several options, depending on the software, for how the text is handled by the software. One look at the text as it was recognized by the scanner will tell you why the fonts were not inserted into the document. One would only do this with a pristine, preferably laser printed, document, not a typewritten document from 50 years ago.

The sole purpose of using OCR here was to determine, roughly, which elements to enhance.

75 posted on 08/02/2011 9:29:29 PM PDT by Kleon
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