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Convert images to text

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:10 am
by objelland
Hi all,

I am looking for some suggestions on how to convert an image to plain text.
The images will in this case always be a "text string"; meaning they won't be images of a house or a car, just a text string.

So, can anyonw lead me in the right direction on how to do this using php?

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you,

objelland

Re: Convert images to text

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:32 am
by hairytea
do you mean to extract the name of the image?

i.e. car.jpg ??

Re: Convert images to text

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:11 am
by objelland
hairytea wrote:do you mean to extract the name of the image?

i.e. car.jpg ??
No, that is not what I mean. I am looking to extract the content of the image.
If an image file, lets say a .gif file, contains the text "my image", I would like to extract the "my image" text into pain text.

Thanks,
objelland

Re: Convert images to text

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:43 pm
by SimpleManWeb
Sorry, but this is not possible. No programming language can successfully do this, although Google is still trying to figure out how to do it.

Re: Convert images to text

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:54 pm
by objelland
SimpleManWeb wrote:Sorry, but this is not possible. No programming language can successfully do this, although Google is still trying to figure out how to do it.
Ok, thanks anyway.

Regards,
objelland