converting OCRed tif image into word document

[shaheed]

hi...can someone tell me the way of coverting OCRed tif image into word document through vb.net code???

 

[Deemoore]

is there a step missing?

I assume an OCRed file would be text gotten from a picture.
So you need something to read the tiff file into text like an OCR (optical character recognition) control unless you have lots of time to write one.

Look then to be well edified when the fool delivers the madman - Shakespeare

 

[shaheed]

Thanks a lot for reply deemore. I searched a lot and finally I have found a solution to ocr tif file with image or text or both. To see how to do this thing, follow the link below:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8f93e445-b1cf-4477-a373-e17417d616bc&displaylang=en
From this page, download Microsoft Office Document Imaging Visual Basic Reference (MODI).

 

[Deemoore]

Great tool!

Nice. But now this means I cannot hide my email address in pictures anymore

 

[Administrator]

You may want to look over at LEADTools (http://www.leadtools.com) as they have components along this line that may save you some pain.

 

[goodarowana]

MODI + MS Office Automation

Hi,

This can be done in 2 steps:

1. Use the programmable Microsoft Office Document Imaging (2003 only) object model and viewer control to zone the image and perform OCR. The OCRed data can be accessed through the Layout object. See http://www.ilixis.com/developer/modi2.html

2. Once the OCRed data has been retrieved, use the Microsoft Office (all versions - I think) to create a new Word Document. Make sure that the Microsoft Word 11.0 Object Library (MSWORD.OLD) is included into your project. The code below can be used as a simple guide:

Dim objWord As Application
objword.Documents.Add (this should create a new document)
objWord........ (add content, etc.)

Regards.