RE: [PHP] How to parse text from a bitmap?

Research OCR (Optical Character Recognition). It's what you're describing. PHP is not designed to do this and you'll need to find another approach - most likely using another program like OmniPage Pro to process the images. > -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin Walling [mailto:bwalling@edentaldirect.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 6:26 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] How to parse text from a bitmap? > > > I need to 'read' the text from a bitmap. The bitmaps are > nothing but text. > There are literally thousands that I need to get translated > over into text > to put into the database. Is there a way to do this? > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > **************************************************************************** This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and entity to whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended addressee, nor authorized to receive for the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Thank you very much.