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We are excited to announce a new release of Wordfast Anywhere which offers users the ability to upload scanned (dead) PDFs and convert them to RTF for translation. This is achieved using server-side OCR technology. To the best of our knowledge, WFA is now the only major professional TM tool offering support for scanned PDFs.
Wordfast Anywhere is the world's leading web-based translation memory tool. It is offered free to all translators. As always, all con... See more
Hi All,
We are excited to announce a new release of Wordfast Anywhere which offers users the ability to upload scanned (dead) PDFs and convert them to RTF for translation. This is achieved using server-side OCR technology. To the best of our knowledge, WFA is now the only major professional TM tool offering support for scanned PDFs.
Wordfast Anywhere is the world's leading web-based translation memory tool. It is offered free to all translators. As always, all content that you upload remains completely confidential inside of your private, password-protected workspace. We invite you to try Wordfast Anywhere today at www.FreeTM.com.
Thank you to all Wordfast users. Your continued support and feedback has been invaluable in guiding our development efforts.
Sincerely,
Kristyna Marrero Director of Sales & Marketing Wordfast LLC ▲ Collapse
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Nikita Kobrin Lithuania Local time: 05:09 Member (2010) English to Russian + ...
Has anybody tried this option already?
Apr 4, 2011
Kristyna Marrero wrote:
We are excited to announce a new release of Wordfast Anywhere which offers users the ability to upload scanned (dead) PDFs and convert them to RTF for translation. This is achieved using server-side OCR technology.
Has anybody tried this option already?
I seriously doubt Wordfast can do it on a proper level: currently even the best OCR programs are able to convert seamlessly scanned documents of only high quality and with simple layout. If the layout is complex or the quality of the scanned document is not high enough (which is often the case) the conversion involves pretty much of manual work which sometimes takes hours and even days...
NK
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Stanislav Pokorny Czech Republic Local time: 04:09 English to Czech + ...
Tried it right now
Apr 4, 2011
Hello Nik, I've tried it right now: bunch of tags and incorrect segmentation at some places, good job somewhere else.
Not a bad result for a server-side OCR with no manual intervention, not a perfect result for translation though.
The document was pretty simple: a plain-text scan with no images or tables.
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Nikita Kobrin Lithuania Local time: 05:09 Member (2010) English to Russian + ...
Unfortunately, not a remedy so far...
Apr 4, 2011
Thanks for the quick response, Stanislav!
Stanislav Pokorny wrote:
Not a bad result for a server-side OCR with no manual intervention, not a perfect result for translation though.
The document was pretty simple: a plain-text scan with no images or tables.
So this is exactly what I expected (the same results one can get from ABBYY FineReader). Nothing new under the Sun...
NK
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I printed HTM into PDF. I uploaded PDF into WFA, I translated English text into Czech, then downloaded RTF and printed it into PDF.
You can compare both PDFs. I was too lazy to find scanned PDF.
Milan
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Stanislav Pokorny Czech Republic Local time: 04:09 English to Czech + ...
Nothing new, but...
Apr 5, 2011
Nikita Kobrin wrote: So this is exactly what I expected (the same results one can get from ABBYY FineReader). Nothing new under the Sun...
NK
Hi Nik, nothing new under the Sun indeed, but it may be a good alternative for translators who don't want to spend money on a professional OCR tool. The results will probably be worse with more complex documents, but I still think that the WF Anywhere OCR is not bad as a free option.
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