OCR conversion/digitalization with FineReader

Estimated duration:
6 hours

Objectives:
Being able to effectively convert a PDF, a fax or every other text embedded in an image, in order to process it with a text editor or a CAT tool.

Target Audience:
Language industry professionals, dtp professionals

Format:
Self-paced course conducted online via ProZ.com's e-learning platform, with instructor feedback in forums. All you need to participate is an Internet connection.

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• There are no requirements other than Internet connection to participate in this self-paced course.

• No software purchase is necessary. All the tools used in the course will be available online.

Marco Cevoli    View feedback | View all courses

Bio: Founding partner of Qabiria, Marco Cevoli coordinates Qabiria's activities. Marco Cevoli has a Master's degree in design and multimedia production from the University La Salle in Barcelona and graduated with honours in Foreign languages and literature at the Catholic University in Brescia (with a dissertation on translation problems in film dubbing). He has worked as a freelance translator since 1997. In Italy he collaborated in the development of an international NGO, before specializing in web design. In Spain, he spent four years in a multinational company of the Bertelsmann group, as Head of the Translation Department. After leaving, he completed some projects as a strategic consultant before deciding to put his knowledge of the sector to good use by setting up Qabiria.

Sergio Alasia    View feedback | View all courses

Bio: Founding partner of Qabiria, Sergio Alasia manages the areas of Production, Training and IT. He studied Spanish Philology at the University of Turin, graduating with honours, after spending one year in the Canary Islands, teaching Italian as a second language. He moved to Barcelona and embarked on a career as a translator. He joined a multinational company specialized in technical documentation as a project manager, where he coordinated the translation of more than 1,5 million words per year. He actively participated in the implementation of a new corporate management system, which gave him the opportunity to extend his knowledge of open source software and IT in general. He translates from Spanish and English into Italian and has good working knowledge of Catalan, French, Portuguese and German. As a literary translator he edited the book containing his Italian translation of the novel "Nos dejaron el muerto" (La stuoia di palma) by Víctor Ramírez, an author from the Canary Islands, which has recently inspired the film "La caja" directed by Juan Carlos Falcón.