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[blcjr]

If you are using omnipage pro go to tools, options. OCR tab look for "languages in document" and check the box for Greek from the list click ok

note: the resulting OCR of the Greek will not be as accurate as the English

So would this ability not be in the "18" version? I cannot tell from the comparison chart that Josh link. And how good is it at this? Is it NT Greek, or is it Modern Greek? I tried a program once which had that "ability" to select the language for scanning. But it was modern Greek, and even then probably got only about 80 percent of the text to scan correctly. I wish I was wrong, but I don't think there is any real choice but to do keyboard entry of the Greek.

[BaptizedBeliever]

Personally, if I was having to type in the Greek manually, I'd put the transliteration in English instead. Still a pain, but much quicker.

[MJ_]

If you are using omnipage pro go to tools, options. OCR tab look for "languages in document" and check the box for Greek from the list click ok

note: the resulting OCR of the Greek will not be as accurate as the English

The PDF that I have was generated by someone else so I will not be able to rescan. Does this method you describe only apply to scan that I create myself with the omnipage software?

[DSaw]

The PDF that I have was generated by someone else so I will not be able to rescan. Does this method you describe only apply to scan that I create myself with the omnipage software?

Yes omnipage OCR engine is different than other ocr so you will need to run it through omnipage If the PDF you have has the correct greek you can run it through omnipage pro ocr

if you can't ocr again I recommend babelmap I copy and paste the greek word into babalemap and fix any errors then copy and paste it back into omnipage

I should state I do ALL my proofing in Omnipage pro which makes it easy to fix geek using Bablemap

as long as you can see the greek word with correct characters using babelmap to fix the errors in the text

Personally, if I was having to type in the Greek manually, I'd put the transliteration in English instead. Still a pain, but much quicker.

Personally I prefer to recreate the greek as it looks in the PDF especially if that PDF happens to be a Greek English Lexicon

So would this ability not be in the "18" version? I cannot tell from the comparison chart that Josh link. And how good is it at this? Is it NT Greek, or is it Modern Greek? I tried a program once which had that "ability" to select the language for scanning. But it was modern Greek, and even then probably got only about 80 percent of the text to scan correctly. I wish I was wrong, but I don't think there is any real choice but to do keyboard entry of the Greek.

your numbers on accuracy are accurate however i do not use the keyboard to enter Greek i use babelmap

[DSaw]

would anyone like to see a video of how I enter Greek using babelmap in conjunction with ominpage pro

[MJ_]

would anyone like to see a video of how I enter Greek using babelmap in conjunction with ominpage pro

count me in..

[BaptizedBeliever]

Obviously, I wouldn't want a Greek lexicon in all transliterated form. But in a commentary or topx file, it would be more useful for 99% of the users who can't read Greek.

[DSaw]

here is a quick video

[MJ_]

here is a quick video

Thanks for taking the time to create and upload. It looks like to be a useful tool.

[JPG]

Try this free tool for typing Unicode text in ancient scripts
http://www.logos.com/shibboleth

Jon