>>Hi,
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>>Our catalog department has a ton of PDF files ... one file for each page of the catalog.
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>>We need to build a database of which items are on which page and the fastest ( and most accurate ) way to do this would be to read the PDF file directly...
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>>I've seen PDFs mentioned here before but I'd like to know if anyone's done this successfully and are there any hidden issues.
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>>TIA
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>We do OCR through 'Adobe Capture' and have seen great results. Adobe is boasting 98% readability.
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>I work with a guy who automates Adobe for our Document Imaging System.

When you say OCR, do you mean you run the pdf files through the "Adobe Capture" software package?