Comments on: Acrobat Applescript For ScanSnap OCR

By: Brooks

Brooks — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:04:34 +0000

For those asking about Acrobat X, please see this post: http://www.documentsnap.com/ocr-applescript-for-a...

By: j-lon

j-lon — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:39:57 +0000

Anyone have a copy of the Acrobat 7 script? The link above appears to be dead.

By: Etienne

Etienne — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:50:51 +0000

Did you finally got it to make it work with Acrobat X Pro?

Thanks!

By: Etienne

Etienne — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:46:37 +0000

Hi,

Did you get the chance to make it work with Acrobat X pro?

Thanks.

By: Orin

Orin — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:08:33 +0000

That is a great offer. I will email you the info. However I think there could be a bigger problem at work here. The catch seems to be that the new Acrobat X does not allow you to access the OCR tool from the menu system. It is now accessed from the toolbar via a "Tools" button, "Recognize Text" button, and finally "In This File" button. Makes it easier to access within Acrobat, but does not work with a script that uses the program's menus. I tried to edit the existing AppleScript without any luck. I was able to make an Acrobat action that ran the OCR but it has a success dialog box with an OK button to click at the end of the action that I can't seem to make the script wait for and click when it appears. The action is cool because it will save the file as well. I currently have the droplet send the PDF to Acrobat and run the action. I then have to manually click the OK button and close the file and I can only send one file to Acrobat at a time. All bummers!

By: BrooksD

BrooksD — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:21:44 +0000

This is going to sound weird but could you send me some screenshots of the OCR steps in Acrobat X? I might be able to fix the script without actually having it yet. If you (or anyone) can do this, mail it to brooks@documentsnap.com and I'll try to get it fixed up.

By: Orin

Orin — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:57:43 +0000

As the last commenter mentioned, I just upgraded to Acrobat X (10) and the script no longer works. If someone with some scripting know how could make a new new/updated OCR script droplet it would be MUCH appreciated. I really miss it!
Thanks!

By: @hackeron

@hackeron — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:40:14 +0000

Doesn't work on Acrobat X

By: BrooksD

BrooksD — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:32:13 +0000

Hi Chris, do you have ClearScan selected in Acrobat? (Sorry I can't send you a screeenshot- I don't have Acrobat 9).

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:11:54 +0000

As a matter of fact, I just noticed that the output after OCR in Acrobat 9 is actually 3 TIMES LARGER than it was before the OCR operation. What the heck?