Acrobat 9 Trial OCR Problems

I am testing the application to see how it would help in creating an archive of a handwritten letters from long ago. There may be as many as several hundred documents.
The letters are all dated and need to be placed in chronological order and will need to be scanned into PDF format. If OCR could be used to create parallel, more readable versions, that would be excellent.
To that end I have tried to test OCR on a couple of the letters. It appears to go through the motions but then I can't find the results. There are no error messages. The program indicates that the task is complete. I believe the last message is, "generating output."
Thinking the results were generated as a hidden layer I tried to make it visible. Nothing there.
I have to be missing the point.
Help! :)

OCR in Acrobat doesn't do handwriting very well if at all.
You may want to check in to some of the applications that are dedicated to doing OCR and see if they work any better.

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Acrobat 9 OCR problems

     Although this already had a discussion, the replies there didn't solve my problems. OCR in 9 crashes almost all the time and I have applied all the updates available to date. Version 8 works fine but I already upgraded most computers to 9 thinking it would better (my bad). The slowest computer with less RAM but version 8 goes along fine, never a problem; four other faster computers with average of 2 GB of RAM but with V9 installed never complete a batch process OCR (settings are as close to the V8 version as possible) without crashing.
     The last discussion ended with the suggestion of installing latest updates; has this worked for anyone? Ongoing projects require use of mutliple computers to complete OCR; ready to uninstall 9 from all computers and try to find V8 to use.
     If anyone has any other suggestions, please post. Thanks for your time.

So why start another posting instead of adding to the old one ?! Think of the people searching for an answer at a later date. Multiple threads confuse not help.
Always, always before asking for tech support ensure that you have the latest Operating System updates and Adobe product updates for the specific product you're having trouble with. No one wants to spend tme helping someone when they might not have installed all the latest updates, (which may have fixed the problem in the 1st place). That has to be assumed that the questioner has already done. So don't ask about applying just do it (to answer your question about the updates).
In terms of number it's quite possible you're maxing out your system RAM. It's not uncommon to require 5x the size of the scanned image in memory for each page when processing. That can add up fast for complex pages when OCRing. Acrobat 9 probably uses more memory, but in the end it optimizes better than version 8.

Acrobat 8.2 OCR problem

We are having a problem with running the OCR process on scanned PDF files. The process seems to run and complete properly, but when the new version of the document is presented on the screen it has been compressed into the bottom left corner of the page. Below is a sample image from one of my scans.

OK, just what are the steps you are taking. Have you only scanned the image directly in Acrobat (no OCR)? Then you are applying OCR. Did you save the file before the OCR and check the page size of that original save? There are just too many unknowns for use at this point.

Adobe Acrobat trial version installation suggeded somehow, but I cannot save a file I have changed from Word to PDF.

The installation of Acrobat trial version for 30 days seemed to succeed but after making a pdf file I could not save it into my own libraries on my computer. In the first case the system told that the trial time is over! How come? I had just installed it. Then I tried again, but now the system is requiring a "serial number". Then it said that I can find it there and there. I tried to log in there but it did not accept my password which I had just used. Ok. I changed the password and it was accepted by Adobe. But I never got any serial number anywhere. Then I tried to install Acrobat through another way. I have had Adobe Cloud and Premiere already for years. I tried to load Acrobat through there. I succeeded, but same problem again: "The trial time is 00 days". Then I also noticed that my old Adobe Reader has vanished somewhere. I could not open any pdf files I have received and opened before. I tried to re-install the Reader. No success because "the trial time is over" !!! What should I do? Maybe I can try to ask my friends to change the Word files into the pdf-versions but I need my Adobe Reader!

Hi, Ashish,
I do not understnd what means through CC package under exception folder. I
think I went to Google and found this page:
https://www.acrobat.com/en_us/free-trial-download.html . After the
installing, which seemed to be successful, I brought in a Word file and made
the exchange into pdf. It seemed to be ok, but I could not save it anywhere
into my own libraries or maps. The system told me that the trial time is
over (!). Then I went into my Abobe Creative Cloud because I have already
Premier Pro and Premeir Pro CC. Through the list overt there I tried to do
the installation again. I do not remember anymore what I got in the first
place, maybe it was the same Your trial time has 00 days or something like
that. Then I was asked to get the serial number I clicked the button but
the reply was the same Your trial time has 00 days, or maybe there was
some other demands before that. Impossible to remember anymore.
Then I also noticed that I dont have Adobe Reader anymore; I could not read
any pdf files I had before. Everytime jumps up the message Your trial time
has 00 days.
regards
Erkki

Please provide facility to correct Acrobat's OCR errors

When Acrobat 8 OCRs a document, it makes a fair number of errors - which I could live with if one could correct the errors afterwards.
"Find OCR Suspect" doesn't find anything because Acrobat "thinks" it has made no errors - but it always does make some; all OCR programs do, but all others do allow one to correct the errors afterwards.
Although it is possible to use the touch-up tool to correct the errors, it is extremely difficult to do so because one can't see the text behind the image that one is touching up.
Given that Acrobat OCR has now existed since v4, it's extraordinary that Adobe still hasn't got round to fixing this problem, four full versions later. It wouldn't be at all difficult for them to fix this, by providing a "touch up OCR results" mode via a menu, that displays the text that is under the image.
The reason I and many other people still use Acrobat's OCR is that no "proper OCR program" that I know of preserves the layout perfectly (without a great deal of time-consuming post-OCR fiddling about in a word-processor, and even then not if you don't have the required fonts installed or if the required fonts' licence is non-embeddable). Please could you add the above simple feature, which would turn a currently very clunky OCR feature into an extremely powerful one?
Dave

I bought InFix but it does not really solve the problem: Yes, InFix shows the hidden text and it can be edited and sent back to being hidden. The problem is that there seems no way to make the original image invisible during the editing. Since the two (image text and hidden text) overlap precisely, one needs to shift the hidden text to somewhere else for viewing and editing and shift it back afterwards, so the whole process becomes too tedious for any serious work.

Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 problem

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Hello, I have installed Reader, Adobe Acrobat, trial versions of Photoshop and Illustrator. Some more than once. They work for a few days at most then I am told to re-install. I cant look at any pdf file even though I can still see reader in my programs.

Hello, I have installed Reader, Adobe Acrobat, trial versions of Photoshop and Illustrator. Some more than once. They work for a few days at most then I am told to re-install. I cant look at any pdf file even though I can still see reader in my programs. What is going on and what can I do to fix this?

Unfortunately no, It says "Adobe not responding" as well when I try to open a pdf. It has done this a few times where I had to uninstall and reinstall. Also, Illustrator tells me to uninstall/reinstall as well.

Is Arabic language supported in Acrobat XI OCR option?

Hi,
I'm Planing to buy Adobe Acrobat XI Pro, please let me know the followings:-
1- Is Arabic language supported in Acrobat XI OCR option?
2- Do you have authorized re-seller in Qatar? if yes, please give me their contact details.
Appreciate your earliest response.
Thanks,
Nabeel Ansari

Hi Nabeel
I am afraid Arabic language is not supported in Acrobat XI OCR. For more on OCR, please refer to http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/acrobat_ocr_make_your_scanned/
Please visit Find an Adobe reseller for your second query.

Unable to launch Adobe Acrobat Pro XI (Problem Event Name:APPCARSH)

Following message received while trying open Acrobat Pro XI
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Acrobat.exe
Application Version: 11.0.7.79
Application Timestamp: 536b812b
Fault Module Name: Acrobat.dll
Fault Module Version: 11.0.7.79
Fault Module Timestamp: 536b80ff
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00cbf281
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Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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Hi KemalAFARACI,
Please try the following :
> Enable the hidden Admin Account on Windows 7 ( Ref : http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-wi ndows-vista/ )
> Disable all Non-Microsoft Startup Services. (Ref : http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/disable-startup-items-services-windows.html )
> Disable all the Antivirus softwares like CA, Norton,Mc Afee etc. temporarily from the computer.
Launch Acrobat in the new enabled Admin user account and check.
Regards,
Rave

I tried to download the Acrobat trial on my iMac with Yosemite 10.10.1. I received an error. What shall I do?

I tried to download the Acrobat trial on my iMac with Yosemite 10.10.1. I received an error. what can I do?

Hi Annette,
Please specify the error message.
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Is it possible to correct Acrobat's OCR errors?

When Acrobat 8 OCRs a document, it makes a fair number of errors - which I could live with if one could correct the errors afterwards, but I can't see any way to do that - is it possible to?
"Find OCR Suspect" doesn't find anything because Acrobat "thinks" it has made no errors - but it always does make some; all OCR programs do, but all others do allow one to correct the errors afterwards.
Dave

Thanks for this-- I was really banging my head against a wall on a large set of data we needed to OCR and verify.
It took me a while to find the "fill" for the text. It will show up as a red question mark on the dialog box when you are doing this process.
I like the way that you get to see the scanned text immediately when you change the color, then when you click on the text you see the ocr version. Very helpful. Thank you.

Acrobat trial download seems to have stalled.

I am attempting to download Acrobat trial software. It is a major download and seems to be stalled with only 9 minutes to go. There doesn't appear to be a way to get it started again. My task manager says it is working What can I do?

Hi Dee_Canuck,
If you are stuck at the same point for quite sometime then please cancel and retry. You can end the task from task manager too.
If you face intermittent internet connectivity issues then it's better to use Adobe download Manager to download the software.
Alternatively you can try downloading from the direct download links available at : http://prodesigntools.com/adobe-acrobat-xi-pro-standard-reader-direct-download-links.html
But make sure you follow the important steps mentioned on the page before initiating the download.

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