Comment 1 for bug 1298718

this is awesome! i don't check this gmail but what can I do to push it
forward? Let me know at <email address hidden>

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Kip Warner <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 483391 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483391
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 483391
> Extract text using optical character recognition (OCR)
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> Title:
> when scanning text, generate vector OCR layer when saving as PDF
>
> Status in Simple Scan:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> When scanning a text document with Simple Scan, it would be great if
> the user had the option to generate a vector OCR layer when saving as
> a PDF. An easy to use configuration dialog could be exposed. The
> generated layer could overlay the underlying raster scan when scanning
> in text mode.
>
> This would enable users to search and select from within a scanned
> document, as well as for system indexing services to hash the
> document.
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