topic Re: How can I use OCR for an image in PDF in SAS Data Science https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/How-can-I-use-OCR-for-an-image-in-PDF/m-p/431717#M9892 <P>Use external OCR software to convert the image to text before reading the resulting text into SAS.</P> <P>SAS does not have in-built OCR, AFAIK.</P> <P>See hints for using google tesseract from SAS here: <A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Text-and-Content-Analytics/How-to-import-pdf-and-jpg-files-in-SAS-Text-Miner-for-parsing/td-p/329375" target="_blank">https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Text-and-Content-Analytics/How-to-import-pdf-and-jpg-files-in-SAS-Text-Miner-for-parsing/td-p/329375</A></P> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:02:38 GMT Kurt_Bremser 2018-01-29T10:02:38Z How can I use OCR for an image in PDF https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/How-can-I-use-OCR-for-an-image-in-PDF/m-p/431714#M9891 <P>Hello,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I would like&nbsp;to use OCR for the extraction of &nbsp;passports, i.e. passport number in a PDF.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is this possible in enterprise guide BI 7.1 or enterprise miner client 14.1? And if so, is there a script or manual about how to do this?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks in advance.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:53:17 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/How-can-I-use-OCR-for-an-image-in-PDF/m-p/431714#M9891 Anna44 2018-01-29T09:53:17Z Re: How can I use OCR for an image in PDF https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/How-can-I-use-OCR-for-an-image-in-PDF/m-p/431717#M9892 <P>Use external OCR software to convert the image to text before reading the resulting text into SAS.</P> <P>SAS does not have in-built OCR, AFAIK.</P> <P>See hints for using google tesseract from SAS here: <A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Text-and-Content-Analytics/How-to-import-pdf-and-jpg-files-in-SAS-Text-Miner-for-parsing/td-p/329375" target="_blank">https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Text-and-Content-Analytics/How-to-import-pdf-and-jpg-files-in-SAS-Text-Miner-for-parsing/td-p/329375</A></P> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:02:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/How-can-I-use-OCR-for-an-image-in-PDF/m-p/431717#M9892 Kurt_Bremser 2018-01-29T10:02:38Z