eduBuzz Google Apps gets Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in 34 languages

Previously available in a number of languages, the ability to upload documents into Google Docs using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) has now been expanded to a total of 34 languages.

OCR analyzes images and PDF files, typically from a scanner, extracts text and some formatting and allows you to then edit the document in Google Docs.

Languages included:

Full list of supported languages available on the ‘Upload Files’ page.

How to access what’s new:
- In Google Docs, select to upload a new file that you want to be converted from an image/PDF to Google Docs.
- Check the box for ‘Convert text from PDF or image files to Google Docs documents’ and select the original source language from the dropdown list.
- Select ‘Start upload’ to convert the document into Google Docs.

For more information:

http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/02/optical-character-recognition-ocr-in-34.html

http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=176692&hl=en

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