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I found a very useful program for creating PDF files from scanned documents

Fri, 23/09/2011 - 11:30pm — whirlpool
Linux tip: I found a very useful Linux program for creating PDF files from scanned documents. It's most useful feature is that it uses OCR software to create text from the images and adds it to the PDF file.

You will have to install the following

gscan2pdf
ocropus (OCR software this one overlays the text on the image, tesseract doesn't do this)
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How to create clean & readable pdfs from webpages with the command line

Sun, 29/05/2011 - 10:34pm — whirlpool

arius32's picture

good times, good times ...

Fri, 10/12/2010 - 10:08am — arius32

so it's true,
i am back,
after god knows how many years away from Linux, i'm back running and tweaking my most loved OS again, ...

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DIY encrypted, version controlled & synchronised filesystem for Ubuntu

Sat, 23/10/2010 - 6:19pm — whirlpool
I want to explain how I managed to set up a user home filesystem that has the following features:
linuxawy's picture

Spirula Systems, a dream coming true

Wed, 07/04/2010 - 6:42pm — linuxawy

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My presentation today in Software Freedom Day in Alexandria University

Tue, 01/09/2009 - 3:19pm — linuxawy
whirlpool's picture

We should use Twitter more

Sat, 28/02/2009 - 2:35pm — whirlpool

Twitter can be very useful for Eglug. We have to use it more.

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third outing with arab techies

Thu, 25/12/2008 - 4:10pm — linuxawy

guys,

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arab techies gathering outing today

Wed, 24/12/2008 - 12:46pm — linuxawy

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