NE1 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I purchased a Canon printer in Thailand , print / copy / scan . When I scan to my computer a document written in Thai script it comes out as symbols and gobbledegook Does anybody know of a program that allows me to scan a letter that is written in Thai and make it readable on my computer so I can translate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit_Doggie Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 i do get a doc scanned in tha,i not in gobbledegook Btw have you tried scanning to office word i do.and get a perfect thai document there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE1 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 What scanner / printer do you use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungbing Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Surely if you scan a document it copies it as it is as a .jpg file. It effectively takes a photograph of the page and has no means of knowing what scipt is being used. Are you instead using OCR software? (Optical Character Recognition) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE1 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 lungbing , I scan it as an image , open it in MS Word , then try to translate it with google translate . The translator does not even attempt to translate it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Because it's a picture. You can't translate a picture. You can use an OCR package to try and turn the images into text characters.Then you can try and translate the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 There are several THai OCR programs you can get that should help you. There is even a free one. Try googling Thai ocr. I cannot tell you if they are any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksamuiguy Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 You need to install the Thai language option on your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefox999uk Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 My Canon printer-scanner has the option to scan to pdf file then using Nitro Pdf I can, if required, convert it to a word document. Also try installing the Thai language pack in Windows as Ksamuiguy suggested, I think this is the root of your problem. Have A Nice Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksamuiguy Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 you can also riget click on the Thai text in a word document and have the document opened in Thai text. it must be a word or text document, not a PDF or picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 lungbing , I scan it as an image , open it in MS Word , then try to translate it with google translate . The translator does not even attempt to translate it..... Correct, it won't even attempt to translate it because it's just an image/picture; you need OCR software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubby Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Many scanner come with OCR software like ABBYY, use that to see if it will create a word .doc, then it seems like you may need Thai Fonts on your computer once installed , then highlight the gibberish, and change to the Thai Font Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubby Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 if you have $170. this would do the job it seems http://finereader.abbyy.com/professional/tech_specs/#lang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelilin Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 There are several THai OCR programs you can get that should help you. There is even a free one. Try googling online Thai ocr. I cannot tell you if they are any good. I agree, there are many free ocr tools in google search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfarang Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 lungbing , I scan it as an image , open it in MS Word , then try to translate it with google translate . The translator does not even attempt to translate it..... You are going about this bum about face. Google translate can only translate text not images of text. When you copy an image to a word file it`s still an image. Think you don`t get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 You are going about this bum about face. Google translate can only translate text not images of text. When you copy an image to a word file it`s still an image. Think you don`t get it? You do realize that some 'first post' idiot resurrected a year+ old topic, right? I doubt any of this is still an issue a year later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfarang Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 You are going about this bum about face. Google translate can only translate text not images of text. When you copy an image to a word file it`s still an image. Think you don`t get it? You do realize that some 'first post' idiot resurrected a year+ old topic, right? I doubt any of this is still an issue a year later. No I didn`t. Thanks for pointing this out. And so another 5 minutes of my life wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinisaan Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Because it's a picture. You can't translate a picture. You can use an OCR package to try and turn the images into text characters. Then you can try and translate the result. I'm using Nitro 9 pro and I can convert images into any other file types. But to be honest, I haven't tried it yet. BTW, you can get all owner manuals for printers in all languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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