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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:21 am Post subject: jpg to script?

here is one of 5 files i received from a client. they are all jpg:

is there any way to capture the text so i can paste and then create a script for vox studio? i don't have photoshop, if that matters at all.

thanks much.
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:41 am Post subject:

They want you to narrate from that?

For the sake of all concerned, I'd ask for something a little more readable.

if that isn't an option, look for some OCR software.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:42 am Post subject:

oh yeah. i told them it is "terribly difficult to read" which i hope they take as the format and not my lack of ability !
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Deirdre · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:46 am Post subject:

The flowchart is a helpful addition to the Excel version of the script, not a replacement for it.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:47 am Post subject:

i just sent him a note with a sample script, asking him to re-type and "format" that way. the deadline is 2 weeks away! i think we have some time.
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Lee Gordon · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:34 pm Post subject:

Do you have a scanner? Perhaps its OCR program can convert to text.

I have no idea how well this works, but it may be worth a try.
http://www.free-ocr.com/
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ConnieTerwilliger · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:04 pm Post subject:

The client simply needs to be educated as to a better voiceover format.

And Diane - have you tried Word 2 WAV yet - a much simpler input file format - either Word or Excel.
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bransom · DC Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 650 Location: St. Louis, MO

To extract the text, try Evernote. It's free and seems to work well. (Its really meant as a note-taking application but it OCR's images to make the text searchable.)
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Mikenj3 · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 1:47 pm Post subject:

In my view, this should have been presented in script format, or at the very least in understandable prose. It's obvious this establishment has little experience dealing with voice talent.

Would one of us had presented our work in such an unprofessional way?
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