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    193 comments  ·  Acrobat for Windows and Mac » Scanning and OCR  ·  Admin →
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    Planned  ·  gudisa responded

    We already considered this request. We will update you once the team prioritise it and implement it.

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    JL supported this idea  · 
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    JL commented  · 

    I know of many universities (and work at one) in the Middle East that are using your service using the full professional version. Yet you still do not have Arabic OCR capacity. Also missing are Devanagari scripts (South Asian languages). This is a large oversight and I see communication regarding this problem going back many years so you must be aware. With the advance in AI technology and translation software you could help open up many texts to scholars with mid-level proficiency. Indeed, the AI capacity exists now to help with this process. For example, I notice with many OCR systems there is a problem distinguishing medial ف and غ and this is something with which an AI system could help. So, this is the perfect opportunity to fill this gap. I suggest you partner with large universities in the Middle East and South Asia that have existing good computer science PhD programs to work on this (some good dissertations on applying AI to OCR might result too!) unless you are already close to a solution. If you are close, I think an estimated time frame conveyed to this community would be appreciated. Thank you.