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From: erich@fi.gs.com (Erich Schlaikjer)
Subject: character recognition
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 09:37:27 GMT
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  Is there any program available (free or otherwise) for taking a tiff or gif
or some other bitmapped file and turning it (or parts of it) into ascii
characters?

  DOS, OS/2 or platform independent programs if possible.

  Thanks.
