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3. recognizing large volumes (more than a hundred pages) of texts of low print
quality.
Tip: Use
Train User Pattern mode only if one of the above applies. In other cases
you may obtain a slight increase in recognition quality, but the time and effort involved will
probably outweigh the benefit received.
Pattern training works as follows. One or two pages are recognized in training mode, and,
subsequently, a pattern created. FineReader then uses this pattern to aid recognition of the
remaining text.
Sometimes two or even three characters may get “glued” together, and FineReader may be
unable to enclose each character in an individual frame to separate them. If this proves to
be the case (i.e. you cannot move the frame so that it contains only one whole character
and no other character parts), you can train FineReader to recognize the whole inseparable
character combinations. Examples of character combinations frequently found glued togeth
er include ff, fi, and fl. Such combinations are referred to as ligatures.
Note: 1. A pattern is only useful in the case of documents that have the same font, font
size, and resolution as the document used to create the user pattern.
2. Each pattern is created for a particular batch. Consequently, if a batch is
deleted, its user pattern is also deleted. Patterns can, however, be copied into
other batches. To transfer a user pattern to another batch, simply save the
batch options in a batch template format file.
3. If you switch to recognizing texts set in a different font, always disable any
user patterns – choose the
Do not use user pattern item on the
Recognition tab, menu Tools>Options.
To train a user pattern:
1. Start Train user pattern mode – click the Train user pattern radio but
ton on the
Recognition tab, Tools>Options menu, in the Training
group. The default pattern name ("Default") will be displayed in the status
line.
2. Click the
2Read button.
3. Train your pattern – recognize one or more pages in
Train user pattern
mode. Trained characters are saved in the default pattern. Once you have
completed training the pattern, FineReader will save the pattern
(
Default.pat) in the current batch folder.
4. Edit your pattern.
5. Deactivate training mode (click the
Use user pattern button on the
Recognition tab).
6. Recognize the rest of the text – click the
2Read button.
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