Date:         Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:49:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: OCR (was RE: BASE SAS CERTIFICATION)
Comments: To: dynamicpanel@YAHOO.COM

Liang,

I always wondered if you were actually Jim G. in disguise.

Regardless, Art T responds:  If it will directly import and analyze PDF
files I will!  Does it?

Art
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:42:19 -0400, oloolo <dynamicpanel@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

>Dr. Jim Goodnite responses:
>Yes, SAS can do part of that, but please buy our "award winning yet pricy"
>TextMiner....
>
>On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:10:23 -0400, Arthur Tabachneck
<art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
>wrote:
>
>>Kevin,
>>
>>Yes, we can all do it via other software but what a nice addition it
would
>>be for SAS to be able to import PDF files as text, pictures, etc.
>>
>>Jim?  Are you listening?
>>
>>Art
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>>On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:10:17 -0400, Viel, Kevin <kviel@SJHA.ORG> wrote:
>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
>>>> Michael Raithel
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:09 PM
>>>> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: BASE SAS CERTIFICATION
>>>>
>>>> Dear SAS-L-ers,
>>>>
>>>> Mike Zdeb posted the following:
>>>>
>>>> > hi ... if one wants to go back a bit further to "genesis" for
>>>> > a discussion of what happens during a data step ...
>>>> >
>>>> > "The SAS Supervisor"
>>>> > Don Henderson & Merry Rabb
>>>> >
>>>> > http://www.lexjansen.com/nesug/nesug88/sas_supervisor.pdf
>>>> >
>>>> > (PDF created by scanning my copy of the NESUG '88 proceedings,
>>>> > so it's just an image and cannot be searched for text)
>>>
>>>
>>>One can use an OCR program to enable this.  I used Adobe, but one can
>>find freeware.  I would love to hear comments about experience with this
>>using SAS to parse text.  Our "eHR" consists of PDF-style documents.  We
>>have M4's and nurses, among other highly skilled staff, parsing this
>>manually after searching for the respective file case-by-case :(
>>>
>>>I think I am going to have a student or two tackle this, but the
question
>>is HOW to get an electronic copy the preserves the form of the original,
>>especially when the document is only rendered and not *stored* as a PDF-
>>like file.
>>>
>>>IS said they might be able to provide me with the print spool resulting
>>from their query.
>>>
>>>Any comments are welcome.  Wine is also warmly welcome.
>>>
>>>-Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>>Kevin Viel, PhD
>>>Senior Research Statistician
>>>Patient Safety & Quality
>>>International College of Robotic Surgery
>>>Saint Joseph's Translational Research Institute
>>>
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>>>Atlanta, GA  30342
>>>
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