Software that you read deeds into, or scan into

[Mark Mayer]

If you are talking about converting the printed document into a text file then yes, it has been done. It’s called Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Adobe, and most every other full featured pdf program, has it. I often use the website onlineocr.net to convert pdfs to editable text.

There are also plenty of speech to text programs such as Nuance’s Dragon Naturally Speaking.

[nate-the-surveyor]

I want it to enter brgs and dist into cogo.

[nate-the-surveyor]

Hmmmm so a little utility, that places brngs and dist into cogo does not exist? Either from a scanner, or from an audio file?

There is a need that could be filled.

N

[Mark Mayer]

It is possible to use Naturally Speaking to enter commands and data that you would normally type to any windows program. But if you are blessed with working hands and fingers those are still far preferable ways to enter your data.

[BGraham]

Nate: I agree with Mark – it’s faster to type than speak clearly into voice recognition programs then edit.
But if you would like to try Google Docs voice entry to plain text you could then input the saved text file into FreeCOGO and get a full closure sheet.

Here is an example:-
P1
414.48,219.87
175.12,60
414.48,100
175.12,65.63
214.48,9.15
C
248.3256,54
375.12,54
214.48,242.28
C
375.12,32.5
258.1856,32.5
375.1342,87.72
375.0917,3.78
P1

When read in by voice add (comma) i.e. spoken at the end of each line.
So the first 3 lines would be read as:-
P1 (comma) 414 (period) 48 (comma) 219 (period) 87 (comma) 175 (period) 12 (comma) 60 (comma) 414 (comma) …… etc.
If you are daunted by voice entry then just type the text in as shown above.

Explanation:
P1 is a point number created in the database – in the example it is Pt 1 but could be any defined point.
Each data line contains bearing followed by distance.
The first digit of the bearing denotes the quadrant ( 1=NE, 2=SE etc.) the rest is the bearing in dd.mmss format.
C represents the start of a curve – the next two lines represent bearing and radius from bdy to C.P. then C.P. back to bdy.
The text closes back to any defined point – Pt 1 used here. (A comma is not required after the closing point).

A traverse containing curves cannot be adjusted – if the legs are all straight you will be shown the closure accuracy and be offered to accept the result or close the figure.

If you try this and have any questions get back to me.
Ignore at your leisure!

[ridge]

Nate The Surveyor, post: 353460, member: 291 wrote: Has anybody developed software, that allows you to read a deed into it. Or, a scanned document?

I was talking to my cell phone, earlier, and it was generating text.

Hey, that would be handy.

Nate

Adobe Acrobat DC will do that. I’ve got scanned deeds converted to pdf’s and the program will convert to text. It’s not totally clean though and you need to go through and edit the mistakes. But you can get a description (or other text) into text fairly quick.