System, method, and computer program product for generating equivalent text files

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a controller for enabling said processor to generate an equivalent text file of a document from a source text file and a source image file, comprising:
• means for enabling said processor to extract said source text file and said source image file from at least one storage medium, said source text file and said source image file constituting representations of said document;
• and
• means for enabling said processor to paginate said source text file with said source image file according to a user-specified synchronization level to produce an equivalent text file.

A method of generating an equivalent text file, said equivalent text file once generated being an accurate textual representation of at least a portion of a source document and having a similarity of pagination as said at least a portion of said source document, comprising the steps of:

• (1) retrieving at least a portion of a source text file, said at least a portion of said source text file comprising text that is an accurate textual representation of said at least a portion of said source document;
• (2) retrieving at least a portion of a source image file, said at least a portion of said source image file being an image corresponding to said at least a portion of said source document;
• (3) synchronizing said at least a portion of said source text file with said at least a portion of said source image file to obtain pagination information representative of pagination in said at least a portion of said source document;
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• (4) using said text from said at least a portion of said source text file and said pagination information to generate at least a portion of said equivalent text file.

A system of generating an equivalent text file, said equivalent text file once generated being an accurate textual representation of at least a portion of a source document and having a similarity of pagination as said at least a portion of said source document, comprising:

• source text file retrieving means for retrieving at least a portion of a source text file, said at least a portion of said source text file comprising text that is an accurate textual representation of said at least a portion of said source document;
• source image file retrieving means for retrieving at least a portion of a source image file, said at least a portion of said source image file being an image corresponding to said at least a portion of said source document;
• synchronizing means for synchronizing said at least a portion of said source text file with said at least a portion of said source image file to obtain pagination information representative of pagination in said at least a portion of said source document;
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• equivalent text file generating means for using said text from said at least a portion of said source text file and said pagination information to generate at least a portion of said equivalent text file.

A computer program product, comprising a computer useable medium having computer program logic stored therein, wherein said computer program logic enables a computer to generate an equivalent text file, said equivalent text file once generated being an accurate textual representation of at least a portion of a source document and having a similarity of pagination as said at least a portion of said source document, said computer program logic comprising:

• source text file retrieving means for enabling the computer to retrieve at least a portion of a source text file, said at least a portion of said source text file comprising text that is an accurate textual representation of said at least a portion of said source document;
• source image file retrieving means for enabling the computer to retrieve at least a portion of a source image file, said at least a portion of said source image file being an image corresponding to said at least a portion of said source document;
• synchronizing means for enabling the computer to synchronize said at least a portion of said source text file with said at least a portion of said source image file to obtain pagination information representative of pagination in said at least a portion of said source document;
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• equivalent text file generating means for enabling the computer to use said text from said at least a portion of said source text file and said pagination information to generate at least a portion of said equivalent text file.