From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06ED43F08C for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 01:51:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fB26pYp05858 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 01:51:34 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fB26pYE03161 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 01:51:34 -0500 Received: from nntp.AegisInfoSys.com (nntp.AegisInfoSys.com [199.183.175.229]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with SMTP id fB26pYw03157 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 01:51:34 -0500 Received: (from henry@localhost) by nntp.AegisInfoSys.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id BAA16678 for blinux-list@redhat.com; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 01:51:32 -0500 Message-ID: <20011202015132.I15968@nntp.AegisInfoSys.com> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 01:51:32 -0500 From: Henry Yen To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: OCR In Linux References: <019401c17ad7$6bf41480$e08caad8@tds.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93 In-Reply-To: <019401c17ad7$6bf41480$e08caad8@tds.net>; from John J. Boyer on Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 09:16:58AM -0500 X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 09:16:58AM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > I believe that sometime ago there was a discussion of OCR packages that > would work with Linux. Now that I'm getting into Linux in a big way, I would > like to have that information, including how much these packaages cost. a quick google search turns up at least four: clara OCR: www.claraocr.org GOCR: http://altmark.nat.uni-magdeburg.de/~jschulen/ocr/ a commercial OCR with a linux version: www.vividata.com a commercial OCR with a linux version: www.mentalix.com > When I boot my Redhat Linux, it says it is initializing the USB controller. > I have a USB scanner. Can't remember the name now, but is there a chance > that I could find drivers for it? try SANE (Scanning Access Now Easy): http://www.mostang.com/sane (note: site is down at this time due to @home belly-up) (note: SANE is shipped with most modern linux distributions) another quick google search turns up one possible USB scanner resource page: http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners-usb.html -- Henry Yen Aegis Information Systems, Inc. Senior Systems Programmer Hicksville, New York