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From: Brent Harding <bharding@doorpi.net>
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Vividata OCR Shop
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 14:19:11 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20011229141911.00998a70@mail.doorpi.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0112291000490.537-100000@toccata.grg.afb.net >

Well, socrates is on cvs now, with rh, you have to install a ton of junk to
satisfy libsane's dependencies, like gtk and the like. I didn't do any
forcing or nodeps, but I probably filled a bunch of space with junk I don't
need.
At 10:03 AM 12/29/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Ron:
>
>I'm not sure who among us is using this software, if any. I do recall some 
>discussions in the past about it. Perhaps searching the speakup list 
>archive might help.
>
>Meanwhile, you should be aware that Kirk is in the early phase of 
>developing an ocr package called socrates which will use sane as its back 
>end. Also, the T.V. Raman announced ocr support in Emacspeak 15 also using 
>sane, though there doesn't seem to be any documentation other than the 
>source code itself for how to do ocr in Emacspeak.
>
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, 
>Ron Marriage wrote:
>
>> I've posted this message a couple time and haven't gotten a
>> response to it.
>> Does this mean no one used this software or they have other
>> solutions?
>> Has anyone purchased the Vividata OCR Shop
>> program, and if so what are your results?  
>> I'm particularly interested in the text interface.  
>> I'd like to get OCR working in my linux as this is the only
>> reason I still use windows / Openbook.  If this program
>> works ok then I can remove windows from my computer
>> entirely.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Ron
>> 
>
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Transfering linux system to a new hard drive Cheryl Homiak
 ` Henry Yen
   ` Rafael Skodlar
 ` Rafael Skodlar
 ` Andor Demarteau
 ` James R. Van Zandt
   ` Vividata OCR Shop Ron Marriage
     ` Roger Butenuth
       ` John J. Boyer
   ` Ron Marriage
   ` Ron Marriage
     ` Henry Yen
     ` John J. Boyer
       ` Henry Yen
         ` John J. Boyer
           ` lobap
           ` Janina Sajka
     [not found]         ` <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112281403001.2919-100000@localhost.localdom ain>
           ` John G. Heim (26 2-9887)
       ` Janina Sajka
     ` Roger Butenuth
     ` Janina Sajka
       ` Ron Marriage
     [not found]     ` <Pine.LNX.4.43.0112291000490.537-100000@toccata.grg.afb.net >
       ` Brent Harding [this message]
         ` Janina Sajka

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