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 481C43EA6D for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:19:03 -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 fBTKJ3E26042 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:19:03 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id fBTKJ3j11589 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:19:03 -0500 Received: from mail2.netacc.net (mail2.netacc.net [208.34.108.27]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fBTKJ2011585 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:19:02 -0500 Received: from bharding (algoma-host13.doorpi.net [12.37.10.18]) by mail2.netacc.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fBTKIwJ02583 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:18:58 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20011229141911.00998a70@mail.doorpi.net> X-Sender: bharding@mail.doorpi.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 14:19:11 -0600 To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Brent Harding Subject: Re: Vividata OCR Shop In-Reply-To: References: <3C2CA4B7.152E8765@seidata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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: 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 >> > >-- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > >Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > >Chair, Accessibility SIG >Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) >http://www.openebook.org > >Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, >Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > >Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther >King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at >http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > >Learn how to make accessible software at >http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > >_______________________________________________ >Blinux-list mailing list >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >