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 1F22A3F09C for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 13:07:07 -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 fB2I77p03428 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 13:07:07 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fB2I76J17996 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 13:07:06 -0500 Received: from mail.students.cs.uu.nl (vmailer@solar.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.28]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fB2I76w17992 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 13:07:06 -0500 Received: from abeel.students.cs.uu.nl (abeel.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.40]) by mail.students.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD1B85ED for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 19:07:05 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 19:07:05 +0100 (MET) From: Andor Demarteau To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: OCR In Linux In-Reply-To: <20011202015132.I15968@nntp.AegisInfoSys.com> Message-ID: 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: On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Henry Yen wrote: > a quick google search turns up at least four: > clara OCR: www.claraocr.org Have to check this one again. > GOCR: http://altmark.nat.uni-magdeburg.de/~jschulen/ocr/ Wroks quite fine, but don't expact miracles like tables andso-on. > a commercial OCR with a linux version: www.vividata.com WAY TOO expansive, besides it's too graphical as well. And it does all kinds as ROOT which you don't have control voer, so I don't like it. > a commercial OCR with a linux version: www.mentalix.com Never heard of. > > 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 Great program. > (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 > > -- slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!