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 4D7A73EEEB for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:01:44 -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 fBSK1iE22421 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:01:44 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id fBSK1ij23595 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:01:44 -0500 Received: from lowblow.svc.tds.net (lowblow.svc.tds.net [204.246.1.39]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fBSK1h023590 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:01:43 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.1] ([216.170.140.62]) by lowblow.svc.tds.net with ESMTP id <20011228200143.NYWG14468.lowblow@[216.170.140.62]> for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:01:43 -0600 Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:05:48 -0600 (CST) From: "John J. Boyer" X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: Vividata OCR Shop In-Reply-To: <20011228141322.X487@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: Henry, Thanks for the reminder. The original message may be in a Windows file, and I've switched to Linux except for PCR. I looked at the www.claraocr.org Web site and downlooaded the source code. The program is supposed to be used with x-window, but it shouild be possible to isolate the OCR routines and develop a text-mode interface. John On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Henry Yen wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 12:56:44PM -0600, John J. Boyer wrote: > > What is the Web site for this software, and how much does it cost? I'm > > looking for scanning and OCR software that can be used with Linux also. > > Hmm. You seem to have already asked this question earlier this month. > If you didn't get the reply, here it is: > > Message-ID: <20011202015132.I15968@nntp.AegisInfoSys.com> > Subject: Re: OCR In Linux > References: <019401c17ad7$6bf41480$e08caad8@tds.net> > In-Reply-To: <019401c17ad7$6bf41480$e08caad8@tds.net>; from John J. Boyer on Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 09:16:58AM -0500 > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 01:51:32 -0500 > > 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 > > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703