From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17tUEK-0000nP-00 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:30:32 -0400 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (cantata.rednote.net [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g8NEUY1g014462 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:30:34 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id g8NEUX1C014458 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:30:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:30:33 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: OCR -- Was "Why I Choose Linux" Message-ID: <20020923143032.GC14306@rednote.net> References: <20020922201152.GD10181@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.16 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: No great tips here. It's why I qualified my original post with something like "usually does what I need." I weigh the lesser performance against the hassle of rebooting just to scan a page or two. Usually, dealing with gocr wins. Adam Myrow writes: > From: Adam Myrow > > I'd really like to know how you get anything useful out of Gocr. Every > time I've tried to use it, I've gotten mostly gibberish with maybe a few > words intact. Even a perfectly clean printout from an ink-jet printer > will return mostly blank characters under Linux while being recognized > fairly well under Windows. So, any tips to improve Gocr's performance? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175