From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp4.knology.net ([24.214.63.227]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 194SC0-0005U6-00 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 17:05:44 -0400 Received: (qmail 17581 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2003 21:05:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO potpal) (69.1.42.5) by smtp4.knology.net with SMTP; 12 Apr 2003 21:05:41 -0000 Received: from kennyhitt by potpal with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 194SC9-00043i-00 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:05:53 -0500 Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:05:53 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: This sucks! OCR in Linux Message-ID: <20030412210553.GA15282@potpal> References: <20030412135855.GA13403@potpal> <005801c30127$5f527e60$77859641@tward1978> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005801c30127$5f527e60$77859641@tward1978> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Kenny Hitt 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: Hi. I wouldn't mind paying either, but I use Debian. As far as I know there isn't a commercial product available for me. Kenny On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 03:11:49PM -0400, Thomas D. Ward wrote: > I personally don't mind paying for a product if it is a quality product. > After all not every programmer can be expected to work free. > As for OCR there are many good engines floating around such as Fine Reader, > Care MTX, etc, but they are not free. Either you can purchase them, sign a > NDA, and release a closed source OCR app, or you can start from scratch and > take the 4 or 5 years it would take to hopefully get the quality of the pro > grade OCR applications. > Once you recognize time and costs of developing an OCR app a good open > source OCR project would be a huge undertaking without a single return. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >