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From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
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Subject: Re: OCR gets better!
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And, I would contribute to it. But only if it's console mode.

White, Matt writes:
> From: "White, Matt" <mattw@cotse.net>
> 
> Even considering that only a SDK is available, this is a significant
> milestone.  Is there anyone on the list who could write a usable,
> text-based front-end for this?  I would consider setting up a donation
> system if there was someone...
> 
> Matt
> 
> <quote who="jack mendez">
> > abbys is currently only being distributed for developers.  it is in sdk
> > (software development kit) programmers will need to develop an
> > application to run around the fine engine kind of like kurzweil.
> >
> > At 09:28 PM 10/5/03 +0100, you wrote:
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>Well I know that a number of us hang on to Windows for scanning the
> >> printed word.  Well I feel like it's Christmas come early as my
> >>favourite award winning OCR software Abbyy's Fine Reader is available
> >> for Linux.
> >>
> >>If anyone has already purchased Fine Reader for Linux could you report
> >> on it's usability?  The website suggests that is usable from the
> >> command line.
> >>
> >>http://www.abbyy.com
> >>
> >>Gena
> >>
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