From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cantata.rednote.net ([66.92.170.86]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A87To-0007L9-00 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:19:32 -0400 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id h9B0JTiM007236 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:19:29 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id h9B0JSt0007232 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:19:28 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:19:28 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: OCR gets better! Message-ID: <20031011001927.GR32134@rednote.net> References: <3.0.6.32.20031005164347.00860d50@mail.earthlink.net> <20031010235601.GP32134@rednote.net> <20031011001400.GA915@chris> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031011001400.GA915@chris> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i 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: I have already used sane quite successfully to scan. It was even giving me access to the hardware buttons on my HP scanner. I think Kirk has some early work on this in a package called Socrates. Christopher Moore writes: > From: Christopher Moore > > I looked at the web page and the linux version appears to have a > command-line interface. In addition to the sdk they also have a run-time > version. When you look at the license info they mention a 60 day free > trial. Not sure of any prices, but the runtime version would undoubtedly > be cheaper than the sdk. We would probably need to use something like sane > to scan the images and pass the files into the Fine Read recognition engine. > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina@rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org