From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.homelinux.net ident=0) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 193neG-0007C7-00 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:48:12 -0400 Received: from localhost (IDENT:1001@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3B1m6Wx011452 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:48:06 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:48:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Alex Snow X-X-Sender: alex_snow@h14me.homelinux.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: ocrxtr recognision software In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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. thanks for the info. I doubted the quality of this prog, and development seems to be pretty slow.x -- A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Adam Myrow wrote: > I wouldn't suggest jocr AKA gocr for anything except experimentation. I > can print out a page on my inkjet printer and scan it. If I try to > recognize it with gocr, the output is mostly underline characters with a > few words. You can sometimes get the gist of the text with some > imagination. I have an ancient version of Omnipage PRO under Windows > which does far better. Granted, there are a lot of options you can pass > to gocr, but they only seem to make things worse. All the different modes > seem to make no difference. I would suggest that somebody who understands > how OCR works could seriously improve the software, but I am not that > person. I have halfway decent programming skills, but no absolutely > nothing about how OCR works. BTW, where does one obtain this OCRXTRA > program? Will it run on Slackware, or is it only functional in Redhat? > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >