From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rdu74-132-037.nc.rr.com ([24.74.132.37] helo=princenet.sytes.net ident=0) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 194W15-0007Nx-00 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:10:43 -0400 Received: from princenet.sytes.net (IDENT:1000@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by princenet.sytes.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3D1AevH000304 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:10:40 -0400 Received: from localhost (lorenzo@localhost) by princenet.sytes.net (8.12.8/8.12.4/Submit) with ESMTP id h3D1Ad2F000301 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:10:39 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:10:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Lorenzo Prince To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: This sucks! OCR in Linux In-Reply-To: <20030412135855.GA13403@potpal> Message-ID: References: <20030412135855.GA13403@potpal> 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: Well, I wish I could do it, but I am just really starting to learn about programming, and I know absolutely nothing about how OCR even works. However, I may be the one to do something about it once I get through school and learn a lot more about programming, although I fear that won't be soon enough. Lorenzo E Pluribus Unix Kenny Hitt staggered into view and mumbled: > Hi. Are you offering to do it? One of the important differences > between Windows and Linux is that something only gets into Linux when someone > decides to write it. Several people have said they want OCR in Linux > but none of us have wanted it enough to write something or improve on > an existing program. > > Please don't misunderstand, I've been using Linux for over 2 years and I > haven't tried to solve the problem either. In my case, I wouldn't use > OCR often enough to make it a priority. Of course if someone creates a > good OCR program in Linux, I'll use it. > > Kenny > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 06:51:44AM -0400, Lorenzo Prince wrote: > > Well, IMHO, I believe that having proprietary closed-license software > > kinda defeats the purpose of using Linux as an open-source sollution. > > Somebody just needs to step up and make a usable open-source sollution for > > OCR and a few other things we still need. > > > > Lorenzo > > > > E Pluribus Unix > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >