From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailhost.cotse.com ([216.112.42.58]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A73dS-00053z-00 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 22:01:06 -0400 Received: from www.cotse.net (www [216.112.42.60]) by mailhost.cotse.com (5.7.4/5.7.4) with ESMTP id h9820PZP002071 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 22:00:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mattw@cotse.net) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.cotse.net (5.7.4/5.7.4) id h9820OOb063486; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:00:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from Cotse Members Webmail (authenticated user mattw) by www.cotse.net with HTTP; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:00:24 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:00:24 -0500 (EST) X-Abuse-To: abuse@cotse.com Subject: Re: OCR gets better! From: "White, Matt" To: In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20031005164347.00860d50@mail.earthlink.net> References: <3.0.6.32.20031005164347.00860d50@mail.earthlink.net> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: www.cotse.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 X-Reply-To: mattw@cotse.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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 > 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 >> >>__________________________________________________________ >>Using the freedom of Debian GNU Linux >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Speakup mailing list >>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Matt B. White Tel: 508.969.2836