Re: [orca-list] I am looking for a ocr software for orca

["Krishnakant Mane" <hackingkk gmail com>]

hi willem,
On 26/11/2008, Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za> wrote:
>
> I cannot remember if I posted on this list about it before, but there is a
> front-end as requested below in the kies package which we have released.
> It currently works with ocropus and allow driving the scanner and doing
> the ocr and making a document in html outof the output.
Great, is it Free and open source?  what license is it under?
> Running with any screen reader it should do what is requested.
Lovely!  Is it very accessible?  Is it developed using gtk?
> It is not as feature rich as the modern programs, but is usable in as far
> as the ocr from ocropus is usable.
Don't care, if it serves the main purpose it is more than enough to
start with.  Asuming it is free software, all of us dedicated will
have the freedom to modify and re distribute thus bennifit the entire
community.
> In the old dos days there was a commercial program from
> Arckenstone called easyscan.
> This frontend I am talking about is mutch like easyscan.
> The program is available on the speakup ftp server under the goodies
> directory, but you can also get a copy from:
> ftp://ftp.csir.co.za/mi/national_accessibility_portal/wvdwalt/kies-12869.tar.bz2
> If any one wants to get this frontend going, let me know.
Yes willem, I am more than willing if it is in python, Java or c.  And
if gtk is the ui base then even better.
I want to use it on ubuntu so please send me instructions.

> There are instructions under the kies_wrappers directory on getting
> ocropus and this front-end going.
> kies_p2t, the main script, is by no means perfect, but it does allow a
> non-technical user to do ocr under linux.
Means it is a scrip not a gui. Never mind! we can write a gui for
this. i know pygtk and so does one of our (hiding shyly ) colligue
anusha who lerks on this mailing list and keenly interested to
contribute to any accessibility projects.
happy hacking.
KK
> Regards, Willem
>
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
>
>> hello all,
>> This issue has come time and time again.
>> I think we must setup a web based team to look at this matter.
>> I have seen tesseract and tried ocropus.  I feel it could be a good
>> software and we can persue the matter with the developers and perhaps
>> get it working even better.
>> I will provide my list of specifications in a new thread.  I recommend
>> we setup a small team which can work together for developing some kind
>> of accessible interface that can run the image scanner, do the ocr and
>> either create a file or even send output to espeak.
>> I am aware of such softwares on proprietory side and it is a shame
>> that we never looked at this aspect.
>> Never the less there are so many other things to do.
>> I think let's take this as serious an issue as the pdf reading (I
>> don't know where that issue has disapeard ) and follow up.
>> Interested people please respond so that I post a new thread with my
>> recommendations and what needs to be done about this.
>> I already started to work on some similar software interface and would
>> like to share it with other people.
>> happy hacking.
>> KK
>>
>> On 26/11/2008, Johan Trujillo <johantrujillo 1907 gmail com> wrote:
>> > 		hi I am looking a ocr software that can work with orca and other that
>> > can pass text files to audio files thenk's for your help
>> >
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