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

["Krishnakant Mane" <hackingkk gmail com>]

hello,
Thanks for the off list private email.


On 26/11/2008, Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za> wrote:
>
> Firstly, it is released under GPL version 3, so is open-source.
Great nothing like it!
> It was written to be speech-friendly under the console, mostly in bash.  I
> see no technical reason why it should not run in a gnome terminal as is,
> but I never tried that.
yes I believe it will work.
> I think ocropus has a kind  of a python api, but I do not know if it is
> nicely packaged as a python module.
ok we can work on that.
> I will write more instructions in a private email to you.
yes I have already got it.
I am going to try building a more userfriendly ui for this.
thanks again.
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
> Regards, Willem
>
>  On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
>
>> 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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