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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