[orca-list] EASY-OCR-4.0 Released

[sathayn linux <sath linux gmail com>]

Dear List 

We are happy to release EASY-OCR-4.0 With mutch Structural changes 


What is easy-ocr : 

EASY-OCR-4.0
Now a visually impaired person can read print in 24 languages using this free software.


HOW TO INSTALL
Run folowing comands on terminal
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mystilleef/scribes-daily
sudo apt-get update

download deb file from here http://easy-ocr.googlecode.com/files/easy-ocr-4.0.deb open it and install 


New features.

1. Structural change.
   easy-ocr now appears with a perfect window so that the software has become very easy to handle.

2. Brightness checker perfected with the support of larger dictionaries We understand that the role of brightness or
   threshold is very important. One shall get the maximum efficiency out of the ocr engines if only the scanning is done at
   the appropriate values. For this reason we recommend the use of brightness checker, Immediately after you have completed  
   the settings. Please use the page of the book most typical of the whole text. 

3. Number of pages. one can set the number of pages to be scanned in advance using settings menu.

4. Scan with full auto rotation feature is made faster and efficient.

5. Audio converter now has language selection.

6. Settings wizard is now changed to single window. 

7. Easy-ocr will now appear in the Graphics Menu.

How to use EASY-OCR

One can use easy-ocr in two ways. first one is to scan and produce text from the program itself and second one is to produce the text from the folder containing image. in order to start scanning using the program, please follow the steps given below.


Setting the scanner

Go to graphics  menu and enter easy-ocr. Then enter the settings and give the values for number of pages to be scanned, Time between repeated scanning, resolution, brightness or threshold, scan area, language and engine. In order to listen to the values entered press the say button and press apply button to save the new settings. if you want to continue with the old settings please press continue with existing button.  In the settings. All the changes you have made in the settings will be kept until further changes are made.


Scanning

Now go to easy-ocr menu and select either scan or scan with full auto rotation. in the scan mode, the program will ask for the file name. after entering the filename select the rotation mode. if you are sure of the angle in witch you have kept the book , select the manual mode and check the degree of rotation. if you are not sure of the angle, please select the automatic mode and scanning will be done in order to determine the rotation needed. then the rotation selected will be kept and you have to start from the first page itself.be careful not to change the angle kept in the beginning. after each scanning, the page number will be announced and after hearing one, you can press add button and start reading along with scanning. if you are totally unaware of the angle in witch the papers are kept, you can select full auto rotation mode. here also after hearing one, you can start reading by pressing add button. the text produced by these two modes will be saved in documents unless you change the directory. if you are in need of continuing the file, you can select the same file and the text will be appended to the old one.
The most preferable mode is the SCAN mode and Scan with full auto rotation may be used for bundle of papers which are not knit. Remember that only the CUNEIFORM can work with all 24 languages and other engine can handle English  After the text has appeared and started reading, you will have to press alt plus tab to get back to easy-ocr window.

From folder

Now one can convert images saved in the folders in to text by using the folder option.if you are not in a position to use the easy-ocr, you can use any scanning program to produce the images. this option will support png, jpeg, jpg, tiff, tif, pnm, pdf formats. select the folder option and enter. now you will have to select the folder, format of the image,rotation mode, saving folder.etc. if you are sure of the angle in witch the images are kept you can select manual mode, and if you are not sure of the angle, you can select automatic mode. in the automatic mode, all the images will be converted, as in the angle of the first image. in the full auto rotation mode, we are not to be concerned of the angles. Be careful to name the folder or files inside without a space between the characters If there is one, please rename it.
  
Audio conversion

there is facility for converting text in to wav files. just enter the audio conversion mode and select the folder containing the text to be converted and give the values in the window shone.

Stop all process

One can stop all scanning process by entering the stop-all-process

Brightness checker.

In order to determine the brightness to be used, please select a page of the book to be scanned and enter the brightness checker. there is auto rotation facility here. Now the scanning will start and there are 2 phases. in the primary level, four  to six scanning will be done and in the second stage, ten more . in each stage, the program will announce the number of words found at different brightness levels. after the checking, the value will be added to the settings automatically.