Re: [orca-list] Use Linux as a daily driver

[Milton <milton duurzaamdigitaal org>]

It is called LIOS.

Op 01-02-16 om 00:36 schreef Alex Midence:
> Wasn't there a program calledSathian Linux or something that was supposed to be great for OCR?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 30, 2016, at 11:56 PM, B. Henry <burt1iband gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > The only place you may have trouble, and that is a weak point for many orca users is OCR.
> > The free solutions use the same ocr engine that NVDA's ocr plug-in uses, and one more that may be better or 
> > not depending on language/document.
> > There are some other solutions, a web-based ocr service that charges by the page I think, but I have no 
> > experience.
> > I do not know if there is some other non-free Linux OCR program one can  buy, nor if it is accessible.
> > There is a good program called lios one can inistall that provides some useful features like auto rotation to 
> > assist when you do not know which side
> > should go up.
> > Also there is a relatively new program called ocrdesktop that works something like NVDA's ocr add-on, but 
> > with some powerful extras.
> > It is only in Arch-Linux repositories at this point I think, but can probably be built for most distros.
> > I recommend getting chrome with the chromevox extension as an alternative to Orca with firefox, but Orca has 
> > really stepped up  its online game over the
> > last year and a half. Most sites work very well with firefox and Orca.
> > Last I checked it seemed that gmail worked well, but I find it webmail tedious and slow compared with a well 
> > set up email client so do not keep up with
> > this.
> > I've used Linujx almost exclusively for years and OCR is almost the only thing that I really ever need to 
> > start windows for, and as I do little of that
> > I go months with out ever starting a windows box.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >      B.H.
> >    Registerd Linux User 521886
> >
> >
> >   Øyvind Lode wrote:
> > Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 12:23:10PM +0100
> >
> > > Hi all:
> > >
> > > I want to give Linux a chance as a daily driver.
> > > I have a workstation that I can use for testing out different Linux distros.
> > > If all goes well I'd love to switch to Linux as my main OS on my laptop as well.
> > >
> > > My requirements:
> > >
> > > * Using the web is important.
> > > I particularly need to use banking and the gmail interface.
> > >
> > > * Email - see above.
> > > I use the Gmail standard view to manage my email and it works great on
> > > Windows with Firefox and NVDA.
> > > Of course I can go back to use a email client like Thunderbird if Orca
> > > does not handle the gmail interface to my satisfaction.
> > > However, I really prefer the webmail approach.
> > >
> > > * Use the terminal effectively; especially remote admin work via ssh.
> > >
> > > * OCR
> > > I currently use ABBYY FineReader on Windows and it's a great solution.
> > >
> > > How well does Linux/Orca perform with the above requirements?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > -Øyvind
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