Re: [orca-list] OT: OCRdesktop ported to tesseract 4.0

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hello Chrys,

Nice to hear these good news <smile>

As it happens, I just released yesterday a new Slint version
(more in a specific post) that ships Tesseract 4.

I will try to package OCRdesktop aginst it and let you know thr outcome.

If all goes well I will upload a package in our new /extra package
repository so users can  get it just typing "slapt-get -i OCRdesktop."  

Best,

Didier

On 22/03/2019 09:48, chrys linux-a11y org wrote:
> Howdy list,
>
> its a little of topic but want to share here since some are already working for hthis here.
> i found some time yesterday to wire up OCRdesktop for tesseract 4.
> I also fixed some deprications for tesseract, so we should be fine for next couple of years.
> One of the points was that the language data is stored on a different place. I added the path where its 
> located on Archlinux to the search function.
> its:
> /usr/share/tessdata/
> here. if you install the tesseract data try to locate this. if this is different for you let me know, i 
> will add the path to the search tree. Maybe there is an other way to search this as well. always open for 
> patches to keep a awsome tool even more awsome.
> you currently have to recompile python-tesserwrap (mabe reinstall is enought, not sure) and use OCRdesktop 
> from master.
> git clone https://github.com/chrys87/ocrdesktop.git
>
> If somebody wants to help to improve this great tool let me know. it could need some love as some of the 
> GTK stuff deprecates as well (do they really remove the traditional menu??? how stupid - i hope i m wrong). 
> its not complicated and i will help in any way :). but would be very sad if OCRdesktop rot. It helps a lot 
> of people to access inaccessible interaces with orca.
>
> cheers chrys
>
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