Re: [orca-list] OCR in Orca?

[Linux A11y <chrys linux-a11y org>]

Howdy,

As far as i remember, i got it working under wayland with -d Option.  But this scans the whole screen instead 
of the current window only. The problem with window only is that there is no API yet (or better at the time i 
trief last) to get the current window position and size. 

To scan a image copied from web we could add an Option to OCR current clipboard? What do you think. Maybe a 
option to choose the type of clipboard like selection or primary. This would work with all kind of image data 
in clipboard then instead of browser only.

Cheers chrys

> Am 14.09.2020 um 15:12 schrieb Peter Vágner via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>:
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> Hello,
>
>
> OCRDesktop uses tesseract through tesserwrap under the hood.
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> It only works under X (not wayland) and handles the whole window not parts of the web page as proposed in 
> the original message.
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>
> But still, it's working great and it's awesome, I am using it regularly.
>
>
> For example I was able to install Windows in a VM by using it before Microsoft has added narrator support 
> to the install media.
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>
>
> Greetings
>
>
> Peter
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>
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> Dňa 14. 9. 2020 o 13:40 J.G napísal(a):
> > and what about tesseract engine
> > https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/
> >
> > regards,
> > Jožef
> >
> > 2020-09-14 13:29 GMT+02.00, Peter Vágner via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Are yo aware of OCRDesktop by Chrys?
> > >
> > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ocrdesktop
> > >
> > > It's great and works very well.
> > >
> > > Perhaps for the future it should be more tightly integrated however there
> > > are security and conveniece issues to consider that I think are not trivial
> > > to solve.
> > >
> > > For me it's very usefull even at this point.
> > >
> > > Greetings
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > 13. 9. 2020 2:08:06 Jason White via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>:
> > >
> > > > Chrome (and probably Chromium) have an image recognition feature that
> > > > depends on a Google server. I don't know whether this includes OCR though.
> > > >
> > > > On 9/12/20 3:22 AM, Vojtěch šmiro via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > Good Morning,
> > > > >
> > > > > OCR is great idea. Many screenreaders has this and it would be usefull
> > > > > for many users.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for all your great job!
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards
> > > > >
> > > > > Vojta.
> > > > >
> > > > > Dne 12. 09. 20 v 9:14 Jean-Philippe MENGUAL via orca-list napsal(a):
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Reading a webpage, I am wondering wether we could not enable Orca to use
> > > > > > an OCR engine to decrypt things just like tables inserted via images or
> > > > > > things like this. Would be helpful in some situations on the Web.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I ask here for user feedbacks and Joanie technical opinions about the
> > > > > > idea I am thingking about:
> > > > > > - the OCR feature would take the graphical object under the caret (or
> > > > > > the flat review)
> > > > > > - would send it as an image to an OCR engine
> > > > > > - would open a "subwindow" and paste the OCR result, just lke a window
> > > > > > pop-up to make the link list appear
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Would be it useful? feasible? If not in Orca, is it possible for an
> > > > > > external tool to know where Orca caret place (browsing cursor) and use
> > > > > > it?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best regards
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