[OCLUG-Tech] GUI Front end for OCR Work

2012-05-08 Thread Bruce
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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] GUI for OCR

2012-05-08 Thread John C Nash
There is an option to "save_as" with xsane that does attempt OCR. I've not been much pleased with the results. Even the best open source stuff doesn't seem to be in the same league as the commercial (and expensive) stuff. Similarly, I've written a script that scans a document like a photocopier