I attached a bug watch to a bug in Debian requesting a newer version of tesseract. Since Ubuntu is based on Debian, a newer version of the package in Debian will also appear in Ubuntu after a while.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #599045 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=599045 ** Also affects: tesseract (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=599045 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656476 Title: [needs-packaging] tesseract-ocr 3.0 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
