I was using Ubuntu on a MacBook. Micah
On Oct 20, 12:47 pm, "74yrs old" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whether you are using windows or linux? > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:41 PM, laerm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Um, thanks, but the issue I had with the programs is that I couldn't > > figure out how to install each package and configure them to work > > together. I've never used Linux before, and that was the problem. I > > never even made it to using either program. > > > So then, does no one have insider knowledge of OCR and how it works > > that I might be able to ask a few questions of for my report? > > > Thanks... > > Micah > > > On Oct 20, 2:51 am, "74yrs old" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > please visit websitehttp:// > > code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/wiki/TrainingTesseract - which help > > > you. In fact it is easier to learn and have hands on experience. > > > Cheers. > > > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 1:32 AM, laerm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello - > > > > > I have not tested in tesseract or ocropus. I don't have the technical > > > > know-how to get these programs running. > > > > > Micah > > > > > On Oct 15, 7:49 am, 74yrsold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Have you tested in tesseractocr? If so, I like to have your > > > > > experience. > > > > > > On Oct 14, 10:34 pm, laerm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Team Ocropus :) > > > > > > > Over the summer, I did a research project OCRing an obscure Native > > > > > > American language with a a rather complex alphabet (Chinook). It > > was > > > > > > definitely slow-going. We tested four software packages - OmniPage, > > > > > > ReadIRIS, the native app in the Xerox scanner we used, as well as > > the > > > > > > plugin for Acrobat - and ReadIRIS was the best. It was the only one > > > > > > that had both training and Unicode support. I tried to get Ocropus > > > > > > going, but my linux knowledge wasn't good enough to configure all > > of > > > > > > the packages. > > > > > > > Now it has come time to write a paper for publication on this > > project, > > > > > > and I want to know more about OCR. I figure you folks are experts, > > so > > > > > > I was wondering if I could talk to some people on the way OCR > > works. I > > > > > > am specifically interested in the training aspect, as well as how > > it > > > > > > parses individual characters. Furthermore, if anyone has any > > > > > > experience using OCR on complex alphabets, I'd love to talk to you. > > > > > > > A bit of background on Chinook: > > > > > > - 30 characters > > > > > > - several accents for vowels and consonants > > > > > > - accent marks, prime marks, and glottalization marks > > > > > > > Thanks for any and all help. > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > micah stupak > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ocropus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ocropus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
