Very true, but then again, what are non technical users trying to use OCR libraries for? I will chime in here to say that I got it running, albeit an hour worth of work, as a 2nd year CS student; so it is definitely possible. So to all those people who are reading this and feeling a bit afraid, don't give up before trying.
On Mar 10, 2:15 am, Isenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > I downloaded ocrupus, extracted it, and tried to figure out how to > install it on my Vista 64-bit desktop. I even went so far as to > download IULIB. However, when I read further I realized that there > were many other sub-programs I would have to install and then I'd have > to compile it on my machine. > > I've been in the computer software profession pretty much since 1968, > and I guess I could figure out how to do all this. However, if the > procedure to get all the parts together and get everything installed > is this complex, then I don't think it is ready for users not versed > in Unix and/or C programs. > > I will watch for an announcement that the product has an installer for > Vista-64 and then I'll try it again. > > Perhaps I shouldn't have expected more since the version is 0.3, but > it would have been nice for a little notice on the ocrupus home page > saying "testing/using this software requires familiarity with C > programs, Unix and compiling software on your operating system." That > would have saved me about half an hour. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
