Hey Folks,

I am wondering if ocropus can handle two use cases.

1. A user has hand written notes on lined paper and want to digitize
them into editable text. The user scans their notes into an acceptable
format. The user runs ocropus on the generated file. The file result is
a txt file of the interpreted characters.

How might a training process look for this use case?


2. A user has collected a drawer full on receipts. The user wishes to
digitize these to gather useful information for a database or
spreadsheet application. The user scans the receipts of different sizes,
lengths and printed font. 

Ocropus is used to generate a tab delineated text file with the
following layouts for a receipt

* Header: Name of location, address and phone number
* Body: item description and price as two columns (tab or character
delineation)
* taxes: are indicating applicable taxes or surcharges
* final value: Usually a larger character set.


3. A user has a series of paper bills or PDF bills and wishes to get an
editable version where data can be extracted. Ocropus is pointed towards
the PDF or scanned version of the bill. For example a cell phone / cable
bill may include the following layout elements:
* Summary: Summary of the whole bill and amount due including phone
usage and cable expenses.
* Phone summary: Summary of phone usage for all phones on the bill
* Detailed phone: Breakdown of phone usage by user (lets say 3 users).
This will include phone number called, duration, start / stop times cost
of call etc.
* Cable charges: explanation of charges including base package and
special purchases such as movies.



These are the three main use cases I am looking at to try and allow
individuals to better tracks their financial habits.  I am interested in
if anyone has achieved any of the above and how. If the above has not
been achieved whether it is theoretically possible and how one might
approach the problem. And finally if I will never achieve the above with
ocropus and where I might continue my hunt for an open source solution.


Thanks all.

-- 
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.

Reply via email to