Re: Open source OCR (was Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks..)

2007-02-19 Thread Tim Churches
ksbhaskar wrote: > --- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [KSB] <...snip...> > >> But if anyone can suggest an alternative for turning data recorded on >> paper forms into data (as opposed to raster image) files, we'd love to >> hear of it. > > [KSB] Did y

Open source OCR (was Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks..)

2007-02-19 Thread ksbhaskar
--- In openhealth@yahoogroups.com, Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [KSB] <...snip...> > But if anyone can suggest an alternative for turning data recorded on > paper forms into data (as opposed to raster image) files, we'd love to > hear of it. [KSB] Did you look at Ocrad (http://www.gn

Re: Open source OCR (was Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks..)

2007-02-18 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
UCLA had developed a very good scanning OCR solution . but I don't think it was pure FOSS will ask. Joseph Tim Churches wrote: > Tim Churches wrote: >> Karsten Hilbert wrote: >>> Well, the path of least resistance here is to scan it and >>> use it as a background image in some text edito

Open source OCR (was Re: [openhealth] Re: Hi folks..)

2007-02-18 Thread Tim Churches
Tim Churches wrote: > Karsten Hilbert wrote: >> Well, the path of least resistance here is to scan it and >> use it as a background image in some text editor or other so >> that what you type appears to be written into the fields >> while it is (technically) written on top of the background >> imag