Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-04 Thread Ray
On Tuesday 03 July 2007 12:03 am, Richard Lynch wrote: On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:12 pm, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-03 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:12 pm, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing an OCR app using it. [/snip] Sure, but

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-03 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:36 pm, Robert Cummings wrote: It was JUST as complex the first time someone did it in C, or Java, or what have your for a chosen language. No, it was more complex, because it wasn't PHP. :-) -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-03 Thread Robert Cummings
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 01:03 -0500, Richard Lynch wrote: On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:36 pm, Robert Cummings wrote: It was JUST as complex the first time someone did it in C, or Java, or what have your for a chosen language. No, it was more complex, because it wasn't PHP. :-) Good point :)

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-03 Thread Andrei
Richard Lynch wrote: On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:12 pm, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing an OCR

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, June 29, 2007 11:32 am, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. The user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look at each invoice and read a number off the invoice. The image will then be renamed,

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-30 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing an OCR app using it. [/snip] Sure, but then the scanning device would have to be connected to the

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-30 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 12:12 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing an OCR app using it. [/snip] Sure,

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-30 Thread Stut
Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing an OCR app using it. [/snip] Sure, but then the scanning device would have

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. The user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look at each invoice and read a number off the invoice. The image will then be renamed, and be organized into a directory and the file name will

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Ray
On Friday 29 June 2007 10:32 am, you wrote: [snip] I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. The user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look at each invoice and read a number off the invoice. The image will then be renamed, and be

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:32 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. The user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look at each invoice and read a number off the invoice. The image will then be

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Crayon Shin Chan
On Saturday 30 June 2007 00:32, Jay Blanchard wrote: In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing an OCR app using it. You could insert an OCR

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread M. Sokolewicz
Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:32 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. The user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look at each invoice and read a number off the invoice. The image

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Tijnema
On 6/29/07, M. Sokolewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:32 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. The user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look at

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 22:57 +0200, M. Sokolewicz wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:32 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. The user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to