Solved! I downloaded version 2.03 and now it works. Now I've got hylafax receiving the faxes, converting to .pdf with an OCR .txt file.
Next stop: Parse the data and file it... On Jun 13, 12:41 am, EarlWer <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me update the program. I did an apt-get and got an older > version. > > On Jun 13, 12:32 am, EarlWer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have a similar problem. Ubuntu 8.04 server, so no GUI ;-( > > I want to convert incoming faxes received by hylafax in .tif format. > > > When I run tesseract: sudo tesseract fax000000083.tif ocrtest > > it displays 'Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine', thinks for a 10 > > seconds and doesn't seem to do anything. > > > No logs, no ocrtest.txt nothing. > > > Any ideas? > > Is there a debug mode? --verbose flag? > > > On May 12, 6:06 am, paulfeakins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Spectrum, > > > > Always good to hear more people are using Linux :) > > > > First thing I'd suggest is to use an actual terminal window instead of > > > pressing F2. That way you'll be able to see what output you get and > > > whether there's been an error. > > > > In Ubuntu (8.10) go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal. You > > > might have to type "sudo" before every command so that you have the > > > necessary permissions. i.e. "sudo tesseract..." > > > > Have a good look through the > > > wikihttp://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/w/list > > > > Also, I seem to remember there's an issue with 2.03 where it needs a > > > patch before it will run on Ubuntu, so if it doesn't work, paste the > > > error message back to this thread and someone will point you in the > > > right direction! > > > > Hope that helps, > > > Paul. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tesseract-ocr" 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/tesseract-ocr?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
