On 7 July 2010 14:56, Grzegorz Jablonski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 6 Lip, 18:48, "Jimmy O'Regan" <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 6 July 2010 09:28, Grzegorz Jablonski <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> > I have questions regarding future development of tesseract: >> > 1)When the new release will be available? >> >> When it's ready. >> >> > 2)How long will Google support this projetct? >> >> No idea; it's included in Android, and I would speculate based on one >> of the Neven patents that it's used by Google Goggles; other >> speculation that you might come across include that it's being used in >> Google Books and/or in Google Docs' new(-ish) OCR feature. In any >> event, it seems likely that Google will continue development >> internally for some time to come. >> >> But the *real* answer depends entirely on what exactly you mean by 'support'. > I mean developing, adding better modules (page-layout analysis), > improving accuracy
Ok, I think it's safe to assume that there is still ongoing research in Google using Tesseract. >> >> > 3)Will be page-layout analysis available in new release? >> >> Yes. If you use Linux or some other Unix-like operating system, you >> can check it out from SVN now. If you use Windows, your only option is >> to wait. > I managed to compile and run latest SVN version on Windows 7 and MS > Visual Studio 2010 (also 2008) The '...and run' part I find suspicious; there's a known bug that hasn't been fixed yet. I hope to get some time to get to it (and a Windows machine) at the weekend. -- <Leftmost> jimregan, that's because deep inside you, you are evil. <Leftmost> Also not-so-deep inside you. -- 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.
