http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/issues/detail?id=574&can=1&q=card
Maybe I am wrong - but I can not imagine legal reason to OCR credit cards... For legal reason I guess there are solutions ready... Zdenko On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Sven Pedersen <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Roy, > I think tesseract could do it, but you'll need to correctly process > the image so the pixel height and contrast of the characters is in > range. Then you should be able to train with just the recommended > number of trials. However, you may need post-processing to clear > things up. Tesseract has trouble with single words, which credit cards > would generally appear to be. > --Sven > > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 6:11 AM, mamoos1 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to take tesseract and use it in order to extract name/credit > > number for credit card photoes. > > I have tried to train it with 3 credit card pictures (seems like > > little to me, but I have no idea) - and then use the traineddata in > > order to re-scan them and check if it can now extract the data from > > them. > > The result was even worse than doing it with the original > > eng.traineddata > > > > my questions are: > > > > 1. Do you think tesseract is even able to do such a thing with proper > > training etc. ? or is this task simply not what tesseract was designed > > to do? > > > > if the answer is yes: > > > > 2. What type of training and what amount do you believe I should do > > before I get good results? > > > > Thank you very much! > > Roy. > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > -- > ``All that is gold does not glitter, > not all those who wander are lost; > the old that is strong does not wither, > deep roots are not reached by the frost. > From the ashes a fire shall be woken, > a light from the shadows shall spring; > renewed shall be blade that was broken, > the crownless again shall be king.” > > -- > 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 > -- 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
