Hi, You probably should install a graphical interface, like OCRFeeder or gImageReader or Lector. They use Tesseract underneath, but should be easier if you aren't comfortable with the terminal. I expect at least one of them will be packaged for Linux Mint.
Nick On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 12:04:16PM -0800, kelsang sherab wrote: > Hi. > I use linux mint and I need ocr. > > I am not a programmer etc but I can input commands [although i do not > understand what they mean] in the terminal. > > can any one please give me simple explanation,as in line by line for the > dummy, > of how to operate tesseract. > I want to take a jpg and make it into a .txt. > > help is appreciated > > > -- > -- > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email > to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
