On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:58:50 +0000 "Brian E. Blandford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While we're on the OCR and OOo topic, can anyone suggest a good Linux > OCR? The OCR engine supplied with Xsane scanning software gives me > such bad results it's quicker to type the target document into OOo, > rather than correct Xsane's OCR results (in all other scanning jobs > Xsane is brilliant) > At the moment, any OCR jobs I need to do, I do in Textbridge on > Windows, save in Word, and open in OOo in Linux. Somewhat roundabout! > > Brian B Brian, It's a while since I've done any OCR, but I discovered by much trial and error you have to get the dpi to match the font size of the document. Larger fonts work best with small dpi and vice versa, but I think it was a matter of trial and error. I did used to get some useful results eventually. -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
