Comments on: OCRFeeder running in Fremantle http://www.joaquimrocha.com/2009/08/21/ocrfeeder-running-in-fremantle/ Linux, technology and art Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:52:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gregg http://www.joaquimrocha.com/2009/08/21/ocrfeeder-running-in-fremantle/comment-page-1/#comment-3583 gregg Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:39:21 +0000 http://www.joaquimrocha.com/?p=181#comment-3583 Current version of OCRFeeder (0.7.1) does not allow to choose a language to recognize. I needed to add some options to the command line in the ocr engines settings window to recognize non-english text. It would be great to have some GUI to select the main recognition language. It would be even greater to set a language for every area (most OCR engines like tesseract and cuneiform currently do not allow to recognize multilanguage documents). And thank you for all your efforts :) Current version of OCRFeeder (0.7.1) does not allow to choose a language to recognize. I needed to add some options to the command line in the ocr engines settings window to recognize non-english text.
It would be great to have some GUI to select the main recognition language. It would be even greater to set a language for every area (most OCR engines like tesseract and cuneiform currently do not allow to recognize multilanguage documents).

And thank you for all your efforts :)

]]> By: Vadim http://www.joaquimrocha.com/2009/08/21/ocrfeeder-running-in-fremantle/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 Vadim Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:17:19 +0000 http://www.joaquimrocha.com/?p=181#comment-1412 "This would also be awesome combined with a dictionary in a foreign country." It could be even used in conjunction with google language tools. As for dictionary I think qstardict would be great since it supports a lot of databases. “This would also be awesome combined with a dictionary in a foreign country.”

It could be even used in conjunction with google language tools.
As for dictionary I think qstardict would be great since it supports a lot of databases.

]]> By: Arj http://www.joaquimrocha.com/2009/08/21/ocrfeeder-running-in-fremantle/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 Arj Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:35:10 +0000 http://www.joaquimrocha.com/?p=181#comment-1006 This would also be awesome combined with a dictionary in a foreign country. Use the camera to take a picture of a foreign word, OCR it and pump it into a dictionary for instant translation. I know some Japanese phones have this ability with English words and Kanji This would also be awesome combined with a dictionary in a foreign country.

Use the camera to take a picture of a foreign word, OCR it and pump it into a dictionary for instant translation.

I know some Japanese phones have this ability with English words and Kanji

]]> By: Karl http://www.joaquimrocha.com/2009/08/21/ocrfeeder-running-in-fremantle/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Karl Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:03:42 +0000 http://www.joaquimrocha.com/?p=181#comment-917 I like the tap-tap idea. Also, I was thinking of a lasso you could paint with the stylus or your finger. That would highlight the text, and then tap the destination. Karl I like the tap-tap idea.

Also, I was thinking of a lasso you could paint with the stylus or your finger. That would highlight the text, and then tap the destination.

Karl

]]> By: Grant http://www.joaquimrocha.com/2009/08/21/ocrfeeder-running-in-fremantle/comment-page-1/#comment-914 Grant Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:05:29 +0000 http://www.joaquimrocha.com/?p=181#comment-914 I had the same thought as you guys too :-) I'm not up on the details of how it currently works, but it would be nice to have a generalized interface to the OCR engine so that more than business cards could be scanned & then stored. Have it populate the d-bus for addresses! For example, an envelope is almost standard (per country) than business cards. Ah, templates! Karl's idea drag between connections sounds good - although tap an item on either side, then tap the equivalent on the other side (tapping a second time on one side would switch of course) might be easier than drag & drop. Or of course, allow input both ways. Being able to grab any text would be cool by itself. I'm always writing down details from item tags in a store, that I might want to price shop, compare, or buy later. A bar code scanner would be good for that too. Other suggestion, I had the same thought as you guys too :-)

I’m not up on the details of how it currently works, but it would be nice to have a generalized interface to the OCR engine so that more than business cards could be scanned & then stored. Have it populate the d-bus for addresses! For example, an envelope is almost standard (per country) than business cards. Ah, templates!
Karl’s idea drag between connections sounds good – although tap an item on either side, then tap the equivalent on the other side (tapping a second time on one side would switch of course) might be easier than drag & drop. Or of course, allow input both ways.

Being able to grab any text would be cool by itself. I’m always writing down details from item tags in a store, that I might want to price shop, compare, or buy later. A bar code scanner would be good for that too.
Other suggestion,

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