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Spacedog · 08-01-2003, 16:33

I'm writing a program to extract text from jpeg images using optical character recognition, is there an active x plugin or command line program I can shell to accomplish this?

Thanks.

Typedef · 08-01-2003, 16:58

Ah write it yourself.
Go on.

**Hobbes** · 08-01-2003, 17:11

lol Typedef.

If your looking for an active X plugin what part of the program are you actually writing?

Spacedog · 09-01-2003, 15:21

I'm wirting a complete imaging archive system for use in small offices, for the most part it is database driven, with cdr and tape drive backup. just having trouble with finding OCR sortware I don't have to pay an arm and a leg for. Why write myself if someone else has spent the time doing it better than I can?

amen · 09-01-2003, 15:27

why not store the jpegs in binary format in the database ?
after all its an imaging system I'd want the original image and note some ocr'd version

Spacedog · 13-01-2003, 14:19

I'm going to have both, the images are to be backed up as they are bearly ever used, the OCR string would be sufficient for 99% of the time. (plus I'd like to mess about with the technology)

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Spacedog Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,742 Adverts \| Friends	OCR from commandline or VB I'm writing a program to extract text from jpeg images using optical character recognition, is there an active x plugin or command line program I can shell to accomplish this? Thanks.

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08-01-2003, 16:58	#2
Typedef Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Location is but a subjective illusion of the mind. Posts: 5,487 Adverts \| Friends	Ah write it yourself. Go on.

08-01-2003, 17:11	#3
Hobbes Moderator Join Date: Feb 1998 Location: Dublin Posts: 20,643 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Korean	lol Typedef. If your looking for an active X plugin what part of the program are you actually writing?

09-01-2003, 15:21	#4
Spacedog Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,742 Adverts \| Friends	I'm wirting a complete imaging archive system for use in small offices, for the most part it is database driven, with cdr and tape drive backup. just having trouble with finding OCR sortware I don't have to pay an arm and a leg for. Why write myself if someone else has spent the time doing it better than I can?

09-01-2003, 15:27	#5
amen Registered User Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Galway Posts: 2,177 Adverts \| Friends	why not store the jpegs in binary format in the database ? after all its an imaging system I'd want the original image and note some ocr'd version

13-01-2003, 14:19	#6
Spacedog Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,742 Adverts \| Friends	I'm going to have both, the images are to be backed up as they are bearly ever used, the OCR string would be sufficient for 99% of the time. (plus I'd like to mess about with the technology)