OCR from commandline or VB

Spacedog · 08-01-2003 4:33pm #1

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 4:58pm

Ah write it yourself.
Go on.

Hobbes · 08-01-2003 5:11pm

lol Typedef.

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

Spacedog · 09-01-2003 3:21pm

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 3:27pm

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 2:19pm

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)

OCR from commandline or VB

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