<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 December 2010 15:39, Barry Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bdrake@crosswire.org">bdrake@crosswire.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi there ....<br>
<br>
I rarely need OCR, but one of my slight disappointments is the lack of a<br>
really accurate OCR engine for Linux. I've tried all the ones that<br>
exist (that I've found so far), and apart from being a bit awkward to<br>
operate, no matter how much I vary the scan settings, I always end up<br>
doing a lot of corrections to the output.<br>
<br>
I've solved the problem by getting an old copy of 'TextBridge OCR' to<br>
work under Wine. It's one that came with a long dead scanner I had some<br>
years ago. The thing is, TextBridge produces far more accurate output<br>
with little or no messing about. It even drives the scanner through<br>
Twain (I was surprised and pleased by that).<br>
<br>
Is anyone out there getting real accuracy with a native Linux app?<br>
<br>
Regards, Barry Drake.<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br>gscan2pdf is a very good program...uses unpaper, as well.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>
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