Well, socrates is on cvs now, with rh, you have to install a ton of junk to satisfy libsane's dependencies, like gtk and the like. I didn't do any forcing or nodeps, but I probably filled a bunch of space with junk I don't need. At 10:03 AM 12/29/01 -0500, you wrote: >Ron: > >I'm not sure who among us is using this software, if any. I do recall some >discussions in the past about it. Perhaps searching the speakup list >archive might help. > >Meanwhile, you should be aware that Kirk is in the early phase of >developing an ocr package called socrates which will use sane as its back >end. Also, the T.V. Raman announced ocr support in Emacspeak 15 also using >sane, though there doesn't seem to be any documentation other than the >source code itself for how to do ocr in Emacspeak. > > On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, >Ron Marriage wrote: > >> I've posted this message a couple time and haven't gotten a >> response to it. >> Does this mean no one used this software or they have other >> solutions? >> Has anyone purchased the Vividata OCR Shop >> program, and if so what are your results? >> I'm particularly interested in the text interface. >> I'd like to get OCR working in my linux as this is the only >> reason I still use windows / Openbook. If this program >> works ok then I can remove windows from my computer >> entirely. >> >> Thanks >> Ron >> > >-- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > >Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > >Chair, Accessibility SIG >Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) >http://www.openebook.org > >Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, >Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > >Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther >King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at >http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > >Learn how to make accessible software at >http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >