Yes. I didn't say it was a done deal. I hope you didn't understand me that way. On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Brent Harding wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- 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