Try tesseract, which is available from code.google. It seems to be pretty good. I don't have the URL handy but try googling for tesseract code.google. John On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 08:58:05PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone tell me a package that can scan text so I can read it from my > scanner? > So for example I could scan a piece of paper and read it in emacs. > Is this possible? > If so what scanner do I need and what software package should I try? > > Thanks for any help! > > -- > Daniel Dalton > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/ > <d.dalton@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- John J. boyer; President, Chief Software Developer JJB Software, Inc. http://www.jjb-software.com Madison, WI USA Developing software for people with disabilities _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list