Hi Ibrahim, That is is what I understood, but I would like to know if the same issue occurs with a PDF file, hence my requests that we both test with the same PDF file. Even more so as I do not have a scanner at hand right now to reproduce the test you did. Cheers, Didier Le 20/12/2021 à 18:12, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : > Hi Didier, > I did not do the testing on a PDF file. I did the testing in direct scan. I put the page on a flatbed scanner and hit the scan and recognize menu item in Lios. > Cheers, > Ibrahim > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 20, 2021, at 12:04 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi Ibrahim, >> >> Not sure where the issue is. >> >> To investigate, could you please send provide a link to a pdf in Arabic (or send >> me privately the pdf itself) that we could both try? >> >> Thanks >> >> Cheers, >> Didier >> >>> Le 20/12/2021 à 05:09, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : >>> Thanks Didier, >>> >>> Unfortunately, I tried your suggestion and still got zero accuracy of OCR of >>> Arabic letters. I typed a Paragraph of Arabic and printed and then scanned, but >>> the outcome was gibbirish, all in latin characters. I typed a paragraph in >>> English and printed it out, when I scanned, the OCR accuracy was excellent. So, >>> ther is some problem with the Arabic recognition. It seems to me that although >>> Arabic is listed, the OCR engine is not actually trying to recognize Arabic. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Ibrahim >>> >>>> On 12/17/21 6:48 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>> Hi Ibrahim, >>>> >>>> You do not need to add anything special, the files >>>> /usr/share/tessdata/Arabic.traineddata being included in the package >>>> tesseract-data in Slint. >>>> >>>> Juts open lios, then in menu select Preferences then Preferences recognition and >>>> select: >>>> Engine: Tesseract >>>> Language: Arabic >>>> >>>> I don't have a scanner at hand but downloaded this file: >>>> https://fada.birzeit.edu/bitstream/20.500.11889/6910/1/mkhaldi%20Sahar%20Research.pdf >>>> >>>> then I opened it in Lios (menu File then Open). >>>> >>>> The file was recognized and the text properly extracted. >>>> >>>> Copying a paragraph of the extracted text and pasting it in translate.google.fr >>>> allowed me to read it in French <smile> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Didier >>>> >>>> Le 18/12/2021 à 00:10, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> This question is primarily to Didier: >>>>> >>>>> How can I add Arabic dictionary to Lios so that I can use my scanner to scan >>>>> Arabic text? I assume I will also be able to run Arabic.pdf files through Lios >>>>> and as such I will have access to a lot of Arabic books available on the net. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Ibrahim >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list