Yes, ocrad IMHO is better than gocr. Abby for linux is not available as single-user license and the sdk which includes a command-line client is priced at around $7000.00 The last time I have tried to compile socrates I got errors. I will try again. Regards, Willem On Fri, 16 Mar 2006, Kirk Reiser wrote: > Unless they've changed something Clara isn't accessible. The web > interface is designed for sharing font images for a font database but > the operation is all 'X' or it was when I last looked at it. > > Ocrad however does a pretty good job in general. Not as good as the > commercial engines but all-in-all not bad. There are debian packages > for ocrad and I imagine rpm as well. I have been working recently on > improving socrates support to handle a range of engines and do some > hand and automated scanner control for things like resolution, scale > and contrast. > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the CSIR. CSIR E-mail Legal Notice http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the CSIR Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to HelpDesk at csir.co.za. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.