Is it posible to use a TWAIN style scanner with Linux? I know SANE has been prefered but I baught a Epson scanner recently and I then discovered that it is a TWAIN instead. Do I have any Linux options for this scanner? I use it with DocuScan on Windows from Serotek. On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 10:07:06AM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote: > Hi Hart, > The kies package I have released has a set of scripts like you describe. > It is called kies_p2t for kies_paper to text. > It supports multiple OCR engines. > Tesseract is good and cuneiform IMHO is the best, also allowing for > decolumnization. > For 140 euro, one can buy abbyyfinereader, a good commercial engine. > You can get kies from: > ftp://ftp.csir.co.za/MI/National_Accessibility_Portal/wvdwalt/kies-latest.tar.bz2 > HTH, Willem > > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2011, Hart Larry wrote: > > >Well, I would have asked this on Blinux list, but since Kirk ha > >developed an OCR engine, I am asking here. I am on the verge of > >having my scanner working, finally. I really don't know which of > >the scanning engines, gocr, tesarac, or any others, have the best > >results? But as important for me, which one, including any > >helpful scripts will make the process simpler? When I was in > >windows using OpenBook, it was as simple as hitting a space bar to > >scan. > >When I looked in google, I noticed some1 who was updating > >cunaform, also a script called zenity, also, speedy_ocr. Maybe > >these are not exact spellings or punctuation, but I suppose some > >of you know what I am looking for? > >As far as Socrates, I can still find commands which maybe did grab > >it in the past, but where if anywhere is their a straight > >download, which would work in Debian 2.632? > >Also, if there are repos I should include, please > >inform--and-thanks so much in advance > >Hart > >_______________________________________________ > >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, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document > Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at > http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
