[snip] > In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing an OCR app using it. [/snip] Sure, but then the scanning device would have to be connected to the server. I suppose you could open a socket and stream the information to the server and then have PHP read and interpret the stream as it arrives. See how complex this is becoming? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php