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zero - 30 Dec 2005 14:58 GMT

Hi all,

My brother asked me to look into making an OCR program specifically for old
texts (which modern OCR programs don't read correctly). Has someone here
done any OCR programming, or does someone have any hints or know of some
resources that can help me get started?

TIA
Zero

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Roedy Green - 30 Dec 2005 15:27 GMT

>My brother asked me to look into making an OCR program specifically for old
>texts (which modern OCR programs don't read correctly).

I think the newer programs learn the fonts as you go. You have to
train them with a lot of manual correction and first.
At least give ScanSoft TextBridge a try before you launch out on such
a major project.

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zero - 30 Dec 2005 16:56 GMT

>>My brother asked me to look into making an OCR program specifically
>>for old texts (which modern OCR programs don't read correctly).
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> At least give ScanSoft TextBridge a try before you launch out on such
> a major project.

A second problem with existing OCR software is the price... But thanks for
the suggestion :-)

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David Segall - 31 Dec 2005 02:36 GMT

>>>My brother asked me to look into making an OCR program specifically
>>>for old texts (which modern OCR programs don't read correctly).
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>A second problem with existing OCR software is the price... But thanks for
>the suggestion :-)

I don't think $80.00 <http://www.nuance.com/textbridge/> should be a
problem. Even if your labour is free you will have spent more than
eighty dollars in wear and tear on your hardware before you finish
this project :)

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