ubuntu linux

[cody]

Ubuntu also comes with XSane which works very well with orca...thoiugh I am 
trying to get it to scan documents. when I first scanned the text I had to 
click translate or convert I can't remember. It never worked right thoiught 
for me though I know it can be done.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Shang" <Geoff at quitelikely.com>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: ubuntu linux


> Josh wrote:
>
>> How do I burn the ubuntu cd?
>
> This will depend on what CD burning program you have.  You will need it to 
> be able to accept an ISO9660 CD image.
>
>> Is there an OCR program for ubuntu so i can scan and read documents using 
>> my scanner to scan printed materials?
>
> There are two components - the scanning engine and the OCR software.  The 
> scanning engine is called Sane.  You can find out about it at 
> www.sane-project.org
>
> There are a few open source OCR packages.  One is called Gocr and has been 
> around for some time.  It's accuracy is not mind-numbing, but it is 
> improving and has been around for awhile.  It's at jocr.sourceforge.net
>
> I found a good article reviewing several free offerings.  It's at 
> http://groundstate.ca/ocr
>
> There is also a commercial package called OCR Shop.  This has been around 
> for awhile and I know a number of people who have used it.  I was a little 
> surprised to not find this one mentioned in the review.  It's at 
> www.vividata.com
>
> Finally, I should point out that LInux in general is not a nice cozy 
> environment like Windows.  It will be difficult to get some things to 
> work, and much will require editing configuration files in a text editor 
> rather than using nice preferences dialog boxes.  If you're not prepared 
> to do a lot of reading and getting your hands dirty, Linux is not for you. 
> Also, people tend to be more willing to help if you can demonstrate that 
> you've already tried to find the answers for yourself.  MOst of them had 
> to do this and expect you to at least try to do the same.  If you don't 
> want to do this, don't expect that your questions will continue to be 
> answered. People will eventually get sick of answering your questions and 
> just ignore them.
>
> Geoff.
>
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