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OCR and Scanner prog for Debian (Ubuntu/kubuntu)

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Durham
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OCR and Scanner prog for Debian (Ubuntu/kubuntu)

#1 Post by Durham »

I'm a teacher at a school that primarily uses Linux. At my school there are two blind pupils, and the teachers uses scanner and OCR-program to convert text in books and newspapers to braille-print. To do this we use computers with WinXP and OmniPage. (I would love to replace this OS)

Are there good for OCR and Scanning?
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#2 Post by domecq »

Yes there are.

Debian has SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) and an OCR program.

Now, the problem is that there are some scanners out there that are not "Linux-friendly".

Let me know what scanner(s) you have (make and model helps a lot) so I can check this compatibility for you.

Cheers,

Domecq
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