[leglug-users] Pen scanner

[George H]

As far as I know, if I wanted to get a pen-scanner with OCR working
under linux I'd install the folowing packages:

sane-backends  (www.sane-project.org)
xsane (www.xsane.org)
gocr (jocr.sf.net)

Then the rest is all editing the config files and what not...should
work with most USB ocr pens

On 4/10/07, naim abu darwish <naim.abu.darwish at gmail.com> wrote:
> Practically speaking a pen scanner is just like a normal flat bed
> scanner, only its scans an image the size of an average printer text
> character, say 5 mm in height, and you move your hand to trace a line
> after the other.
> Other than that, its just like a flat bed scanner. So the real
> question is, is there any text recognition software for Linux. If
> there is such a thing for normal flat bed scanners, i dont see why not
> for pen scanners as well.
>
> On 4/10/07, Chady Kassouf <chady.kassouf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My cousin bought an older model of these a couple of years ago, I'll see if
> > I can get my hands on it and test it on Linux.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/9/07, naim abu darwish <naim.abu.darwish at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > hello,
> > >
> > > Just wondering if anyone bought something similar to this::
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.irislink.com/c2-508/IRISPen-Express---pen-scanner.aspx
> > >
> > > To use it as a scanner, I'm sure there are drivers for scanner
> > > software on Linux, but I'm more interested in the text recognition
> > > features. Not sure if there is something for that on Linux, not
> > > neccessarily  that model exactly, just any pen scanner with text
> > > recognition capable software.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions appreciated.
> > >
> > > Greetings
> > > -Naim
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