[leglug-users] Pen scanner

[naim abu darwish]

it would help if i know exactly what im google'ing for next time::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_scanner#Hand_scanner

 what i actually need is a handheld scanner, and here is a whole list
of supported handheld scanners.

http://www.willamowius.de/scanner.html

On 4/10/07, George H <george.dma at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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