[sane-devel] FYI: O C R - LIOS-1.1 Released

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A scanner is a very useful device for persons with vision impairments, and 
OCR is an important part of it!
So this is just fyi, for your information and for those with ocr
requirments:

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From: sathayn linux 
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:32:23 +0530

LIOS-1.1 Released

*LIOS-1.1*

Lios is a free and open source software for converting print in to text
using a scanner. It can also produce text out of scanned images from other
sources. Program is given total accessibility for visually impaired. Lios
is written in python and we release it under GPL3 licence. Lios will work
with Debian based operating systems. Lios is an effort from the easy-ocr
development team. There are great many possibilities for this program.
Feedback is the key to it.
HOW TO INSTALL

Download deb file from here
http://linux-intelligent-ocr-solution.googlecode.com/files/linux_Intelligent_Ocr_Solution_1.1.debopen
it and install
Features1 Single scan & Repeated Scanning,2 Scan images from folder,3 Scan
images from Pdf,4 24 Language support (Given at the end),5 Full GUI
environment,6 Selection of starting page number, page numbering mode and
number of pages to scan7 Selection of Scan area, brightness, resolution and
time between repeated scanning8 Full Auto Rotation,9 Brightness optimizer,10
Audio converter,11 Easily Accessible Preference Window,12 5 OCR Engines
(OCROPUS,CUNEIFORM,TESSERACT,GOCR,OCRAD),13 Good text manipulation with
Find, Go-To-Page, Go-To-Line, Append file, Punch File.14 Display
Preferences for Low vision,15 Dictionary Support for english(Artha)16 And
more features are in the preferences.expecting your feedback.
nalin4linux77 at gmail.com and sath.linux at gmail.comHow to start using lios.1.
Scanning.

In order to start new scan, first press ctrl+n and then press f9 for single
scan or ctrl f9 for repeated scanning. To set the scanning preferences
press ctrl+p and set the starting page number, Mode of page numbering,
double page mode if you intend to keep 2 pages at a time, rotation to
select the way in which you want the program to rotate the images before
conversion. In full automatic rotation mode, one can keep the book in 00 90
180 and 270 degree angle. In partial rotation mode program will scan once
to find out the position of the book and then the rotation will be kept. in
manual mode one should select the angle. partial and manual mode is faster
than full auto rotation mode in ocr process. One can select the number of
pages to be scanned at a stretch by setting number of pages in the case of
repeated scanning. one can stop all scanning process by pressing ctrl f4.
2. Scan from folder.

Lios can convert scanned images from other sources. It can convert jpg,
jpeg, tif, tiff png, pnm, formats. To convert the images in a folder,
select scan from folder option by pressing ctrl u and then select the input
folder.
3. Scan Pdf file.

Select scan pdf from file menu and then select the input file. It is
recommended that one can use ocropus as engine more efficiently in pdf
conversion.
4. Brightness checker.

To set a n exact value of brightness or threshold is the best way to ensure
maximum efficiency out of ocr engines. To find out the best value, go to
tools menu and select brightness checker. This utility will scan for 15 or
17 times to complete the process. after the process, number of words
detected at different values will be shone in tabs. If you want to know the
precise value only, shift tab and then tab to apply the value.
5. Audio conversion.

lios can convert the text opened in lios to wav files. To convert the text
in to speech, go to tools menu and select audio converter.
6. Text Manipulation.

To go to page, press ctrl+g and then type the page number, and tab to ok.
In the case of double page type only odd number, for example 1 in the case
of 1-2 and 11 in the case of 11-12. One can go to any line by pressing
ctrl+l and ctrl+f will help to find any word in the document.
7. Display preferences.

display preferences in the edit menu will help to set fond size, color ,
italic, bold and color of the background.
8. Engines.

There are 5 engines in lios.out of these only cuneiform can handle 24
languages, list given at the end. all other engines can handle only
English. Cuneiform is good for speed and picture skipping ,ocropus is good
for layout analysis and pdf conversion.
9. Artha.

There is a dictionary support for english, First activate artha in
accessories, select the word and press alt+ctrl+w and Tab to find out the
Meaning.
Cuneiform support Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English,
Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish,
Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Russian-English bilingual, Serbian, Slovene,
Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.Disclaimer

Copyright (c) 2010 EASY-OCR development team

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