Re: Please suggest OCR software

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 02:24:20PM +0200, Adam wrote:
> > Looking to convert some printed (not handwritten) document scans into
> > text using OCR.
> > 
> > In pkgsrc/graphics notice, claraocr, gocr, ocrad, tesseract.
> > 
> > Looking for command line usage and preferably small footprint. A decent
> > accuracy level is acceptable.
> > 
> > If someone has used any OCR software from pkgsrc on NetBSD, kindly share
> > your advice/experience.
> > 
> > Mayuresh
> 
> Tesseract is quite nice and easy to use. It also has an easy API. The package is large, because it contains data for many languages.

Agreed, but don't forget to tell Tesseract the correct language, it
makes a huge difference when it comes to recognition.

Joerg