On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 06:22, Eli Marmor wrote: > Eli Marmor wrote: > > > > Aaron wrote: > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > I need a good ocr program for hebrew preferably on linux but if not I > > > will settle for windoze. Any suggestions?? > > > > There are several Open Source options: > > > > 1. Clara. > > 2. Illuminator (IF you find it). > > 3. Didi wrote once a quick-n-dirty OCR with Hebrew support. > > Oops. > I didn't see the need for Hebrew. > I think that at least in (1) and (2), Hebrew is not built in. > So you will either have to add it, or to switch to a commercial > solution.
Add it?? > There are mainly 2 solutions, both for Windows: > Ligature (the most professional one), I saw 1800 dollars on the net. and Kotev I > will look (the cheaper). > Anyway, adding Hebrew is not a mission impossible. > You need 2 things for that: > > 1. To teach the engine - usually it's easy to teach it, and even > doesn't require any patch. > 2. To make some minor patches so right-to-left will be supported > instead of right-to-left. You must be a programmer for this. > > If you want to support mixed directional texts (Hebrew + Latin and/or > digits), it is going to be harder. My project is this. I have notated songs with hebrew lyrics I can't type hebrew to save my life and theres tons of text. there is also lots of information in hebrew on the songs. I actually need them translated but thats another issue. I will hardly have any mixed stuff. So where can I find out how to get claris or illuminator to see hebrew?? Thanks Aaron ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
