Hi Timothy, first at all, sorry if you receive this message twice, but I sent a message five hours ago and I don't see it on mail.python.org/python-list.
Now at least the OP will receive it since I included it in a CC. This thread may give you an start: http://groups.google.ch/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/362ac64a3c3aece2/ It mentioned how to call simpleocr, which according to the website: http://www.simpleocr.com it is Royalty Free. I haven't tried it, so, I can say how accurate it is. Regards, Josef Timothy Smith wrote: > i'm looking for ocr librarys with reasonably free licensing and the > ablity to use python with them. c library's that i can call from python > are acceptable. > so far all i have run into is voodoo and wild claims. i've tried gocr, > and it wasn't very impressive. i'm like to be able to ocr handwriting > but it's not a major requirment. anyone with any pointers or idea's i'm > all ears. i'd really not like to have to use somthing like imagemagick > and start from scratch. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list