Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-04 Thread Ray
On Tuesday 03 July 2007 12:03 am, Richard Lynch wrote: > On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:12 pm, Jay Blanchard wrote: > > [snip] > > > >> In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. > > > > Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was > > sadistic enough and talented enough there's n

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-03 Thread Andrei
Richard Lynch wrote: > On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:12 pm, Jay Blanchard wrote: > >> [snip] >> >>> In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. >>> >> Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was >> sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them >>

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-02 Thread Robert Cummings
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 01:03 -0500, Richard Lynch wrote: > On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:36 pm, Robert Cummings wrote: > > It was JUST as complex the first time someone did it in C, or Java, or > > what have your for a chosen language. > > No, it was more complex, because it wasn't PHP. > :-) Good poin

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:36 pm, Robert Cummings wrote: > It was JUST as complex the first time someone did it in C, or Java, or > what have your for a chosen language. No, it was more complex, because it wasn't PHP. :-) -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:12 pm, Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] >> In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. > > Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was > sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them > writing > > an OCR app using it. > [/snip] > > Su

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-07-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, June 29, 2007 11:32 am, Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php > script. > The > user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look > at > each > invoice and read a number off the invoice. The image will then be >

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-30 Thread Stut
Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing an OCR app using it. [/snip] Sure, but then the scanning device would have to

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-30 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 12:12 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > > In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. > > Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was > sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing > > an OCR app using it. > [/snip]

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-30 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] > In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing an OCR app using it. [/snip] Sure, but then the scanning device would have to be connected to the se

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 22:57 +0200, M. Sokolewicz wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:32 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: > >> [snip] > >> I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. > >> The > >> user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the ph

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Tijnema
On 6/29/07, M. Sokolewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: > On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:32 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: >> [snip] >> I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. >> The >> user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to lo

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread M. Sokolewicz
Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:32 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. The user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look at each invoice and read a number off the invoice. The image

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Crayon Shin Chan
On Saturday 30 June 2007 00:32, Jay Blanchard wrote: > In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. Why? PHP provides all requisite functions/features so if someone was sadistic enough and talented enough there's nothing to stop them writing an OCR app using it. > You could insert an OCR > app

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:32 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. > The > user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look at > each > invoice and read a number off the invoice. The image will then be >

Re: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Ray
On Friday 29 June 2007 10:32 am, you wrote: > [snip] > I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. > The > user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look at > each > invoice and read a number off the invoice. The image will then be > renamed, > an

RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

2007-06-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I am looking for a way to incorporate some simple OCR into a php script. The user will bulk scan a pile of invoices. I want the php script to look at each invoice and read a number off the invoice. The image will then be renamed, and be organized into a directory and the file name will be