Re: Do any OCR (Optical Character Recognition) modules exist in Perl ?

No, and from what I hear, OCR technology is so patent-encombered that a Free Software implementation is out of the question for the forseeable future.

"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.

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Re^2: Do any OCR (Optical Character Recognition) modules exist in Perl ? by Fletch (Bishop) on Feb 07, 2005 at 19:04 UTC
. . . a Free Software implementation is out of the question for the forseeable future. That might come as a surprise to these people . . .	[reply]
Re^2: Do any OCR (Optical Character Recognition) modules exist in Perl ? by meredith (Friar) on Feb 24, 2005 at 23:49 UTC
... or these people, too. `mhoward - at - hattmoward.org`	[reply]