Linux OCR solution

[tienlbhoc]

Thank for introduction, but not really good recognize

[ktat]

Hi, I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx. I've just installed the .deb from nalin's link. There were no errors during the install process, however, nothing happens when I click on the short cut in the applications menu.

I tried starting from the terminal with the command:

lios

and got:

lios: command not found

Then I tried:

xxx@ubuntu-10:~$ cd /usr/share/lios/
xxx@ubuntu-10:/usr/share/lios$ ./lios.py

and got the errors:

import: unable to read X window image `': Resource temporarily unavailable @ xwindow.c/XImportImage/5020.
./lios.py: line 8: global: command not found
from: can't read /var/mail/espeak
from: can't read /var/mail/multiprocessing
from: can't read /var/mail/subprocess
./lios.py: line 13: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./lios.py: line 13: `directory = ("%s/LIOS" % (os.environ['HOME']))'

I would really like to test this software out, can anyone help with this, please?

[Waddle]

I could not get this to run properly on kubuntu 11.10. I also had problems uninstalling the package, and had to resort to deleting it manually as the packaged uninstall scripts failed. Will be a useful application if it can be fixed.

I have the same problem in Kubuntu 12.04. How did you actually un-install it? Thank you!

[NewAmercnClasic]

Google Docs will read and convert PDF image texts to editable text files, however it leaves much to be desired as the formatting gets a little crazy and the load times are not quick. I would definitely prefer a native OS solution out of the box with Ubuntu.

[kagashe]

I was looking for good OCR software to convert scanned PDF files to text and tried ABBYY Fine Reader online but after converting 3 pages the free trial stopped. Before that I had tried pdfocr and tesseract. Then I discovered this thread. This is working very well. Thank you.

[M3m3nt0]

I downloaded the 1.7 version and installed through Ubuntu Software Center on a Ubuntu 12.04 x64 machine.
When I launch the program I got this error:

~$ lios
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/lios", line 3, in <module>
    from lios.lios import *
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/lios/lios.py", line 12, in <module>
    import gnomecanvas
ImportError: No module named gnomecanvas

Can someone help try this OCR?

[kagashe]

I downloaded the 1.7 version and installed through Ubuntu Software Center on a Ubuntu 12.04 x64 machine.
When I launch the program I got this error:

~$ lios
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/lios", line 3, in <module>
    from lios.lios import *
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/lios/lios.py", line 12, in <module>
    import gnomecanvas
ImportError: No module named gnomecanvas

Can someone help try this OCR?

Install python-gnomedesktop and python-gnome2

Kamalakar

[Buntu Bunny]

I have missed OCR with Ubuntu and was delighted to find this thread. Sounds like there are still some quirks, but I hope to give this a try soon.