OCR from Clipboard

[bvenkatcbe]

Dear Gurus ,

I had developed an application which is exactly like paint brush application. The user can use mouse to write or draw on it. The user will be able to select any area of the application and copy them to clipboard. I have to give provision for converting the selected area in to textual characters. (OCR conversion). I tried using Kodak image OCR . but it is not working properly.Please suggest me some resources where I can find solutions.

Kindly help me.

Thanking you.
With regards
Venkat

[DerFarm]

There are several OCR packages out there, Wotan comes to
mind, but they don't seem to work very well.

I have used Textract, and I like it, but the people behind it don't
often answer the e-mails with questions. Its's also a bit pricey
(US$150). They do have a trial version, tho. It might pay you to
check it out.
http://www.structurise.com/

There is also a handy hotkey ocx control from

http://www.merrioncomputing.com/Download/index.htm

that is freeware. They are quite responsive (actually changed
the product to suit a peculiar situation that I needed) and willing
to help (resonably....)

HTH

[MerrionComputin]

Hi,

Although I'm flattered at the link, I don't think that the Hotkey control will help you in this instance.

Perhaps you could tell us what problems you are having with the Kodak Imaging Control? Are you converting handwriting or typed characters to text?

HTH,
Duncan

[bvenkatcbe]

It is not completing the process. The complete status code is 19 i.e (OCR cannot open or read the image file ).

I am using one image edit control,image ocr and picture box control. I cut certain portion from the picture box and copies them to clip image edit control. From the image edit control , I am trying to convet them into text characters.

Please find the appl. enclosed.

Thank you
With regards
Venkat

[bvenkatcbe]

I am trying to convert handwritten text to typed text. If possible download the code in the previous reply and figure out the error.

With regards
Venkat