RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php

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 > renamed, > and be organized into a directory and the file name will be added to a > database. (all of these steps are straight forward once the number is > read.) > I have no problem with a system that requires a special OCR font and/or > some > sort of registration mark to help locate the Invoice number. Can anybody > tell > me of any tools out there that can do this? > [/snip] > > In short PHP cannot perform OCR functions. You could insert an OCR > application into the process and have the OCR app pass PHP the > information. Why can PHP not perform OCR functions? Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'