RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:36:54 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php | ||
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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]
>
> Sure, but then the scanning device would have to be connected to the
> server. I suppose you could open a socket and stream the information to
> the server and then have PHP read and interpret the stream as it
> arrives. See how complex this is becoming?
It was JUST as complex the first time someone did it in C, or Java, or
what have your for a chosen language.
Cheers,
Rob.
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