RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php
| From: | Richard Lynch | Date: | Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:03:02 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] simple OCR in php | ||
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On Sat, June 30, 2007 12:12 pm, 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?
No, the scanning device could be on a desktop that builds a folder of
files with names that can be tied back to the documents somehow.
Or, for what the OP asked for, the whole thing could be on a "server"
which is really a "desktop" where having the scanner connected would
be pretty normal.
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