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Hi, It wasn't a recommendation since I never try it, but I've heard a lot of good about tesseract. It was currently developed by Google, but I don't know if they use it. Some link : - http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract_%28software%29 Hope this help, Emmanuel Di Pretoro 2009/2/3 Alberto Accomazzi <[log in to unmask]> > Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but I was wondering if any of you clever > fellows have a recommendation for an OCR package, possibly with a native > linux port. I know about OCRopus but I have a feeling that commercial > products still have a significant edge over public domain packages. So what > are you using and/or do you know what the big guys (google, IA, microsoft) > are using? > > Thanks, > -- Alberto > > > -- > Dr. Alberto Accomazzi aaccomazzi(at)cfa harvard edu > Project Manager > NASA Astrophysics Data System ads.harvard.edu > Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics www.cfa.harvard.edu > 60 Garden St, MS 67, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA >