Gscan2pdf -- Scan, OCR Text, PDF, DjVu - Linux Mint 8

install gscan2pdf & tesseract-ocr

The gscan2pdf homepage is http://gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net/

Only two clicks are required to scan several pages and then save all or a
selection as a PDF or DjVu file, including metadata if required.

gscan2pdf can control regular or sheet-fed (ADF) scanners with SANE via
scanimage or scanadf, and can scan multiple pages at once. It presents a
thumbnail view of scanned pages, and permits simple operations such as
rotating and deleting pages.

PDF conversion is done by PDF::API2.

The resulting document may be saved as a PDF, DjVu, multipage TIFF file, or
single page image file.


The Tesseract OCR engine was originally developed at HP between 1985 and 1995.
It was open-sourced by HP and UNLV in 2005 and Google has lead further
development.

The Tesseract OCR engine was one of the top 3 engines in the 1995 UNLV
Accuracy test. Between 1995 and 2006 it had little work done on it, but it
is probably one of the most accurate open source OCR engines available. It
will read a binary, grey or color image and output text.

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[koshinda]

hey gotbletu, been watching ur videos, and i'd like to thanks for helping ppl changing into linux the easy way! anyway, id like to ask u if gscan2pdf recognizes simplified chinese? if not, is there any software that does the job in linux? i use windows xp in virtualbox only to use two softwares that i havent found for linux, one is text to speech and the other is ocr in simplified chinese! thx m8

[gotbletu]

@koshinda no chinese support at the moment, but u can try Abbyy Finereader under wine, think version 8 or below works fine

[alexandr1us]

Your speech is awesome, don't get me wrong ;)

[realbakkerbart]

Great programm, newbie with Linux Mint. This is first class. It recognised my Canon Lide 60 scanner and it works.

Thanks guys!!

[Ov3rK1LL3000]

@gotbletu hahaha nice one m8

[reygun30012]

i have a book 500pages , scan this is very dificult XD

[Flashkidgotsuspended]

@gotbletu HAHAHAHAHAHA! Que guay!

FK

[koshinda]

@gotbletu ill try it out! thx again for replying to message m8! peace to u all!

[LaKoentjuh]

1:34

[linkabove]

@fatsterfatster i dont hear it. and if it annoys you.. stop watching.

[AndroidAdvocate]

@MrShoy thanks for the advice it is much appreciated .