From kde-devel  Tue Mar 06 16:24:48 2012
From: Mario Fux <kde-ml () unormal ! org>
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:24:48 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: GSoC idea: improving scanning and OCR in KDE (skanlite/kooka)
Message-Id: <201203061724.48198.kde-ml () unormal ! org>
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Am Dienstag 06 M=E4rz 2012, 14.16:34 schrieb Klaas Freitag:

Morning Jos=E9 and Klaas

> > I'm considering to apply to GSoC this year, and if I do, I would like to
> > improve the status of scanning and optical character recognition in KDE;
> > being more specific:
> > =

> > =

> > What I want to achieve
> > --------------------------------
> > ...
> > So... to sum up: it was/is easier to produce good djvu documents with
> > propietary software. I want a KDE'ish program to replace the expensive
> > "Document Express".
> =

> Thats a very ambitious target.

Absolutely.

[snip[

> > 2. Port kooka to the modern libksane.
> =

> Cool, but I think Kooka as an app needs much more than just a new
> underlying lib. Graphics apps nowadays are much more cool than Kooka
> ever was. So if you pick that I think you should be willing to bring
> Kooka to an up to date state. However I am not so sure if there is still
> a demand for that kind of app...

There is absolutely a demand for a KDE OCR app. As KDE wants to focus this =

year on Accessibility we should be aware that OCR is a big topic for blind =

people!

Thx
Mario

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