Re: Form Tools (OCR)

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From: Dave Bushong
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:09

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swslr@well.sf.ca.us (Larry Krone) writes:

>I am looking for a C program (or DLL) that would allow me to scan a
>pre printed form store it (as a template), then scan a completed
>form and have the filled in areas pulled off so I could save as a
>graphic image...

>Any Ideas....

Wang's Form Editor, which is part of Lan Recognition Server for
OPEN/image, does what you are describing.  This is a pretty
common need for forms processing.

Our implementation lets the user draw rectangles around areas
that are expected to have data in them.  Then, at recognition
time, these rectangles are used when looking at parts of the
image for OCR.

Our implementation was pretty easy because we used the O/i IDK.
I looked around to see if there was anything available as
freeware or shareware, and if there was anything that we could
license, instead of developing it from the ground up.  I didn't
find anything that would fill our needs.

Hope this helps,
Regards,
Dave
-- 
Dave Bushong, Wang Laboratories, Inc.   Amateur Radio Callsign KZ1O
Project Leader, OCR products            kz1o@n0ary.#noca.ca.na
Internet: dbushong@wang.com

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