Re: [Bug-ocrad] OCR without loading a file

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

J.S. wrote:
> I want to use OCR for recognition of text within images that are loaded 
> from another software. The problem is that every OCR software I found
> (including  Ocrad) seem to _force_ you to specify a filename etc.

Ocrad does not force you to specify a filename. It can act as a filter.


> I thought maybe I had missed something, so here would be my twofold question:
> 1) Is there a wait to use libjocr to process an image directly (e.g. an 
> unsigned char*)

I don't know. Libjocr is not part of Ocrad.


> 2) If not: what would you suggest me to do? I'd be ready to contribute 
> some code but a bit of guidance would help a lot.

Try to execute ocrad through the `popen' function.


Regards,
Antonio.