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From: Dav...@f1.n221.z2.fidonet.fi (Davey)
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Subject: Tesseract alternative
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:18:26 +0200
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by: Davey - Sun, 15 Aug 2021 08:18 UTC

I use Ubuntu 18.04, and I want to find an OCR programme to use with my
scanner. Research showed me that Tesseract was the most usual choice,
so I found and followed several different installation procedures, none
of which gave me a working OCR program. Further research showed that
there are several known problems with this, and no two people seemed to
have the same problem or fix. Eventually I gave up, having wasted hours
getting nowhere.
So I am looking for either a definitive way to get this working, or
more likely, an alternative OCR program.
The destination will usually be LibreOffice Write.

Advice or helpful suggestions welcome, please.
--
Davey.