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by psychonaut
04 Nov 2012, 12:55
Forum: Software
Topic: openSUSE packages
Replies: 26
Views: 40448

Re: openSUSE packages

I see Tesseract 3.02 was released a few days ago. Are there any plans for updating the version in the Lazy Kent openSUSE Build Service repository?
by psychonaut
05 Sep 2012, 18:26
Forum: HELP
Topic: How to override a PDF's paper size or DPI?
Replies: 0
Views: 3320

How to override a PDF's paper size or DPI?

I'm using the PDFBeads tool to produce PDFs with a hidden layer of OCR'd text. A problem I've encountered is that PDFBeads apparently can't handle source images where the horizontal and vertical DPI differ; the PDFs it produces from such files have the hOCR text all over the place. One solution I'm ...
by psychonaut
05 Sep 2012, 09:27
Forum: Tutorials/How-To's
Topic: My Free Software workflow
Replies: 2
Views: 5500

Re: My Free Software workflow

daniel_reetz wrote:What's an MFP?
MFP stands for "multifunction printer". It's a photocopier that can also be used as a printer and scanner.
by psychonaut
05 Sep 2012, 08:11
Forum: Software
Topic: openSUSE packages
Replies: 26
Views: 40448

Re: openSUSE packages

Lazy_Kent, thanks so much for contributing these openSUSE packages. I'm making extensive use of your tesseract, pdfbeads, and exact-image RPMs. (In fact, your repository is the only source I could find for the exact-image binaries and sources—neither seems to be available on the developer's website....
by psychonaut
05 Sep 2012, 07:06
Forum: Tutorials/How-To's
Topic: My Free Software workflow
Replies: 2
Views: 5500

My Free Software workflow

Greetings, all. I'm currently involved in a project to digitize the entire 100+ year archive of the Socialist Standard , the newspaper of the Socialist Party of Great Britain. I want to end up with a polished, user-friendly, downloadable or DVD-ROM distribution. I'm working pretty much on my own (th...