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Use the new ocr commandline tools.



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cuneiform:

- install cuneiform
   apt-get install cuneiform
- copy /usr/share/xsane/ocr-scripts/xsane2cunei.sh to /usr/local/bin
   cp /usr/share/xsane/ocr-scripts/xsane2cunei.sh /usr/local/bin
- at "xsane -> Setup -> Preferences -> OCR" add:
   OCR command: /usr/local/bin/xsane2cunei.sh -l <language> -f <format> -e <extraoptions>
   Input file: -i
   Output file: -o
- for <language>, <format> or <extraoptions> please read the cuneiform man page.



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tesseract-ocr:

- install tesseract-ocr and at minimum one language file
   apt-get install tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-[eng|fra|ita|ndl|por|spa|vie|deu|deu-frak]
- copy /usr/share/xsane/ocr-scripts/xsane2tess3.sh to /usr/local/bin
   cp /usr/share/xsane/ocr-scripts/xsane2tess3.sh /usr/local/bin
- at "xsane -> Setup -> Preferences -> OCR" add:
   OCR command: /usr/local/bin/xsane2tess3.sh -l <language> <extraoptions>
   Input file: -i
   Output file: -o
- for <language> or <extraoptions> please read the tesseract-ocr man page.



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ocrad:

- install ocrad
   apt-get install ocrad
- copy /usr/share/xsane/ocr-scripts/xsane2ocrad.shh to /usr/local/bin
   cp /usr/share/xsane/ocr-scripts/xsane2ocrad.sh /usr/local/bin
- at "xsane -> Setup -> Preferences -> OCR" add:
   OCR command: /usr/local/bin/xsane2ocrad.sh -e <extraoptions>
   Input file: -i
   Output file: -o
- for <extraoptions> please read the ocrad man page.