This posting is only for test purposes. I am trying to add #linux-india chat channel (server: freenode.net) using a widget from mibbit.
Wednesday 3 September, 2008
Wednesday 25 June, 2008
Free / Open Source OCR software
I came across a nice, easy and free OCR software.
The name is "Softi Free OCR Software"
http://www.softi.co.uk/freeocr.htm
I have personally found it very accurate and free.
It had a downside in version 1.0, as you were not allowed to perform OCR on a portion of image.
In version 2.4, that problem is not more as you can easily select a portion of image on which OCR is to be performed.
I wish it had automatic layout detection. At least the ability to identify that the image contains two page scans would be really useful when it comes to scanning from paper book.
I hope in future release, they would add the functionality of performing OCR on images in PDF document. That would be really handy.
P.S. :: The software itself may not be open source, but it doesnt matter much as it is only a GUI frontend to popular command-line OCR engine name Tesseract.
http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/
The name is "Softi Free OCR Software"
http://www.softi.co.uk/freeocr.htm
I have personally found it very accurate and free.
It had a downside in version 1.0, as you were not allowed to perform OCR on a portion of image.
In version 2.4, that problem is not more as you can easily select a portion of image on which OCR is to be performed.
I wish it had automatic layout detection. At least the ability to identify that the image contains two page scans would be really useful when it comes to scanning from paper book.
I hope in future release, they would add the functionality of performing OCR on images in PDF document. That would be really handy.
P.S. :: The software itself may not be open source, but it doesnt matter much as it is only a GUI frontend to popular command-line OCR engine name Tesseract.
http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/
Tuesday 20 May, 2008
Pidgin Portable 2.4.1 issues / tweaks
i had a few issues with latest version of pidgin portable.
first, i wanted to use escape key to close chat window
second, type ahead search in buddy list was not working.
third, launching pidgin ( when application was already open ) resulted in opening of new instance. i wanted the buddy list to get opened instead.
solution of first:
add this line to accels file located in .purple directory
(gtk_accel_path "/Conversation/Close" "Escape")
then you would have to press "Escape" instead of "Ctrl W" for closing chat window
solution of second:
this issue is already discussed in below mentioned link. the problem is not is pidgin, but with gtk software which is a dependency.
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4966#comment:4
Temporary solution is to copy file: %GTK+_WORK_DIR%\bin\libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll from GTK+ 2.12.6 which can be downloaded from this link.
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtk+/2.12/gtk+-2.12.6.zip
solution of third:
not yet out. however, i have raised this issue in portableapps forums, and am waiting eagerly for reply.
http://portableapps.com/node/12980
as an alternative, i keep the buddylist window open all the time. in this case i can reach pidgin by alt tab window switching keyboard shortcut.
first, i wanted to use escape key to close chat window
second, type ahead search in buddy list was not working.
third, launching pidgin ( when application was already open ) resulted in opening of new instance. i wanted the buddy list to get opened instead.
solution of first:
add this line to accels file located in .purple directory
(gtk_accel_path "
then you would have to press "Escape" instead of "Ctrl W" for closing chat window
solution of second:
this issue is already discussed in below mentioned link. the problem is not is pidgin, but with gtk software which is a dependency.
http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4966#comment:4
Temporary solution is to copy file: %GTK+_WORK_DIR%\bin\libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll from GTK+ 2.12.6 which can be downloaded from this link.
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtk+/2.12/gtk+-2.12.6.zip
solution of third:
not yet out. however, i have raised this issue in portableapps forums, and am waiting eagerly for reply.
http://portableapps.com/node/12980
as an alternative, i keep the buddylist window open all the time. in this case i can reach pidgin by alt tab window switching keyboard shortcut.
PodcastAlley.com - one stop location to find podcasts
i recently caught up with the fever of listening to linux podcasts. in the process of exploring web, i came across this website which can be used to find any podcast of your interest.
http://www.podcastalley.com
if you dont know what a podcast is, it is a site which provides audio episodes on some topic, over a regular interval of time, in a format playable by most of the digital music players, like iPod.
http://www.podcastalley.com
if you dont know what a podcast is, it is a site which provides audio episodes on some topic, over a regular interval of time, in a format playable by most of the digital music players, like iPod.
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