Re: [Jocr-devels] What font is optimal for gocr?

[Bruno B. G. <br...@ge...>]

> "Hilton, Doug" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have downloaded and installed gocr. It is very promising! I am
> attempting to use it at work for batch scanning. Here is my
> dilemma:
> 
> o  Get ~ 130 forms weekly.
> o  Load into automatic document scanner
> o  Automatic batch scan, use gocr to make a textfile
> o  grep machine number from text file
> o  File scanned image to correct machine folder.
> 
> This would be great, and it works most of the time; however
> I need to improve my consistency.
> 
> What ghostscript font is best for gocr, and with what size
> and attributes?
> 
> I'm thinking like "courier bold 12pt", but would appreciate any
> suggestions. Also, I might be willing to work on an OCR font
> specially for gocr if I knew how best to make it.

	Did you see the examples? They are being pretty well recognized
by now. I believe that Roman will give you the best results. Try it
12pt and without any attributes.

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