Cannot OCR image from within Kooka

[Bernard Drapeau]

Binary package hint: kooka

I tried to run ocrad in kooka, it stalls.

From the command line I called ocrad with the image in PNM format, it works. (The output is not correct, but that's a point on the character recognition on cursive letters, not the behaviour of the program.)

I scanned the front page of a modem manual. in kooka, my prefered image output format is PNG. I called "Image » OCR Image...". Then Started the OCR with the Start button in the Dialog Box. it stalls.

Ocrad supports PNM format only. Does the image format have an influence?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Feb 24 14:08:49 2008
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.2.3-1ubuntu2
 libstdc++6 4.2.3-1ubuntu2
 gcc-4.2-base 4.2.3-1ubuntu2
 libc6 2.7-5ubuntu2
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: ocrad 0.17-2
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: ocrad
Uname: Linux silex 2.6.24-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 14 20:40:45 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[David Mills (d-mills)]

Could you please add the output when running kooka from the command line, as well as /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages

[Bernard Drapeau (bernard-drapeau)]

Clarification. I ran ocrad from a shell. Not form within a shell within kooka. Form the shell it works.

When I run ocrad from within Kooka's userinterface, it stalls.

The test image is joined to the reply.

The command line output is following.

-----------------------------------------------------
At the shell I typed:
drapeaub@silex:~$ ocrad --charset=iso-8859-15 Pictures/kscan_0004.pnm
-
HiSh PerfnrmanLe
V.32bi_V.42bis
14,400 BP_ Internal
FArnuice/Dald
modem

_e_'o m_Ny__

-
-

CunLcnls
SPcliun OnP lnlrudul[inn .......................... l
J'LLlion T_U ln_lalldlilln ............................ l
Secliun ThrP_ tT _nmmalld SYl .................S
_eLlinn _.OUr _ ReRi_ILr_ ............................. | N
_eLl�nn Fi_L RP_Ull CudY_ .......................... | |
__.Llinn Six TrnublY_hoolinp .................... | I
SLLlion SL\ cn %pPcifiLdlinn_ ........................ | _
_eclinn EiRhl S_ppnrl _nd _cr\ice ............ |4
SL_tion \ine F_C, no_. T_np_riShl hnd
Ulher NuliLc_ ........................ |4

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[Bernard Drapeau (bernard-drapeau)]

/var/log/messages

[Bernard Drapeau (bernard-drapeau)]

/var/log/syslog

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Kooka was removed from KDE 4, so I'll mark this bug as won't fix. I am sure a better application, filling the gap of a scan application will appear soon and have this issue fixed.

Eitherway I also want to let you know that we, the Kubuntu team, really appreciate that you spent time to create this bug :-)

[komputes (komputes)]

Waiting for a better application. Meanwhile Kooka is still available on Ubuntu. If Kooka is a dead project, why not remove it since they are no longer developing/fixing bugs.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

It is not anymore in Kubuntu 8.10

Besides, skanlite is the current state-of-art of scanning in KDE (i.e. pretty new, missing billions of features but a lot potential).