gImageReader 3.2.0 Manual

Contents

About

gImageReader is a frontent to tesseract-ocr written in C++.

Features

News

A detailed list of changes can be found in the commit log: https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader/commits/master

gImageReader 3.2.0 (Nov 23 2016):

gImageReader 3.1.99 (Oct 13 2016):

gImageReader 3.1.91 (May 03 2016):

gImageReader 3.1.90 (Apr 28 2016):

gImageReader 3.1.2 (Jun 30 2015):

gImageReader 3.1.1 (Jun 11 2015):

gImageReader 3.1 (May 1 2015):

gImageReader 3.0.1 (Jan 4 2015):

gImageReader 3.0 (Dec 12 2014):

gImageReader 2.93 (Apr 30 2014):

gImageReader 2.92 (Mar 19 2014):

gImageReader 2.91 (Feb 20 2014):

gImageReader 2.90 (Feb 11 2014):

Usage

Opening and importing images

Viewing and adjusting images

Preparing for recognition

Recognizing and post-processing in plain text mode

Recognizing and post-processing in hOCR, PDF mode

Program options

Installation of tesseract language definitions

Installation of spelling dictionaries

Contributing

For suggestions and contributions of any kind, please file tickets and/or pull-requests on the GitHub project page, or contact me at manisandro@gmail.com. I'd especially appreciate translations - here are the main steps for creating a translation:

  1. Download the latest source archive.
  2. Enter the po folder.
  3. To create a new translation, copy the gimagereader.pot file to <language>.po (i.e. de.po for German). To edit an existing translation, simply pick the corresponding file.
  4. Translate the strings in <language>.po.
  5. Send the po file to manisandro@gmail.com. Thanks!

Debugging and support

If you find an issue or have a suggestion, please file a ticket to the gImageReader issue tracker, or contact me directly at manisandro@gmail.com. Be sure to also consult the FAQ. If you are experiencing crashes or hangs, please also try to include the following information in the ticket/email:


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