Would this SDK ve able to convert an entire PDF image file into text? Would it convert the current page, even what is not visible? If so, could this be incorporated into your PDF2Text software? I have not used this application yet, but I should so I can read all of the Car Insurance documents I just signed.
I would be willing to contribute $30 to this project. I have only downloaded your GrabText software so far, but have not had time to try it so far. It sounds superior to what I have been working on. I suppose this would allow you to build a module for my QuickOCR application for that OCR Engine. But that would probably require the new, bundled, combined application to be distributed from your site to comply with the SDK license. It would probably not make any sense to have two similarr applications distributed on your site. I may retire my application before I get to version 1.0. Well I built it to meet my needs, to pass a handy utility on to others for free, and to catch up to application development in this decade. If this financing thing works out, I will have met all three goals.
Don Marang -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 7:36 AM To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "qubit" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Introducing GrabText app and financing problem
Thanks for the questions. As Tyler figured, the developer license is for a single individual. This could be anyone since the GragText code is open source and can be recompiled. Since I am the most familiar with its code, I am suggesting one option of covering a license for me.Another option is for someone to buy the individual license, which works on a single computer. I did that ($29) to verify that approach works. The trial version presents a message box saying the number of days left and giving a hardware ID for the current computer. You send that ID number after your purchase, and the company sends back an individually tailored user name and licence key. You can then input that in the GrabText Options dialog. After that, the trial message box will no longer be presented.It is my understanding that, with a developer license, I could compile the code in such a way that no one needs to buy a single computer license. If someone gains a different interpretation from the company's web site or documentation, however, please let us know.Let me know if you or others have more questions. Jamal On 3/26/2010 8:31 PM, qubit wrote:I just wondered if the license would make it free for everyone or just theperson who paid the $699. --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Littlefield"<tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To:<programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 7:29 PM Subject: Re: Introducing GrabText app and financing problem I think he wants people to contribute so that the software will be free rather than requiring a license. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield http://tds-solutions.net Twitter: sorressean On Mar 26, 2010, at 6:27 PM, qubit wrote:Jamal, are you suggesting that individuals pay $699 for a developers license? or are you asking people to send in contributions toward one person getting the developers license? If one person buys the $699 license, does that make it possible for multiple persons to access the source? or is that restricted? Sorry, just trying to iron out the terms. TIA --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamal Mazrui"<empower@xxxxxxxxx> To:<ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;<Program-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 5:33 PM Subject: Introducing GrabText app and financing problem Now available at http://EmpowermentZone.com/gtsetup.exe Thanks go to Donald Marang for getting me interested in the topic ofscreen OCR. My searches did not find a satisfactory free solution (GoogleTesseract, for example, does poorly on screen images). I did find and compare several commercial OCR libraries. Typically, an individual license costs in the hundreds of dollars, and a developer license in the thousands -- often, with royalties charged for each distributed program. I did find what seems like a worthwhile solution: Text Grab SDK by Renovation Software. Based on this library, GrabText can conveniently extract and gather text from almost any application windows. An individual license for the COM server library is $29 and a singledeveloper license is $699. If you want to consider contributing to a way of making GrabText freely available, read about the financing issue in theinitial documentation, pasted below. Source code is in the GrabText.cs file in the GrabText program folder. Jamal [Initial documentation] GrabText Beta 0.6 March 26, 2010 Copyright 2010 by Jamal Mazrui GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) DescriptionGrabText is a command-line utility and dialog interface for grabbing textfrom the screen. The command-line syntax is GrabText.exe SourceArea TargetOutput UserName LicenseKey The first parameter specifies the area of the screen to serve as the source of text. The choices are ActiveWindow, FocusControl, CaretClip, MouseClip, EveryArea, and PickWindow. Capitalization does not matter.ActiveWindow is the most common choice, referring to the top-level window that is currently active. FocusControl refers to the control within that window that has focus. CaretClip or MouseClip refer to the string of textat the caret or mouse position, respectively. EveryArea combines the previous four areas into a longer string. PickWindow presents a list of top-level windows from which to choose.The second parameter specifies what to do with the text: Voice (say it),MessageBox (display in a standard message box), Clipboard (append to the clipboard), or File (append to a file). The Voice, Clipboard, and File options are On by default. The default file name is GrabTextOutput.txt, stored in the GrabText data directory, which is located at %AppData%\GrabTextA configuration file, GrabText.ini, is also stored there. If a parameteris not specified on the command line, its value is retrieved from the configuration file, if present.The UserName and LicenseKey parameters are needed because GrabText dependson a commercial programming library called Text Grab SDK (software development kit), available from the web site http://renovation-software.com At the time of this writing, a single license costs $29. The trial version, distributed with GrabText, lasts for two weeks. Rather than buying an individual license, consider contributing to the cost of adeveloper license for the author of GrabText. This costs $699. It would enable GrabText to be fully and freely functional for any user. Note thatGrabText, itself, is open source, and no compensation is sought for its use. If anyone is able to set up a PayPal or equivalent site to be transparent about any money collection effort, please say so. The default hotkey for invoking GrabText is Alt+Control+F8. This may be changed by modifying properties of the GrabText shortcut on the Windows desktop. The installer, gtsetup.exe, creates a GrabText program group in the Windows Start Menu, with options for launching the program, uninstalling it, or reading this ddocumentation. The default program folder is C:\Program Files\GrabTextGrabText needs to be invoked with a global hotkey so you can extract fromthe current application window. Once launched, the program remains in memory until you explicitly terminate it. Subsequent invocations of theGrabText hotkey activate the current program in memory rather than loadingadditional copies.There is another desktop shortcut called GrabTextOptions. By default, it uses the same hotkey with a Shift added: Alt+Control+Shift+F8. It may be invoked either with its hotkey or from the desktop. This invokes a dialog with configuration options and utilities. The UserName and LicenseKey may be specified. You may change settings for the screen area or output type. You may inspect or clear the clipboard. You may pick an output file, openit, remove it, or browse the GrabText data folder. You may restoredefault settings, or present this documentation in your web browser. Youmay quit running GrabText. All controls of the dialog have unique Alt+Letter combinations -- except for the Cancel button, which is activated directly with the Escape key. I welcome feedback, which helps GrabText improve over time. Jamal Mazrui jamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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