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Mentalix Application Note #10047

Sample Pixel!ENGINE OCR Script

Example 1: Convert faxes to text

#################################################################
#                                                               #
# This script can be used to convert faxes to text. You can     #
# invoke the script with the command:                           #
#                                                               #
#     engine ocrfax.tcl <image filename>                        #
#                                                               #
#################################################################
 
if {$argc >= 1} {
  set ifile $argv
  set img [image]
  $img load $ifile 

  # If this is a low-resolution fax image, then it 
  # should be scaled to get the best OCR results. 
  if { ([$img getxres] == 204) && ([$img getyres] == 98) } {
    set height [$img getheight]
    set newheight [expr $height * 2]
    $img scale [$img getwidth] $newheight
  }
  $img ocr /tmp/ocr.txt
} else {
  puts "Usage: $argv0 <image file pathname>"
}

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