Try a browse / snoop at https://www.mjtnet.com/forum .

The script language there looks powerful and quite useful..

..if you can get the d*mn thing to work and run consistently.

Just look at this example..
http://www.oil4lessllc.org/Spastic/

These guys refuse to comment on garbage "operation" like this.

I need a scripting language to automate canning of pages,ten atomate
OCR, then pour into word or the ilk to turn into cleanly formatted and
correct text.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
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Robert Baer wrote:

Try a browse / snoop at https://www.mjtnet.com/forum .

The script language there looks powerful and quite useful..

..if you can get the d*mn thing to work and run consistently.

Just look at this example..
http://www.oil4lessllc.org/Spastic/

These guys refuse to comment on garbage "operation" like this.

I need a scripting language to automate scanning of pages,then automate OCR, then pour into word or the ilk to turn into cleanly formatted and correct text.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

OCR is junk science :-)

To work properly, it needs "continuous glyphs".
Much of the input to OCR, is not really the type it prefers.
Thus, it makes a mess of the recognition. 99% accurate only
at the best of times.

One OCR package I bought, I loaded the "sample sheet" of text
that came in the software box. The result ? Sparkling 100% accuracy.
Now, did the software ever do that a second time, on real input ?
Nope.

*******

Use an alternative window lister, to double check the name.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/winlister.html

While you're at it, check the "Class" value as well.
Being ancient software, it might not even be the right "Class"
to be recognized in the scripting environment.

When scripting, you might also want to try the following.

Setfocus>Untitled - Paraben/'s Screen Capture

See if the macro language has an "escape" character, which
is to be placed in front of punctuation characters. Or
maybe use this as an approach.

Setfocus>"Untitled - Paraben's Screen Capture"

You have to think like a scripter, no matter how
whizzy the language.

Paul
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Paul wrote:

Robert Baer wrote:

  Try a browse / snoop at https://www.mjtnet.com/forum .

  The script language there looks powerful and quite useful..

..if you can get the d*mn thing to work and run consistently.

  Just look at this example..
http://www.oil4lessllc.org/Spastic/

  These guys refuse to comment on garbage "operation" like this.

  I need a scripting language to automate scanning of pages,then
automate OCR, then pour into word or the ilk to turn into cleanly
formatted and correct text.

  Any suggestions?

   Thanks.

OCR is junk science :-)

To work properly, it needs "continuous glyphs".
Much of the input to OCR, is not really the type it prefers.
Thus, it makes a mess of the recognition. 99% accurate only
at the best of times.

One OCR package I bought, I loaded the "sample sheet" of text
that came in the software box. The result ? Sparkling 100% accuracy.
Now, did the software ever do that a second time, on real input ?
Nope.

*******

Use an alternative window lister, to double check the name.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/winlister.html

* Now where has this little gem been hiding?

While you're at it, check the "Class" value as well.
Being ancient software, it might not even be the right "Class"
to be recognized in the scripting environment.

When scripting, you might also want to try the following.

    Setfocus>Untitled - Paraben/'s Screen Capture

* Unequivently DIES as f 'Setfocus' a eXplicitly made to hang.

See if the macro language has an "escape" character, which
is to be placed in front of punctuation characters. Or
maybe use this as an approach.

* Nothing is even hinted about such a beast..
Besides, allowing focus to be set "inside" is JUST asking for trouble
in River City.

    Setfocus>"Untitled - Paraben's Screen Capture"

You have to think like a scripter, no matter how
whizzy the language.

* Thanks, will see...
I wound up DIY by hand, and discovered that instead of using mouse
for selecting 'File' pull-down then mouse for 'acquire', a simpler, time
saver is to use ALT+F then q.

OCR of results was fantastic, maybe due to high resolution, in region
of 1475x225.
Try high resolution next time especially if images are sharp.

Thanks.

   Paul

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