Open Source Journal
After testing the FineReader, OmniPage, ReadIRIS, and SimpleOCR, Aspire,
Tesseract….it is evident that ABBYY FineReader 9 is the best overall value,
while ReadIRIS is the best OCR software for under $150.
The main features that differentiate OCR software are:
Character recognition accuracy Page layout reconstruction accuracy Support
for languages Support for searchable PDF output Speed User interface API /
SDK Support / Consulting Stability of the engine when processing large
documents
Following are some of the Softwares that I played with and compared.
SimpleOCR SimpleOCR is the popular freeware OCR software with hundreds of
thousands of users worldwide. SimpleOCR is also a royalty-free OCR SDK for
developers to use in their custom applications. If ... (more)
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Pradeep Gupta is founder and CEO of CyberMedia (www.cybermedia.co.in). The
company publishes 16 magazines, numerous websites, events, TV programs,
conducts market research and custom publishing.
The company is India’s licensee for IDC research.
CyberMedia is headquartered in Gurgaon in the National Capital Region ... (more)
Cloud Computing Expo on Ulitzer
The talk at the Cloud Computing Expo this week in Santa Clara was all about
enterprise cloud adoption. Is it real? Is it already happening? If so,
who’s doing it, which applications are they running and which clouds are
being tested?
To a large extent, cloud computing is a victim of its own somewhat
out-of-control hype cycle. Since so much has been written... (more)
SOA in the Cloud Expo
WSO2, the open source SOA company, today announced the launch of the WSO2
Cloud Platform. Available today, the new WSO2 Cloud Platform features a
family of WSO2 Cloud Virtual Machines; WSO2 Cloud Connectors for enabling
fast, secure cloud services; and the multi-tenant
WSO2 Governance-as-a-Service.
TIBCO Software is also working to offer a similar SOA platform in th... (more)
WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 10/30/09 -- SYS-CON Events announced
today that the 5th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo will
take place April 19-20-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New
York City.
The International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is the world's
leading Cloud-focused event and is held three times a year, in New York,
Sili... (more)