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vulpes · Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 3

I know this might be asking too much,
but would it possible to convert difference in pixels into text?

Like read all the black pixels in a rectangular region and
translate that into text.

I'm figuring its gonna require a whole bunch of code Razz

,
but just thought I should ask

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10464

It'd be a great feature, but a lot of work. Perhaps there is some open source OCR software out there somewhere that could someday be integrated with AutoHotkey.

By the way, in addition to the normal OCR software, there is one utility I know of that actually "reads" text shown in any window by comparing it to the fonts you have installed. It's called Kleptomania (though it's not free).

Guest · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:26 pm Post subject:

Chris · Site Admin Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 10464

Sounds nifty. Perhaps it has a command line interface that would make it easy to integrate into a script? Even if it doesn't, I guess you could automate its GUI.

Jabberwock · Guest

I think OCR would be a bit of overkill. 90% of the apps and desktops use about three fonts, so it would be enough to compare the relevant bitmap patterns. But it still would be lots of work.

I tend to agree with the Kleptomania view, almost all text displayed in applications (even hidden passwords!) might be captured in some way from the system itself. The obvious exception would be text written in a word processor, etc.

Guest · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:19 am Post subject:

Program OCR is used for recognition Cyrillic letters. OCR is based on the backpropagation neural networks. OCR is developed as addition to masters thesis "Training neural networks for recognition Cyrillic letters".

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