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["Martin Mielke" <martin.mielke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

same problem here...

A text like, for example:

--
I'm trying to ocr some old typewritten  ...
--

would turn into something like:

---
-_-  -__| ocr s0me old _|||_  ...
---


Regards,
Martin


>
> Hi.
> I'm trying to ocr some old typewritten documents using xsane and
> gocr. There
> are many errors however. I've experimented with different
> brightness, gamma
> and contrast settings but can't seem to get acceptable quality. I've also
> tried kooka but it's won't scan nor preview the text and a good
> quality scan
> I adjusted from gimp still doesn't give good results. Any advice anyone?
>
> Thanks, Steve.
>
>