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["Speedy Chair" <speedychair@xxxxxxxx>]

I am glad to see real activity with cuneiform for Linux!  Is there a more recent Ubuntu package available?  I have been writing a bash script which uses zenity dialogs to further simplify OCR and scanning functions.  It is part of the Vinux distribution (vinux.org.uk), which is customized and provides a stable environment for users of screen readers and magnifiers.  Many serious accessibility issues have been fixed and sent upstream to the main Ubuntu distribution.  Vinux 3.0, is vased on Ubuntu 10.0.4 Lucid.  My script, called 'speedy-ocr' currently revolves around cuneiform 0.7.0 package in the Ubuntu repository.  

As you might guess, OCR is very important to this community!  They are also forced to pay over $1,000 US for a Windows solution or for most blind people just manage without this Important capability!  

I am very interested in the latest 1.0 release.  Is the automatic image conversion directly with ImageMagick++ new to version 1.0?  Are there any other significant additions?  We had a user who unknowingly upgraded cuneiform to version 0.9, which caused errors and basically breaks the script (his assessment).  Have there been changes to the command line syntax or the processing that might impact a bash script written to cuneiform 0.7?  

What is required to install ImageMagick++ for Ubuntu Lucid?  If desirable, Vinux might be interested in providing a cuneiform 1.0 package on the Vinux LaunchPad until it is picked up by Ubuntu repositories.  


What is the state of cuneiform in regards to Open Source?  Vinux has a segment who are purists.  There is even a Libra edition.  Personally, I load up as much functionality as possible, including low cost solutions like IBM's Text to Speech, Voxin.  

Don Marang