GNU ocrad 0.25 Copyright (C) 2015 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

GNU Ocrad is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program based on a feature extraction method. It reads images in pbm (bitmap), pgm (greyscale) or ppm (color) formats and produces text in byte (8-bit) or UTF-8 formats. The pbm, pgm and ppm formats are collectively known as pnm. Ocrad includes a layout analyser able to separate the columns or blocks of text normally found on printed pages. For best results the characters should be at least 20 pixels high. If they are smaller, try the --scale option. Scanning the image at 300 dpi usually produces a character size good enough for ocrad. Merged, very bold or very light (broken) characters are normally not recognized correctly. Try to avoid them. Usage: ocrad [options] [files] Options: -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit -a, --append append text to output file -c, --charset=<name> try '--charset=help' for a list of names -e, --filter=<name> try '--filter=help' for a list of names -E, --user-filter=<file> user-defined filter, see manual for format -f, --force force overwrite of output file -F, --format=<fmt> output format (byte, utf8) -i, --invert invert image levels (white on black) -l, --layout perform layout analysis -o, --output=<file> place the output into <file> -q, --quiet suppress all messages -s, --scale=[-]<n> scale input image by [1/]<n> -t, --transform=<name> try '--transform=help' for a list of names -T, --threshold=<n%> threshold for binarization (0-100%) -u, --cut=<l,t,w,h> cut input image by given rectangle -v, --verbose be verbose -x, --export=<file> export results in ORF format to <file> If no files are specified, ocrad reads the image from standard input. If the -o option is not specified, ocrad sends text to standard output. Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file not found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or invalid input file, 3 for an internal consistency error (eg, bug) which caused ocrad to panic. Report bugs to bug-ocrad@gnu.org Ocrad home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/ocrad/ocrad.html General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp