[Pythonmac-SIG] Python OCR on the Mac?

[Laurent Pierron]

The OCR Software ReadIris Pro 9 from Iris (http://www.irislink.com/) 
has an Apple Event interface, but I haven't yet tried it.

A part of the AppleScript dictionary :

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Readiris Suite: Terms pertaining to Readiris

analyze: Analyze a page of the document
	analyze  reference  -- the page to be analyzed

auto recognize: Automatically recognize a list of documents
	auto recognize  reference  -- list of documents to open

deskew: Deskew a page of the document
	deskew  reference  -- the page to deskew

extract business cards: Extract business cards from a page of the 
document
	extract business cards

recognize: Recognize a document
	recognize  reference  -- the object to be recognized
		[saving to  file specification]  -- specifies the file to save the 
output to

rotate: Rotate a page of the document
	rotate  reference  -- the page to rotate
		by  clock90/anticlock90/clock180  -- the angle by which to rotate

scan: Scan a set of pages into the document
	scan  reference  -- the document to scan the page(s) into

shift: Shift a page in the document
	shift  reference  -- the page to shift
		to  small integer  -- the target position (index)

tune up: Tune up a page of the document
	tune up  reference  -- the page to tune up
		smoothing  boolean  -- smooth image?
		contrast  small integer  -- the contrast level
		despeckling  small integer  -- the despeckling level
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Laurent