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=OCR SaaS=
=OCR SaaS=
:::;SaaS: Software as a Service
:::;SaaS: Software as a Service. Read more about what SaaS means at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service| Wikipedia]


==Needs:==
==Needs:==

Revision as of 16:35, 31 January 2013

OCR SaaS

SaaS
Software as a Service. Read more about what SaaS means at Wikipedia

Needs:

  • Accept incoming request and return a refId of the job.
  • Process the ocr with the available OCR engines
  • Support zBar for barcode detection
  • Support language detection
  • Support calling endpoints
  • Support round-robin features to share service evenly

Future needs:

  • Socket.io support
  • Cleaning techniques
  • Techniques to determine if the OCR is handwriting or type
  • Support imagemagick adjustment techniques for better results
  • Support custom training files
  • Support Abbyy and OmniPage
  • Support EverNote
  • Support OpenCV image detection features

Current Plans:

  • Use NodeJS along with some

Possible Routes

  • imageAdd
  • imageRemove
  • imageStatus
  • queueInfo
  • ping

imageAdd( uri, [id], [endpoint] )

returns:

 { 
  success: bool
, refId: uuid 
 }

imageRemove( refId )

returns:

 {
  success: bool
 }