OCR solution to be built into VB6
I am creating a program that will photograph a drivers license or other ID and capture the information using OCR. I'd like to program the app to automatically determine and populate the name, address, id#, etc. The most accurate solution would be to "read" the various barcodes from the back of the ID but I would also like to be able to OCR an image file of the front. I have found components that do both OCR and read barcodes but they all have huge price tags and complex coding. I'm looking for a fairly inexpensive, easy to use solution.
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I have looked at the bar code reader and you're right, that would solve the barcode issue. But I'm trying to limit the hardware and complexity of the system and it has a camera anyway (to photograph items purchased). Also a OCR/BarCode reading solution is more universal with all IDs as some do not have a bar code on the back.
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I think that would be the quickest way to go. However Idid find that there are some free opensource ocr projects on the go:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/04/open-source-ocr-software-sponsored-by.html
If you can get an image it is likely that given time you could produce and OCR solution. But it could take you a lot more time...good luck.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/04/open-source-ocr-software-sponsored-by.html
If you can get an image it is likely that given time you could produce and OCR solution. But it could take you a lot more time...good luck.
The other alternative is to use some OCR software. If have a really cheap HP F4280 scanner/printer the does OCR quite well. I will take a look to see who supplied the OCR software.