[Blindmath] infty documentation

Fri Sep 10 22:01:27 UTC 2010

Hi Paul,
I know nothing about the alpha issue, but let me clarify that my 
statements were based on a complete study of the documentation.  I may not 
have tried OCR on an included sample, but I have repeatedly tried with 
various files of interest, using formats that the documentation says are 
supported.  My tests included copying and pasting command-line syntax from 
the documentation to ensure I was not making such a mistake.

I recall trying to use the Universal Document Printer software and having 
trouble understanding what to do with it as a screen reader user.  Based 
on your message, I will try again (if you are willing to share step by 
step tips, please do).  I did try the ImageMagick software to get other 
graphics formats into the types that Infty wants, without success.

A particular question I have about the UDC software is whether it is 
possible to use it in a command-line mode so that a PDF could be passed to 
UDC, and then a resulting TIF passed to Infty.  If so, this could support 
batch conversions, which would be valuable.

Jamal

On Fri, 10 Sep 2010, PR Stanley wrote:

> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:04:58 +0100
> From: PR Stanley <prstanley at ntlworld.com>
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>     <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Blindmath] infty documentation
> 
> Hi folks
> Here's the readme file that accompanies the commandline infty. as you can see 
> it describes a fully functional software program released to the public, and 
> not an alpha or beta or whatever put up there to be tried and tested only.
>
> text starts here
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Outline of the software and license agreement
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> InftyReader Version 2.4.4e (English edition)
> All Rights Reserved, Copyright : InftyProject
> URL:http://www.inftyproject.org/
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. Outline of the Software
>
> This is a software to recognize scientific documents including
> mathematical expressions, developed in Masakazu Suzuki Laboratory,
> Graduate school of Mathematics, Kyushu University in collaboration
> with several cooperation partners. The software is usable free of
> charge by everybody except for commercial or business purpose.
>
> The software recognizes only binary (black and white) page images
> carefully scanned in either 600 DPI or 400 DPI. Image files have to be
> prepared in either TIFF, GIF or PNG format. (The restriction of TIFF
> format to CCITT-3/CCITT-4 is removed from the Version 2.4.3c).
> The source documents have to be clearly printed.
>
> InftyReader erases small noises, segments page images into picture areas,
> table areas and text areas, and then recognizes text areas including
> mathematical expressions. However, to get better recognition results,
> users are recommended to erase noises, pictures and tables before the
> recognition, and, in scanning, to adjust the binarization threshold of
> the scanner so that, in scanned page images, the number of the touched
> or broken characters is less than 1% of the total number of the characters
> in each page.
>
> 2. Install and Usage
>
> InftyReader ver.2.4.4 is a command-line application.
> To use InftyReader, please add the path to the folder of InftyReader.exe
> in the environment variable "PATH". The default path after the install
> of Inftyreader is :
>
>     c:\Infty\bin
>
> You may not change the default folder structure under the folder "bin".
>
> You can see the usage help of InftyReader typing "InftyReader" on the
> command prompt.
>
> To use this software in a GUI window similar to older versions of InftyReader
> and to view/edit the recognition results, please use
>
>   InftyEditor Ver.2.04x, or newer,
>               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> released from the site http://www.inftyproject.org/download/.
> The English edition of InftyEditor ver.2.04x is a free software.
>
> 3. Operating Environment
>
> InftyReader runs under Windows 2000 and XP. Note that it does not run
> on Windows 98 nor Me.
>
> In order to run InftyReader on Windows 2000, it is necessary to update
> your Windows 2000 to the recent one, since InftyReader makes use of some
> libraries included in the version 6 of Internet Explorer package.
>
> 4. Usage Syntax on the Command Prompt of Windows
>
> *SYNOPSIS
>  InftyReader -help
>  InftyReader folderName [fileName1] [fileName2]... [option]...
>
>  Infty.exe recognizes images specified by `fileName1', `fileName2',...
>  in the folder `folderName'.
>  Please be aware that folderName cannot be omitted, and you need to input
>  "Space" after the folderName (not the key "\").
>  When no file names are specified, all files with the extension .tiff and 
> .tif
>  in the `folderName' are recognized.
>  The output file is saved in the same folder as the input image files.
>  The default output format is IML.
>  When the number of input files is one, the output file name is the same 
> name
>  as the input file.
>  When the number of input files is more than one, the output file name is 
> the
>  same name as the `foldername'.
>
>    e.g.) InftyReader C:\Data\Images
>    e.g.) InftyReader "C:\Document and Settings\user\images" image1.tif
>    e.g.) InftyReader C:\Data\Images sample1.tif sample2.tif
>    e.g.) InftyReader C:\Data\Images -n test -o C:\OutPut -f kml -f iml
>    e.g.) InftyReader image1.tif (in case image1.tif is in the current 
> folder)
>    e.g.) InftyReader ../Images
>
> *Options
>
> -r (400 | 600)
>  specifies the resolution of input images (default 600 dpi). Only 600/400
>  dpi are acceptable. The resolution is set to 600 dpi when any other value
>  is specified.
>
>  e.g.) InftyReader C:\Data\Images -r 400
>
> -f ( iml | kml | tex | html | mathml | hrtex )
>  specifies output formats (default iml).
>  One can get several result files in various formats
>  by specifying several options.
>
>  e.g.) InftyReader C:\Data\Images -f iml -f kml
>
> -o outputFolderName
>  changes the output folder name where the output file is produced.
>
>  e.g.) InftyReader C:\Data\Images -o C:\Data\OutPut
>
> -n outputFileName
>  changes the output file name. The extension of the file is the output
>  format specified by the option -f.
>
>  e.g.) InftyReader C:\Data\Images -n test
>
> -preamble preambleFile
>  specifies the preamble file used in TeX format output.
>  When no preamble file is specified, "defaultpreamble.tex" in the same
>  folder as "Infty.exe" will be used. In case the preamble tex file is
>  not found, the preamble will be empty in the TeX output.
>
>  e.g.) InftyReader C:\Data\Images -f tex -preamble C:\Data\preamble.tex
>
>
> 5. License Agreement
>
> The present version of InftyReader is usable free of charge only for
> non-commercial and non-business purpose under the following license
> agreement.
>
> (1) You may not modify the software in any manner. You may not reverse
>    engineer, decompile or disassemble the software.
> (2) You may not sell the software.
>    You may distribute the software only free of charge, without modifying
>    the zip-package of the software.
> (3) The author shall have no obligation to correct errors and inconveniences
>    of the software or to answer questions about the software.
> (4) The author shall not be responsible for any lost and damage caused by
>    the use of the software.
>
> 6. Report
>
> Any hearty report about the software will be welcome.
>
> InftyProject
> URL:http://www.inftyproject.org/
>
> Masakazu Suzuki
> Faculty of Mathematics
> Kyushu University 36
> Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
> e-mail: suzuki at math.kyushu-u.ac.jp
> URL:http://www.math.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~suzuki/
> text ends here
>
> Paul
>
>
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