TODO LIST Please send any ideas. Next release (0.3.x) - improve ocr0 base-engine (0.3.x) (js) - use --prefix option for configure + make install (wished by Daniel Moyne) ??? in conflict with make install DESTDIR=/usr/local - make dist to make distribution/rpm - fronted - save file => browser - docu about ispell using (what needed) - option file (and option to change option-file) - replace rest of UNDEFINED in unicode.c by its correct strings - add an option like --only "0123456789ABCDEF" (for hexnumbers) -n 1 is not necessary anymore, test before trying to detect - make spacing between words line-dependend if not mono Next release (0.4.x) - using dictionary (optional) for replacing not recognized chars - final conversion towards a library. (0.4.0) - add module system (0.4.0) - ncurses frontend (0.4.0) (who makes it?) - introduce probability and alternative chars (0.4.0) - Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net: use ORChie WordBox-format see http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~fateman/kathey/ocrchie.html aspell instead of ispell Near future: (planned version) - rewrite install-routine - genetic algorithms engine (already in development, 0.4?). It includes feature extraction and classification - add smooth function (to correct single adjacent pixels) - support for other languages (may affect context_correction(), etc) (0.4?) - support for diagramation. Can be done using the Unicode+new stuff. I (bbg) have some ideas. Far future: - gimp plugin - color support - read image in smaller parts, to reduce memory usage. - frames should be recognized - better distance function (comparision of characters) - detection of orientation (i.a. 90,180,270deg rotation) - picture extraction - math formula detection, font type detection - improve performance - support for parallel processing - handwritten texts (blockletters) --- uff, really a lot of work --- - Feel free and add your suggestions and wishes, or tell me, what is the most important point for you.