TopOCR - portable OCR (no longer freeware)

[SlowLearner]

Either - install and copy folder from "Program Files"

OR

Extract with universal extractor, then copy the three files:
topocr.exe
topocr.urf
VICDEMO.CUR

Into the folder: $COMMONFILES\TopOCR

Portable when you take the folder "TopOCR" and run TopOCR\topocr.exe



I'm afraid I don't know how to check how "stealthy" it is - but it runs from my USB pen and converts bmp into text



It has many other features usch as:
It will read text taken as a photo from your camera/phone
Has built in text-to-speech

Homepage:
http://www.topocr.com/

Download:
http://www.topocr.com/topocr.exe

I hope it helps

[Queue]

First off, it's a fantastic program. Great find.

Ok, the downside is it writes its settings to topocr.ini in the Windows folder. There doesn't seem to be a setting to change this. The settings it saves are trivial though, so the application is still portable, just not stealth.

Second, grab UPX and compress topocr.exe and ter14.dll.

Next, you can delete SentryASC.dll if you don't want the stupid MacOS style window border annd titlebar (and the odd coloring). Deleting this file will revert the program to a standard Windows style appearance.

Next, if you don't want spell-checking, you can delete all of the CLX files. If you only want English spell-checking, just keep ssceam2.clx.

Delete swedish.usx. It doesn't seem to do anything.

It's still rather big even after doing all of this, but it works darn well, especially for a free program. If you're a little more stealth concerned (but not a spaz) make a simple wrapper with NSIS to deal with the topocr.ini file that gets made in the Windows folder (that's what I did).

Queue

[Island Boy]

Dear Queue
I don't how to use "NSIS" (or what it is for that matter). Can you give us download link for the lite weight TopOCR wrapper you made. If it's not too much trouble that is.

thanks

[M@tty]

You can also UPX compress all the .DLL (except ocr1.dll and appface.dll), .DEL and .DIL files.

Delete BACKGROUND1.bmp if you don't want the yellow background for the OCR window.

All the files will be about 5.83 MB in total.

Although the application files are portable, the settings are not - "topocr.ini" doesn't just contain trivial settings, it contains all the custom settings you apply.

Here is the compressed package without all the unnecessary files: http://mihd.net/cax9ze

I have not written a wrapper, so it is not stealth.

[Queue]

The only setting I could even get to save was whether automatic OCR was on or off. Window position saves, but then doesn't load when you start TopOCR again (well it does, but then it warps back to the default size and location).

Anyhow, I'll upload the simple wrapper I made later today. Want to clean up the ''source code'' to include with it.

Queue

[M@tty]

You are quite right about the Window position not being restored, I hadn't noticed that!

But any setting you apply, in the "Settings" drop-down menu on the Image window, is saved into topocr.ini (I just tried it again to be sure).

[Queue]

http://localhostr.com/files/3fd295284974c5879ea3.zip

That should do the trick. If a local TopOCR.ini file already exists, it renames it and then runs your portable TopOCR. When TopOCR is closed, it copies your settings to your portable TopOCR folder, and moves the local settings file back (if one existed).

Queue

[Island Boy]

Queue, M@tty, thanks again for all your trouble.

[portackager]

Great find, SlowLearner.

[SlowLearner]

I am just pleased to finally be able to give something back

I'm glad it is of use

[grannyGeek]

@ Queue --
I'm getting a blank page when I click the link for your wrapper, and the url says
http://old.localhostr.com/files/3fd2952 ... 879ea3.zip

Note the "old."

any chance you can upload again? or I can PM you my email address.
Sadly, I am now blocked from hosting sites like RapidShare and MediaFire.


I have a need for ocr for a job-related editing task (otherwise I have to re-type a large 50-page document manually), but am not authorized to purchase or install software here, and work is the only internet connection I have access to.

If I can't get the wrapper, I'll just install the regular software at home and work from there.

Thanks for any help.

[Queue]

For now it's at:
http://everbot.tripod.com/access/TopOCRPocket.htm
The page is a single link to download the ZIP.

It was the best I could do for the moment as I wasn't getting localhostr.com to work (it kept erroring out on its main page for me).

I recently purchased a web domain and hosting and plan to have a website up in the near future to host simple scripts like this one for TopOCR.

Queue

[grannyGeek]

I appreciate that, thank you very much.

[Island Boy]

TopOCR 3.0 now out.

What's New in version 3.0:

New Advanced Image Filters.
Improved Threshold.
New UI.
Added Document Image Dewarping.

http://www.topocr.com/topocr.exe
or http://www.freewarefiles.com/downloads_ ... amid=35680

[Queue]

Wow, the new version is smaller (in terms of file size). I'm impressed; I was worried it was going to become more bloated, not less bloated.

The dependency on GDIPlus is gone as is the inane UI theme.

Unfortunately it still writes its settings to topocr.ini in the Windows folder, so a wrapper is still needed for portability.

Still, a fantastic freeware OCR program.

Queue