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I am looking for a script/software in PHP which would help me to read a scanned document. Something similar to OCR functionality of the scanner. But, I need to integrate it in my PHP module.
I think you'll need to explain what you want to develop in a bit more detail. What do you mean by "a scanned document" exactly? An image? Why would you want to do that with PHP?
That's pretty much impossible. You probably could write some OCR software with PHP but it'd be a massive task and the final app would be horribly slow. I would recommend rethinking your entire application workflow. Why can't the user use OCR, or better yet just type in, what's on the paper?
sandeept wrote:There will be millions of records on the paper which need to be imported into MySql database.
Then PHP definitely isn't the correct solution. Try talking to a document digitising company. It'll cost a lot to get millions of documents converted to something useful, but it'd still be cheaper than writing your own solution.
Sounds impossible for me, unless you want to find a way using a java applet or flash. Javascript i'm sure won't cut it, and php is server side, so thats a definate no. Just get them to scan it in, and then upload it with a file field.