Scanning of devanagari

[Dominik Wujastyk]

On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Lars Martin Fosse wrote:

> Dear members of the list:
>
> Are any of you familiar with scanning software that handles devanagari
> (or for that matter other Indic scripts).

Devanagari OCR still can't be done as cheaply and accurately as
double-keyed manual entry.  That's for good printed text.  Manuscripts are
probably never going to be readable automatically.  The material at
http://www.cedar.buffalo.edu/ILT/ is pure fantasy, in my view.

Best,
Dominik