[pygtk] How to check when OCRing is finished

[Timo]

On 03-05-10 17:44, varnikat t wrote:
>
> Hi,
> How to check if OCR engine  like cuneiform,ocropus,ocrad OCRing an 
> image has completed the job if running it from a  python program?
>
> I am using a progress bar on the front end to show the OCRing progress 
> happening in background but how to stop progress bar automatically 
> when OCRing is done.
This is actually a Python question, not PyGTK. You need to have a return 
code when the OCR thing finishes. How do you start it?

>
> As of now, I am just running the timer for a few seconds (considering 
> the maximum time taken by ocropus and for high resolution image) but 
> then the OCRing time varies for different engines and different 
> images.Some take less and some take more.
That ofcourse is very bad, since you are letting your users wait for 
nothing.

Cheers,
Timo

>
> Any solutions?
>
> Regards
> Varnika Tewari
> (UMIT,SNDT University)
>
>
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