tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post91114546683677309..comments2024-03-28T17:25:17.827+07:00Comments on Thai 101: Project Gutenberg Thailand: Some nitty gritty (and a sample Thai ebook)Rikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196282287835224940noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-59581921984348716942011-03-16T11:57:28.791+07:002011-03-16T11:57:28.791+07:00Have you tried google's tesseract-ocr? It is ...Have you tried google's tesseract-ocr? It is fully trainable, but it is a command line only utility. Still, it's free and (for English anyway) has been ranked in the top three OCR programs available. <br /><br />http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/<br /><br />Windows executables are available, but for Linux it must be compiled from source.Derrick Strengnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-25503353564800904482010-11-22T16:08:22.021+07:002010-11-22T16:08:22.021+07:00Great initiative. I've been working to get Phi...Great initiative. I've been working to get Philippine books on-line, and set-up http://www.gutenberg.ph -- although I am mostly riding on the PGDP.net and Project Gutenberg infrastructure; The very sample you show is a Cebuano dictionary I am preparing for Project Gutenberg. (BTW: For Thai dictionaries, you already have a great resource: http://sealang.net) The one handicap you have is that the main site does not support the Thai script (The Spanish effectively eradicated almost all native scripts from the Philippines, so we don't have that problem), but you might be able to get a site running that does support Unicode.Jeroenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446087843657076126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-23870709657009585892010-11-09T19:03:49.934+07:002010-11-09T19:03:49.934+07:00I guess so. When you complained about the way the ...I guess so. When you complained about the way the Thai font was, I thought maybe you meant that you had changed it. I'm seriously considering jailbreaking mine because the Thai font is not good, and I wanted to hear your experience. The only thing holding me back is the total lack of e-books in Thai in formats other than pdf.Krungthep Kakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338452722077276445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-73097699252170150572010-11-09T13:46:29.235+07:002010-11-09T13:46:29.235+07:00@blind bookworm: That's an excellent point tha...@blind bookworm: That's an excellent point that I hadn't really considered. Yet another reason to make sure we get the ball rolling.<br /><br />@kit: Thanks for the tip about making 6 inch pdfs, I'll have to give that a try.<br /><br />@Krungthep Kaki: I was under the impression that changing the Thai font requires hacking/jailbreaking the device. Am I mistaken?Rikkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196282287835224940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-52733541758800002482010-11-08T20:48:11.766+07:002010-11-08T20:48:11.766+07:00Have you changed the Thai font in your Kindle?Have you changed the Thai font in your Kindle?Krungthep Kakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338452722077276445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-30236416819397705992010-11-08T17:08:12.486+07:002010-11-08T17:08:12.486+07:00I've joined the group and would like to get on...I've joined the group and would like to get on board helping.<br /><br />I really appreciate public domain books in English and think it would be great if they were available in Thai too. <br /><br />I'll have a go with จดหมายจางวางหร่ำ<br /><br />As an aside, I find Thai appears pretty badly on my kindle (3), so normally save Thai stuff for it as a six inch pdf. (I don't want to jailbreak it.)kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136613280561526152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-89006035137939012352010-11-06T20:14:13.971+07:002010-11-06T20:14:13.971+07:00Wow!!! This is great!!!
Your work would not only...Wow!!! This is great!!!<br /><br />Your work would not only help to disseminate public domain books to wider Thai public but would also greatly be beneficial to visually impaired Thai people who can't access print copies.<br /><br />Thank you very much for initiating this Thai version of Project Gutenberg.blind bookwormhttp://nupomme.exteen.comnoreply@blogger.com