---
name: "gocr.tcl"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gocr-tk"
version: "0.41-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gocr.tcl"
---

# gocr.tcl(1)

Graphical frontend to gocr

## NAME

gocr.tcl - Graphical frontend to gocr

## SYNOPSIS

**gocr.tcl**

## DESCRIPTION

**What is it?**

- OCR = optical character recognition

  - read pnm, pbm, pgm, ppm, some pcx and tga image files (or PNM from stdin)

  - if pnm-tools installed and running linux-like system you can also use pnm.gz, pnm.bz2, png, jpg, tiff, gif, bmp (see pnm.cc for full list)

  - output of text

  ## EXAMPLES

There is some examples in /urs/share/doc/gocr.tcl

Try to something like:

- **gocr -i file.pbm -o file.txt -e file.log -v X -m Y**

  - where X and Y are the sum of values you want. i.e.:

  **-v 15** **-m 24**

## SEE ALSO

[gocr(1)](/gocr/1.md) [gtk-ocr(1)](/gtk-ocr/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Joerg.Schulenburg@physik.uni-magdeburg.de, jschulen@gmx.de

## BUGS

Send any bug to the Debian Bug Tracking System.