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

# gtk-ocr(1)

Graphical frontend to gocr

## NAME

gtk-ocr - Graphical frontend to gocr

## SYNOPSIS

**gtk-ocr**

## 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

## SEE ALSO

[gocr(1)](/gocr/1.md) goct.tlc(1)

## AUTHORS

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

## BUGS

Send any bug to the Debian Bug Tracking System.