public static string Recognize(string path)
{
var bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(path);
var source_image = System.Drawing.Bitmap.FromStream(new MemoryStream(bytes));
//var image = Invert((Bitmap)source_image);
var image = source_image;
var tmpFilename = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Path.GetRandomFileName() + ".ppm");
try
{
PNM.WritePNM(tmpFilename, image);
var process = Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(@"p:\Tools\gOcr\gocr049.exe", "-f XML " + tmpFilename)
{
UseShellExecute = false, RedirectStandardOutput = true
});
var output = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
process.WaitForExit();
return(output);
}
finally
{
if (File.Exists(tmpFilename))
{
File.Delete(tmpFilename);
}
}
}