Image to ascii

crutledge · 10-28-2014, 05:45 PM

I know that there are probably tools that will convert an image into an ascii character.

Can someone please point me to a tool and methodology sufficient for ebooks?

DaleDe · 10-28-2014, 08:33 PM

image to ascii is called OCR (optical character recognition). This is talked about frequently in this forum. You can also check our wiki. There is also a howto in our wiki. HowTo: Create an eBook

Dale

PeterT · 10-28-2014, 08:53 PM

OH... and here I was thinking he wanted the equivalent of the old fashioned ASCII Art.... translating an image into a block of characters to recreate the image!

http://www.chris.com/ascii/index.php...gn/mona%20lisa

Remember the old Mona Lisa on a lineprinter?

odedta · 10-29-2014, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by PeterT

Remember the old Mona Lisa on a lineprinter?

Good read

crutledge · 10-29-2014, 05:03 AM

As shown in the attached image, the png is called in-line in the text and appears aove the text.

There are symbols. eg. dollar and pound, in character format. I am looking for a tool which will do the conversion.

faltradl · 10-29-2014, 06:38 AM

You are looking for a tool to edit/create fonts. Your destinatation is to get a symbolfont like Windings. Then you are embedding into the ebook the font instead of pictures.

GrannyGrump · 10-29-2014, 06:55 AM

Lots of folks use FontForge to create fonts. Very complex, I think.

I use a freeware editor called TypeLight from http://www.cr8software.net/typelight.html. They also offer a demo version of the paid Pro version that is fully functional except it only saves 50 characters. That should be plenty for doing a few symbols and designs.

With the Pro version Type 3.2 (http://www.cr8software.net/type.html), you can import an SVG image. I use free Inkscape to do a bitmap tracing of an existing image and make an SVG image from that, or create an SVG image right in Inkscape. You can Import that SVG image into Type 3.2 to create a new character glyph in your small custom font. Which you then embed in your epub.

crutledge · 10-29-2014, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrannyGrump

Lots of folks use FontForge to create fonts. Very complex, I think.

I use a freeware editor called TypeLight from http://www.cr8software.net/typelight.html. They also offer a demo version of the paid Pro version that is fully functional except it only saves 50 characters. That should be plenty for doing a few symbols and designs.

With the Pro version Type 3.2 (http://www.cr8software.net/type.html), you can import an SVG image. I use free Inkscape to do a bitmap tracing of an existing image and make an SVG image from that, or create an SVG image right in Inkscape. You can Import that SVG image into Type 3.2 to create a new character glyph in your small custom font. Which you then embed in your epub.

Just what I am looking for.
Thank you very much, Ms GrannyGrump.

theducks · 10-29-2014, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

OH... and here I was thinking he wanted the equivalent of the old fashioned ASCII Art.... translating an image into a block of characters to recreate the image!

http://www.chris.com/ascii/index.php...gn/mona%20lisa

Remember the old Mona Lisa on a lineprinter?

I remember printing 'ASCII Art' posters on a Teletype (takes forever)

Remember playing tunes on the Drum or Band printer?

PeterT · 10-29-2014, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

I remember printing 'ASCII Art' posters on a Teletype (takes forever)

Remember playing tunes on the Drum or Band printer?

Not sure which was slower; that, or an IBM 2741 with APL character set, or the Diablo with a daisywheel. Watching either of those do graphics..... ugh!

10-28-2014, 05:45 PM	#1
crutledge eBook FANatic Posts: 18,301 Karma: 16078357 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Alabama, USA Device: HP ipac RX5915 Wife's Kindle	Image to ascii I know that there are probably tools that will convert an image into an ascii character. Can someone please point me to a tool and methodology sufficient for ebooks?

10-28-2014, 08:33 PM	#2
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	image to ascii is called OCR (optical character recognition). This is talked about frequently in this forum. You can also check our wiki. There is also a howto in our wiki. HowTo: Create an eBook Dale Last edited by DaleDe; 10-28-2014 at 08:36 PM.

10-29-2014, 05:03 AM	#5
crutledge eBook FANatic Posts: 18,301 Karma: 16078357 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Alabama, USA Device: HP ipac RX5915 Wife's Kindle	As shown in the attached image, the png is called in-line in the text and appears aove the text. There are symbols. eg. dollar and pound, in character format. I am looking for a tool which will do the conversion. Attached Thumbnails

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PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,271 Karma: 78869092 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	OH... and here I was thinking he wanted the equivalent of the old fashioned ASCII Art.... translating an image into a block of characters to recreate the image! http://www.chris.com/ascii/index.php...gn/mona%20lisa Remember the old Mona Lisa on a lineprinter?

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faltradl Guru Posts: 602 Karma: 1712372 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: germany Device: PocketBook Touch	You are looking for a tool to edit/create fonts. Your destinatation is to get a symbolfont like Windings. Then you are embedding into the ebook the font instead of pictures.

10-29-2014, 06:55 AM	#7
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,202 Karma: 34984330 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Lots of folks use FontForge to create fonts. Very complex, I think. I use a freeware editor called TypeLight from http://www.cr8software.net/typelight.html. They also offer a demo version of the paid Pro version that is fully functional except it only saves 50 characters. That should be plenty for doing a few symbols and designs. With the Pro version Type 3.2 (http://www.cr8software.net/type.html), you can import an SVG image. I use free Inkscape to do a bitmap tracing of an existing image and make an SVG image from that, or create an SVG image right in Inkscape. You can Import that SVG image into Type 3.2 to create a new character glyph in your small custom font. Which you then embed in your epub.

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