[NBLUG/talk] What exciting project are you working on that is Linux related?

[Omar Eljumaily]

Thanks William.  This is an area I think I'm going to pursue.  I'll 
probably try the standard that AMD/Radeon uses because I tend to use 
their devices.  I'm curious how something like OCR would use OpenCL.  
Are there standard neural network calls that can easily plug into 
something like Google's open source OCR?

I'm just asking that rhetorically.  I'll look it up and see for myself.  
If anybody else is interested in this area, we should have an offline 
discussion.

Thanks,

Omar


On 2/9/2015 7:05 PM, William Tracy wrote:
>
> A quick search for GPU OCR turned up tons of articles, the not much in 
> the way of off-the-shelf implementations.
>
> The buzzwords you're looking for are GPGPU (general purpose GPU) and 
> "GPU compute". The two languages competing in this space are OpenCL 
> (Open Compute Language, the open standards option) and CUDA (nVidia 
> specific). Both have a C-like syntax.
>
> Be aware that even if you're working with a Linux host, there are 
> basically no FOSS options in this area. AMD, Intel, and nVidia all 
> have stacks that are buggy in different and exciting ways.
>
> William Tracy
> Sent from mobile, may contain typos.
>
> On Feb 9, 2015 4:24 PM, "Omar Eljumaily" <omar at omnicode.com 
> <mailto:omar at omnicode.com>> wrote:
>
>     Has anybody tried video image processing?  I think something
>     Raspberry Pi is not practical for video processing.  Even most
>     desktop systems don't work very well for this in my experience.
>     Specialized hardware is generally necessary as far I can tell.
>
>     Are there cheap specialized image processing chips these days?  I
>     know that GPUs have crossover applications for things like Bitcoin
>     mining.  Does anybody have experience in that realm?
>
>     One reason I'm asking is that I currently have an application that
>     needs fast OCR.  We seem to throw more and more hardware at it and
>     it's always too slow.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Omar
>
>     On 2/9/2015 2:31 PM, jezra wrote:
>
>         by using GNU Linux, I can easily expand the system to do what
>         I need it
>         to do. Such as:
>         1. connect a camera and check on the chickens remotely
>         2. open and close the door using my mobile phone
>         3. check the temperature in the coop and turn on a lamp if needed
>         4. play a special tone to signify that the door is about to close
>
>         Most importantly, using GNU Linux lets me use the skills I
>         already have
>         and allows me to program in the language of my choosing.
>
>         On Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:34:18 -0800
>         "Robert P. Thille" <list-nblug-talk at rangat.org
>         <mailto:list-nblug-talk at rangat.org>> wrote:
>
>             On 02/08/2015 05:57 PM, jezra wrote:
>
>                 I'm working on a GNU Linux powered chicken coop door. :)
>
>             Heh, using Linux for something like that seems like
>             swatting a fly
>             with a bazooka.  I'd think that's a job for a ~$1
>             Microchip PIC and a
>             RTC chip, or even just do the time keeping in software...
>
>             Robert
>
>                 On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 19:21:12 -0500
>                 Zack Gold <zg at nblug.org <mailto:zg at nblug.org>> wrote:
>
>                     Only as much detail that doesn't breach NDAs!
>
>                     I'm not doing anything particularly interesting at
>                     work myself that
>                     involves Linux, but I'm curious about others input.
>
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