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    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?<br>
    <br>
    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.<br>
    <br>
    Thanks,<br>
    <br>
    Omar<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/9/2015 7:05 PM, William Tracy
      wrote:<br>
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      <p>A quick search for GPU OCR turned up tons of articles, the not
        much in the way of off-the-shelf implementations.</p>
      <p>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.</p>
      <p>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.</p>
      <p>William Tracy<br>
        Sent from mobile, may contain typos.</p>
      <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 9, 2015 4:24 PM, "Omar Eljumaily"
        <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:omar@omnicode.com">omar@omnicode.com</a>>
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          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
          <br>
          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?<br>
          <br>
          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.<br>
          <br>
          Thanks,<br>
          <br>
          Omar<br>
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          On 2/9/2015 2:31 PM, jezra wrote:<br>
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            by using GNU Linux, I can easily expand the system to do
            what I need it<br>
            to do. Such as:<br>
            1. connect a camera and check on the chickens remotely<br>
            2. open and close the door using my mobile phone<br>
            3. check the temperature in the coop and turn on a lamp if
            needed<br>
            4. play a special tone to signify that the door is about to
            close<br>
            <br>
            Most importantly, using GNU Linux lets me use the skills I
            already have<br>
            and allows me to program in the language of my choosing.<br>
            <br>
            On Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:34:18 -0800<br>
            "Robert P. Thille" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:list-nblug-talk@rangat.org" target="_blank">list-nblug-talk@rangat.org</a>>
            wrote:<br>
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              On 02/08/2015 05:57 PM, jezra wrote:<br>
              <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
                .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                I'm working on a GNU Linux powered chicken coop door. :)<br>
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              Heh, using Linux for something like that seems like
              swatting a fly<br>
              with a bazooka.  I'd think that's a job for a ~$1
              Microchip PIC and a<br>
              RTC chip, or even just do the time keeping in software...<br>
              <br>
              Robert<br>
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                On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 19:21:12 -0500<br>
                Zack Gold <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:zg@nblug.org" target="_blank">zg@nblug.org</a>>
                wrote:<br>
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                  Only as much detail that doesn't breach NDAs!<br>
                  <br>
                  I'm not doing anything particularly interesting at
                  work myself that<br>
                  involves Linux, but I'm curious about others input.<br>
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