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From: "Thomas Groves" <tom@tomgroves.net>
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Subject: Re: Command line jpeg to ascii converter utility under linux ?
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I had the same notion last weekend.  Here's how I solved the problem:

1. Find or (in my case) make an image->ascii conversion program.
2. (in my case) Find or make a webcam program that will grab an image and
save that image to a file.
3. Setup a crontab job to first take the picture, then run the converstion,
then upload the file to a server.

I ended up using Windows because I couldn't find Linux drivers for my
webcam.

-Tom


"[Wolog]" <olivier@guerrier.com.pasdespam.invalid> wrote in message
news:3f09f825$0$5281$626a54ce@news.free.fr...
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for a command line utility to convert a webcam picture to
> ascii text under linux. As this will be scripted, I need a non
> interactive utility. I've tried aview and netpbm, but the first is only
> interactive, and the second produce very low quality ascii.
>
> Any idea ?
>
> Olivier.
>