Capture text from DOSBox

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rullbandspelare
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Capture text from DOSBox

Post by rullbandspelare » Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:37 pm

Hi!
I have given it up. But like to hear if there someone else with success.

I am runing DOSBox from http://www.dosbox.com and try to capture the text. But all I get is the Title of the window.
I suspect that all the text is renderd as graphics and that I have to use OCR.

Any input is appreciated!
Thanks!

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PepsiHog
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Post by PepsiHog » Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:50 am

@ rullbandspelare,

I was easily able to capture text from the status window, but was unable to get text from the dos box with the same method.

I suspect your conclusion is true.

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