I'm not sure if this exactly what you mean, but
perhaps the code from this could be modified to take in static images
as opposed streaming video.
Might be worth a look
http://ascii.dyne.org/
R
14/11/2001 16:19:32, Mel <mel at csn.ul.ie> wrote:
>>A long time ago, a utility was talked about here which took an image and a
>text file and generated a new picture where colours in the image were
>substituted for text in the file. It was used to generate something like
>http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/340a.shtml . I dug through the
>archives and spent many CPU cycles searching google but can't find it. Can
>someone refresh my memory and tell me what the utility was?
>>Thanks
>>--
> Mel
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