Its seems that OCR (Optical Character Recognition) programs are designed specifically for recognizing text/characters in Image files, not transforming images.
I would think that the GD lib (written in C++ also) or Imagemagick would be more suited for manipulating images than an OCR program since its designed specifically for manipulating images. They are easier to use since PHP extensions have been developed for both.
If the OCR program has the mirror image function however, it may be the better one to use. who knows..
If you go with using an OCR then, you'd have to install the OCR program on your server however.
I think you can then access it via PHP by executing commands through the system() or exec() function or one of the like.
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