Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-07 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Ester.

I simply use prizmo to take pictures of a book and make a multipage PDF file. 
When I would like to try and recognize with finereader 11, I tried with some 
pages it gave amazing good results.

Cheers Annie.

Cheers Annie. 
Den Jul 7, 2013 kl. 3:18 AM skrev Esther mori...@mac.com:

 Hi Annie and Brett,
 
 Annie, are you saving as text or as PDF when you export the OCR resukts from 
 Prizmo via the open in command?  I was going to suggest using a file manager 
 app, such as Brett's example of using Phone Drive, so you have the option to 
 rename your exported document.  You can export directly to Dropbox, but it's 
 more awkward.  Also you might be able to use a file managing app to zip 
 compress contents before transfer.
 
 I've usually opened my documents in Voice Dream Reader, but I haven't scanned 
 really large documents.  you may be correct that there's a memory buffer size 
 limitation. You could also concatenate text files or use a PDF merge program 
 on your computer. I agree that Prizmo is straight-forward to use, too, with 
 the StandScan Pro.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Esther
 
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Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-07 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Bret.
Ok phone drive can do it, I will try that. I tried with a lot of different 
apps, which did not work. Thank you.

Cheers Annie.
Den Jul 7, 2013 kl. 2:41 AM skrev Brett brettst...@gmail.com:

 Hi, 
 
 I just tried the open in function of Prismo and opened the document in 
 Phonedrive. Once opened in Phonedrive, I was then able to move the file in to 
 to my dropbox folder. phonedrive let's you link to Dropbox so that a dropbox 
 folder shows within Phonedrive.g   
 
 Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone
 
 On 07/07/2013, at 9:48 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 
 Hi Esther and Others.
 
 You can infact make good quality images with your standscan pro and prizmo, 
 and e.g. use finereader on your computer to recognize the images, it works 
 pritty good. There are still a little bug in prizmo, I think there are a 
 limmet of how many pages can be saved in a single PDF file. The only problem 
 I have, is that it is difficult to get the PDF image opened in another app, 
 which will allow you to save to dropbox, if anybody knows an app, so I can 
 use prizmos open in function and get the image into my dropbox I will be 
 happy.
 
 Cheers Annie.
 Den Jul 6, 2013 kl. 11:16 PM skrev Esther mori...@mac.com:
 
 Hi,
 
 Anne and Sandy have both given good answers to the question about what the 
 difference is between the TextGrabber and Prizmo OCR apps. My quick answer 
 would be similar to Anne's: that for use with a StandScan Pro or Scan Box 
 that supports your iPhone at the right height, TextGrabber might work 
 slightly better for you, but that the voice guidance features of Prizmo for 
 image positioning make it easier to use if you are trying to OCR something 
 freehand.  (Anne, Sandy, and I, along with a few other list members, all 
 trained ourselves to use these OCR apps freehand using the previous version 
 of Prizmo.  If you have no vision, I'd recommend getting the Light Detector 
 app to check lighting conditions before you use your OCR app freehand.)
 
 In addition, as Sandy says, Prizmo works in a way that is a bit more like 
 conventional OCR apps for scanners, in being able to separate out regions 
 of text and pictures.  Because these two apps use different OCR engines, 
 one or the other may perform slightly better for specific documents.  And 
 in addition to the basic engine, you may find TextGrabber more streamlined 
 for doing page by page document scans with the StandScan Pro, but prefer to 
 use Prizmo for books.
 
 I wanted to point out one feature of Prizmo that hasn't been mentioned: it 
 can can run OCR from PDF files, while OCR apps either require that the 
 image be taken by the user from the camera, or by selecting an image from 
 your camera roll, or by starting with a jpeg image.  A number of people 
 have asked whether it's possible to run an OCR from a PDF image -- 
 especially college students who may receive official forms or class 
 handouts as scanned PDF images that they either download or get as mail 
 attachments.  In those cases you can use the Open in feature to open that 
 PDF document in Prizmo, and OCR the results. Before. we had to screen 
 capture the images to our camera rolls, and then use either TextGrabber or 
 Prizmo to open the last image in our camera rolls and OCR it, and you'd 
 have to do a separate screen shot for each page.  This feature of the 
 upgraded version of Prizmo from a few months ago is usable on any iOS 
 device, regardless of that device's camera resolution.
 
 There's a good LifeHacker article on The Best Image-to-Text App for 
 iPhone:
 http://lifehacker.com/5829568/the-best-image+to+text-app-for-iphone
 
 It's old, but basically accurate, except for the current pricing 
 information. Prizmo and TextGrabber have each received recent version 
 upgrades that improved OCR performance and the the app's interface, along 
 with its accessibility with VoiceOver.  Apart from the overall quality and 
 accuracy of the OCR performance, both these apps support multiple languages 
 (even in the same document), and can deal with images that are upside down 
 or rotated by 90 degrees.  TextGrabber will support OCR in more 
 non-European languages, so that might be another consideration.  Prizmo 
 lists for $9.99, and has only gone on sale a few times.  TextGrabber's 
 price has been as high as $9.99, especially after the recent version 
 upgrade, but goes on sale more frequently, and has been available for as 
 low as $0.99 and $1.99 recently, so this can be quite a bargain.  (Current 
 TextGrabber price is $5.99)
 
 There's a third OCR app that a number of people like: TextDetective.  It 
 works using the iPhone camera with the device held in landscape mode.  For 
 many people, before the release of Prizmo version 2, Text Detective was the 
 first freehand OCR app they were able to get results with.  It works very 
 fast, and updates you on the OCR progress. You can save results to history, 
 send as a text message or 

Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-06 Thread JoJo and Clinton
I have both text grabber and Prizmo and like them both very much.  I use 
them both on a regular basis.


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Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-06 Thread Lelia Struve
Hi JoJo, and any one else who wants to answer, what is the difference 
between text grabber and prismo? I know different people have different 
views, I have text grabber but not prismo. that is why I am asking.


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Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-06 Thread Sandratomkins
Hi,

Text Grabber has a lovely, simple interface and has quite a good OCR 
Engine, but prizmo's is a little more sophisticated. So, if you come across a 
piece of text, perhaps in a newspaper/magazine where text is displaced by 
pictures/headlines/cartoons etc, prizmo might do rather batter than TG for you.

However, I have found that TG does better with shiny surfaces. In short, 
the two apps compliment eachother. plus, should one become, temporarily, 
inaccessible, something that can happen to the best intentioned of apps, you 
will always have the other.

Finally, prizmo allows you to create multi-page documents/books. i haven't 
done much with this myself, but the possibility is there!

HTH Sandy. 

Sent from my iPhone

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 text grabber and prismo? I know different people have different views, I have 
 text grabber but not prismo. that is why I am asking.
 
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Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Lelia,

If you use a StandScan pro or a ScanBox, then TextGrabber is your best option. 
However, if you ever need to use the app free-hand, you'd be better off with 
Prizmo which gives you guidance to focus and is much more forgiving than 
TextGrabber.

Cheers,

Anne


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 text grabber but not prismo. that is why I am asking.
 
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Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-06 Thread Esther
Hi,

Anne and Sandy have both given good answers to the question about what the 
difference is between the TextGrabber and Prizmo OCR apps. My quick answer 
would be similar to Anne's: that for use with a StandScan Pro or Scan Box that 
supports your iPhone at the right height, TextGrabber might work slightly 
better for you, but that the voice guidance features of Prizmo for image 
positioning make it easier to use if you are trying to OCR something freehand.  
(Anne, Sandy, and I, along with a few other list members, all trained ourselves 
to use these OCR apps freehand using the previous version of Prizmo.  If you 
have no vision, I'd recommend getting the Light Detector app to check lighting 
conditions before you use your OCR app freehand.)

In addition, as Sandy says, Prizmo works in a way that is a bit more like 
conventional OCR apps for scanners, in being able to separate out regions of 
text and pictures.  Because these two apps use different OCR engines, one or 
the other may perform slightly better for specific documents.  And in addition 
to the basic engine, you may find TextGrabber more streamlined for doing page 
by page document scans with the StandScan Pro, but prefer to use Prizmo for 
books.

I wanted to point out one feature of Prizmo that hasn't been mentioned: it can 
can run OCR from PDF files, while OCR apps either require that the image be 
taken by the user from the camera, or by selecting an image from your camera 
roll, or by starting with a jpeg image.  A number of people have asked whether 
it's possible to run an OCR from a PDF image -- especially college students who 
may receive official forms or class handouts as scanned PDF images that they 
either download or get as mail attachments.  In those cases you can use the 
Open in feature to open that PDF document in Prizmo, and OCR the results. 
Before. we had to screen capture the images to our camera rolls, and then use 
either TextGrabber or Prizmo to open the last image in our camera rolls and OCR 
it, and you'd have to do a separate screen shot for each page.  This feature of 
the upgraded version of Prizmo from a few months ago is usable on any iOS 
device, regardless of that device's camera resolution.

There's a good LifeHacker article on The Best Image-to-Text App for iPhone:
http://lifehacker.com/5829568/the-best-image+to+text-app-for-iphone

It's old, but basically accurate, except for the current pricing information. 
Prizmo and TextGrabber have each received recent version upgrades that improved 
OCR performance and the the app's interface, along with its accessibility with 
VoiceOver.  Apart from the overall quality and accuracy of the OCR performance, 
both these apps support multiple languages (even in the same document), and can 
deal with images that are upside down or rotated by 90 degrees.  TextGrabber 
will support OCR in more non-European languages, so that might be another 
consideration.  Prizmo lists for $9.99, and has only gone on sale a few times.  
TextGrabber's price has been as high as $9.99, especially after the recent 
version upgrade, but goes on sale more frequently, and has been available for 
as low as $0.99 and $1.99 recently, so this can be quite a bargain.  (Current 
TextGrabber price is $5.99)

There's a third OCR app that a number of people like: TextDetective.  It works 
using the iPhone camera with the device held in landscape mode.  For many 
people, before the release of Prizmo version 2, Text Detective was the first 
freehand OCR app they were able to get results with.  It works very fast, and 
updates you on the OCR progress. You can save results to history, send as a 
text message or send as email.  However, it only works in English, you have to 
orient the document correctly (no upside down or rotated text), and the image 
usually only covers a section of the area or page that you want to OCR.  You 
can use it for non-standard conditions -- like holding it in front of your 
computer screen to OCR contents when your screen reader voice has failed.  
TextDetective was released at a very low price ($1.99), but since the New Year 
has been priced at $9.99.  Unlike Prizmo and TextGrabber, TextDetective was 
designed with visually impaired users in mind.  I will say, however, that both 
Prizmo and TextGrabber did a wonderful job of redesigning their interfaces for 
use with VoiceOver in response to user feedback.

Here are the App Store URLs for all three OCR apps mentioned above, with 
current prices:
• TextGrabber + Translator for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch ($5.99) by ABBYY
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textgrabber-+-translator/id438475005?mt=8
• Prizmo - Scanning, OCR, and Speech ($9.99) by Creaceed
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prizmo-scanning-ocr-speech/id366791896?mt=8
• TextDetective ($9.99) by Blindsight
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textdetective/id541494875?mt=8
 
HTH.  Cheers,

Esther

On 6 Jul 2013, at 09:12, Sandratomkins wrote:

 Hi,
 
Text Grabber has a 

Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-06 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Esther and Others.

You can infact make good quality images with your standscan pro and prizmo, and 
e.g. use finereader on your computer to recognize the images, it works pritty 
good. There are still a little bug in prizmo, I think there are a limmet of how 
many pages can be saved in a single PDF file. The only problem I have, is that 
it is difficult to get the PDF image opened in another app, which will allow 
you to save to dropbox, if anybody knows an app, so I can use prizmos open in 
function and get the image into my dropbox I will be happy.

Cheers Annie.
Den Jul 6, 2013 kl. 11:16 PM skrev Esther mori...@mac.com:

 Hi,
 
 Anne and Sandy have both given good answers to the question about what the 
 difference is between the TextGrabber and Prizmo OCR apps. My quick answer 
 would be similar to Anne's: that for use with a StandScan Pro or Scan Box 
 that supports your iPhone at the right height, TextGrabber might work 
 slightly better for you, but that the voice guidance features of Prizmo for 
 image positioning make it easier to use if you are trying to OCR something 
 freehand.  (Anne, Sandy, and I, along with a few other list members, all 
 trained ourselves to use these OCR apps freehand using the previous version 
 of Prizmo.  If you have no vision, I'd recommend getting the Light Detector 
 app to check lighting conditions before you use your OCR app freehand.)
 
 In addition, as Sandy says, Prizmo works in a way that is a bit more like 
 conventional OCR apps for scanners, in being able to separate out regions of 
 text and pictures.  Because these two apps use different OCR engines, one or 
 the other may perform slightly better for specific documents.  And in 
 addition to the basic engine, you may find TextGrabber more streamlined for 
 doing page by page document scans with the StandScan Pro, but prefer to use 
 Prizmo for books.
 
 I wanted to point out one feature of Prizmo that hasn't been mentioned: it 
 can can run OCR from PDF files, while OCR apps either require that the image 
 be taken by the user from the camera, or by selecting an image from your 
 camera roll, or by starting with a jpeg image.  A number of people have asked 
 whether it's possible to run an OCR from a PDF image -- especially college 
 students who may receive official forms or class handouts as scanned PDF 
 images that they either download or get as mail attachments.  In those cases 
 you can use the Open in feature to open that PDF document in Prizmo, and 
 OCR the results. Before. we had to screen capture the images to our camera 
 rolls, and then use either TextGrabber or Prizmo to open the last image in 
 our camera rolls and OCR it, and you'd have to do a separate screen shot for 
 each page.  This feature of the upgraded version of Prizmo from a few months 
 ago is usable on any iOS device, regardless of that device's camera 
 resolution.
 
 There's a good LifeHacker article on The Best Image-to-Text App for iPhone:
 http://lifehacker.com/5829568/the-best-image+to+text-app-for-iphone
 
 It's old, but basically accurate, except for the current pricing information. 
 Prizmo and TextGrabber have each received recent version upgrades that 
 improved OCR performance and the the app's interface, along with its 
 accessibility with VoiceOver.  Apart from the overall quality and accuracy of 
 the OCR performance, both these apps support multiple languages (even in the 
 same document), and can deal with images that are upside down or rotated by 
 90 degrees.  TextGrabber will support OCR in more non-European languages, so 
 that might be another consideration.  Prizmo lists for $9.99, and has only 
 gone on sale a few times.  TextGrabber's price has been as high as $9.99, 
 especially after the recent version upgrade, but goes on sale more 
 frequently, and has been available for as low as $0.99 and $1.99 recently, so 
 this can be quite a bargain.  (Current TextGrabber price is $5.99)
 
 There's a third OCR app that a number of people like: TextDetective.  It 
 works using the iPhone camera with the device held in landscape mode.  For 
 many people, before the release of Prizmo version 2, Text Detective was the 
 first freehand OCR app they were able to get results with.  It works very 
 fast, and updates you on the OCR progress. You can save results to history, 
 send as a text message or send as email.  However, it only works in English, 
 you have to orient the document correctly (no upside down or rotated text), 
 and the image usually only covers a section of the area or page that you want 
 to OCR.  You can use it for non-standard conditions -- like holding it in 
 front of your computer screen to OCR contents when your screen reader voice 
 has failed.  TextDetective was released at a very low price ($1.99), but 
 since the New Year has been priced at $9.99.  Unlike Prizmo and TextGrabber, 
 TextDetective was designed with visually impaired users in mind.  I will say, 
 however, that both Prizmo 

Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-06 Thread Brett
Hi, 

I just tried the open in function of Prismo and opened the document in 
Phonedrive. Once opened in Phonedrive, I was then able to move the file in to 
to my dropbox folder. phonedrive let's you link to Dropbox so that a dropbox 
folder shows within Phonedrive.g   

Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone

On 07/07/2013, at 9:48 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com 
wrote:

 Hi Esther and Others.
 
 You can infact make good quality images with your standscan pro and prizmo, 
 and e.g. use finereader on your computer to recognize the images, it works 
 pritty good. There are still a little bug in prizmo, I think there are a 
 limmet of how many pages can be saved in a single PDF file. The only problem 
 I have, is that it is difficult to get the PDF image opened in another app, 
 which will allow you to save to dropbox, if anybody knows an app, so I can 
 use prizmos open in function and get the image into my dropbox I will be 
 happy.
 
 Cheers Annie.
 Den Jul 6, 2013 kl. 11:16 PM skrev Esther mori...@mac.com:
 
 Hi,
 
 Anne and Sandy have both given good answers to the question about what the 
 difference is between the TextGrabber and Prizmo OCR apps. My quick answer 
 would be similar to Anne's: that for use with a StandScan Pro or Scan Box 
 that supports your iPhone at the right height, TextGrabber might work 
 slightly better for you, but that the voice guidance features of Prizmo for 
 image positioning make it easier to use if you are trying to OCR something 
 freehand.  (Anne, Sandy, and I, along with a few other list members, all 
 trained ourselves to use these OCR apps freehand using the previous version 
 of Prizmo.  If you have no vision, I'd recommend getting the Light Detector 
 app to check lighting conditions before you use your OCR app freehand.)
 
 In addition, as Sandy says, Prizmo works in a way that is a bit more like 
 conventional OCR apps for scanners, in being able to separate out regions of 
 text and pictures.  Because these two apps use different OCR engines, one or 
 the other may perform slightly better for specific documents.  And in 
 addition to the basic engine, you may find TextGrabber more streamlined for 
 doing page by page document scans with the StandScan Pro, but prefer to use 
 Prizmo for books.
 
 I wanted to point out one feature of Prizmo that hasn't been mentioned: it 
 can can run OCR from PDF files, while OCR apps either require that the image 
 be taken by the user from the camera, or by selecting an image from your 
 camera roll, or by starting with a jpeg image.  A number of people have 
 asked whether it's possible to run an OCR from a PDF image -- especially 
 college students who may receive official forms or class handouts as scanned 
 PDF images that they either download or get as mail attachments.  In those 
 cases you can use the Open in feature to open that PDF document in Prizmo, 
 and OCR the results. Before. we had to screen capture the images to our 
 camera rolls, and then use either TextGrabber or Prizmo to open the last 
 image in our camera rolls and OCR it, and you'd have to do a separate screen 
 shot for each page.  This feature of the upgraded version of Prizmo from a 
 few months ago is usable on any iOS device, regardless of that device's 
 camera resolution.
 
 There's a good LifeHacker article on The Best Image-to-Text App for iPhone:
 http://lifehacker.com/5829568/the-best-image+to+text-app-for-iphone
 
 It's old, but basically accurate, except for the current pricing 
 information. Prizmo and TextGrabber have each received recent version 
 upgrades that improved OCR performance and the the app's interface, along 
 with its accessibility with VoiceOver.  Apart from the overall quality and 
 accuracy of the OCR performance, both these apps support multiple languages 
 (even in the same document), and can deal with images that are upside down 
 or rotated by 90 degrees.  TextGrabber will support OCR in more non-European 
 languages, so that might be another consideration.  Prizmo lists for $9.99, 
 and has only gone on sale a few times.  TextGrabber's price has been as high 
 as $9.99, especially after the recent version upgrade, but goes on sale more 
 frequently, and has been available for as low as $0.99 and $1.99 recently, 
 so this can be quite a bargain.  (Current TextGrabber price is $5.99)
 
 There's a third OCR app that a number of people like: TextDetective.  It 
 works using the iPhone camera with the device held in landscape mode.  For 
 many people, before the release of Prizmo version 2, Text Detective was the 
 first freehand OCR app they were able to get results with.  It works very 
 fast, and updates you on the OCR progress. You can save results to history, 
 send as a text message or send as email.  However, it only works in English, 
 you have to orient the document correctly (no upside down or rotated text), 
 and the image usually only covers a section of the area or page that you 
 want to OCR.  

Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-06 Thread Esther
Hi Annie and Brett,

Annie, are you saving as text or as PDF when you export the OCR resukts from 
Prizmo via the open in command?  I was going to suggest using a file manager 
app, such as Brett's example of using Phone Drive, so you have the option to 
rename your exported document.  You can export directly to Dropbox, but it's 
more awkward.  Also you might be able to use a file managing app to zip 
compress contents before transfer.

I've usually opened my documents in Voice Dream Reader, but I haven't scanned 
really large documents.  you may be correct that there's a memory buffer size 
limitation. You could also concatenate text files or use a PDF merge program on 
your computer. I agree that Prizmo is straight-forward to use, too, with the 
StandScan Pro.

Cheers,

Esther

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Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-06 Thread Esther
Hi Annie and Brett,

Annie, are you saving as text or as PDF when you export the OCR resukts from 
Prizmo via the open in command?  I was going to suggest using a file manager 
app, such as Brett's example of using Phone Drive, so you have the option to 
rename your exported document.  You can export directly to Dropbox, but it's 
more awkward.  Also you might be able to use a file managing app to zip 
compress contents before transfer.

I've usually opened my documents in Voice Dream Reader, but I haven't scanned 
really large documents.  you may be correct that there's a memory buffer size 
limitation. You could also concatenate text files or use a PDF merge program on 
your computer. I agree that Prizmo is straight-forward to use, too, with the 
StandScan Pro.

Cheers,

Esther

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Re: best OCR apps

2013-07-05 Thread Richard Turner
you are correct.
I find Prizmo generally better than TextGrabber ', but others prefer 
TextGrabber over Prizmo.
If you haven't been on the list, you may want to check out the Standscan Pro 
discussions in the archives. 

Richard
(Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen)

On Jul 5, 2013, at 10:45 AM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote:

 Hey everyone, regarding OCR apps, what does everyone think are the best ones? 
 I'm thinking abbyy text grabber and prismo are the best choices, but thought 
 I would ask.
 
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Re: best OCR apps?

2013-01-16 Thread Yolanda Thompson
prismo

On 1/15/13, Andy Baracco w...@socal.rr.com wrote:
 But you can’t capture a whole page.

 Andy

 From: Alan J Paganelli
 Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 5:22 PM
 To: viphone@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: best OCR apps?
 Text Dective works very well.


 Regards,
 Alan
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 From: E.Vigil
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 I am new to iphones and am wanting to know about what you think your
 favorite OCR apps.  Thank you for your feedback..


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Re: best OCR apps?

2013-01-16 Thread Alan Paganelli
Move the phone higher.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Andy Baracco 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 8:46 PM
  Subject: Re: best OCR apps?


  But you can’t capture a whole page.

  Andy

  From: Alan J Paganelli 
  Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 5:22 PM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Subject: Re: best OCR apps?
  Text Dective works very well.  


  Regards,
  Alan
  Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your parents? Act now! Move out. Get
  a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything.
  Please click on:
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  the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly!
  The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still
  available upon request. Thanks for listening!


  From: E.Vigil 
  Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 5:37 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Subject: best OCR apps?


  I am new to iphones and am wanting to know about what you think your favorite 
OCR apps.  Thank you for your feedback..


  Edward


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Re: best OCR apps?

2013-01-15 Thread Andy Baracco
But you can’t capture a whole page.

Andy

From: Alan J Paganelli 
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 5:22 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: Re: best OCR apps?
Text Dective works very well.  


Regards,
Alan
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From: E.Vigil 
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 5:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: best OCR apps?


I am new to iphones and am wanting to know about what you think your favorite 
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