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

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

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. JoJo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit

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. -- Lelia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone

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

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 On 6 Jul 2013, at

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

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

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

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

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

best OCR apps

2013-07-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive,

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

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 Teenagers; Tired

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

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 Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your parents? Act now! Move out. Get a job

best OCR apps?

2013-01-14 Thread E.Vigil
I am new to iphones and am wanting to know about what you think your favorite OCR apps. Thank you for your feedback.. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit