Hi, Maybe not a grand, but a hundred or two certainly. For +95% accuracy with autofocus and autoflash and other tools to make it deadly easy to get a scan and read? Absolutely. It's not as if they have to re-invent the wheel. There are already OCr engines for IOS.
Personally, I love the idea of prismo, but even though I'm a reasonably good technology guy, I just can't be assed making it work and most of my clients would be lost, even serious IPhone users. Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2012-05-02, at 3:58 PM, David Chittenden wrote: > Hello, > > How many iOS device users are willing to pay the $1000 that KNFB Reader > charges for the KNFB Reader on the disappearing Nokia Symbion platform? > > I personally get good enough results with Prizmo, and it was only $10. It > took me quite a while with lots of practice to become effective with Prizmo. > > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 03/05/2012, at 7:30, AppleGourmet <[email protected]> wrote: > >> as a previous user of KNFB Mobile Reader and user of the TextScout >> from www.textscout.eu I have tried many paid and free OCR apps for the >> iphone. Sadly not one has come anywhere close to the awesome >> performance of the above two apps. Why are we not being given one? >> Surely there are enough iPHONE users who would gladly pay to have a >> working app on there iPhone. >> With KNFB and TextSCOUT one could read entire books, magazines, >> medical bottle labels, small text etc on the go with almost 98 percent >> accuracy. None of the iPhone apps are even half as accurate! >> Will the powers that be, prevail on these companies to come out with a >> version for the iPhone? Please! >> If anyone knows of a working OCR app, please share the info. >> Many thanks! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
