Hi Jess, When people get started with Prizmo and other OCR apps, a common problem is not having sufficient light for your images. I use the light detector app to check this. Also, it's a good idea to start with something simple. For example, if you have a letter that you printed out, you can use that to train with. You should expect an initial steep learning period because you're going to have to be precise in orienting your iPhone camera by lining it up according to the edges of the page, and also holding it flat. You also need to make sure that the page you are trying to OCR lies flat. However, one of the good things about Prizmo is that you usually get enough information to correct your method, and it also works pretty fast.
What kind of errors are you encountering? If you get some text, but not with several tildes interspersed, that's probably a case where the page is not flat. If there is insufficient light, you'll probably get what appears to be random characters. That can also happen if you hold the camera skewed with the edges of the paper. If you become practiced with lining up the camera with the edges of the page, you'll find that you can OCR documents that are upside down or rotated by 90 degrees to the right or left with equal facility. It does take a lot of practice, but then at some point it just works. David Chittenden has had a lot of good tips in the past, and maybe he can make some suggestions. It would help to know what you're getting back from the program. Also, if you're using an iPhone 3GS the camera may not be good enough to give you reliable results. An iPod Touch camera or iPad 2 camera is definitely not good enough. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 3, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Jessica wrote: > Hi All > After reading the prizmo guide I thought it looked promising so I got it. No > matter what I try I get a can’t recognize text when trying it out. Any > suggestions would be appreciated. > Jess > -- 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.
