Yes, just to take pictures off the phone.

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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On 04/05/2012, at 9:00, "Brent Harding" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Oh, so the Serotek/Hovercam is just a twain-compatible device that will work 
> with whatever you have as scanning software? Won't the IPhone do this also, 
> or is the camera thing it comes up as on a machine without Itunes just to 
> take pictures off?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Chittenden" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 3:51 PM
> Subject: Re: elusive OCR App!
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have read the same comments. I find them hard to believe considering I get 
> the same conversion quality from Prizmo that I use to get from KNFB. Also, 
> they could use the video feed to help line up the page before switching to 
> the still camera for the picture.
> 
> If the comments were true, one would expect significant improvement from 
> programs which supposedly use the camera in the ways they are requesting. 
> Serotech's DocuScan Plus claims it uses such in its desktop camera, but I do 
> not see any improvement over running the camera with ABBYY Fine Reader, so 
> find the argument rather spurious.
> 
> 
> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
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> 
> On 03/05/2012, at 13:07, "Andy Baracco" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I know that Jim Gashel and Mike Hingson are both iPhone users. I expect it
>> to come at some point.  What I have read from mike is that at this time it
>> is not possible to achieve the functionality of the KNFB reader on the
>> iPhone because Apple does not give developers enough access to the camera
>> API.
>> 
>> Andy
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>> Of David Chittenden
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 12:58 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: elusive OCR App!
>> 
>> 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!
>>> 
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