Yes, just to take pictures off the phone.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone 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 > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > 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? 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