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On Jul 16, 2012, at 1:39 AM, Sandy Tomkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Chiming in here: I downloaded both Perfect OCR and Text Detective over > the weekend. Now, my experience with these scanning apps teaches me that > practise makes nearly perfect, but I must say that so far I get much, much > better results with both prizmo and SayText. Indeed, I am finding that > SayText is becoming my scanning app of preference! Even over Prizmo. Prizmo > is always worth having onboard for those really tricky documents that SayText > just wont manage, but for the majority of the time, I find SayText the > easiest, most intuitive and, very often, the best at giving good results, of > all the scanning apps. As yet, I have not had any sort of readable results > from Text Detective, but must admit that SayText was the same at the > beginning, so, maybe, I will be singing its praises after the next update, > however, for now, I would recommend SayText, which, I think, is still free? > Could be wrong about that though.If it is, I would highly recommend people to > give it a try, you will see what I mean about ease of use, but you do have to > lift the phone till you hear the beeps, moving it slowly higher and higher > till you hear them, then waiting for the click of the camera. > > Happy snapping, Sandy. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 15 Jul 2012, at 21:05, "Michael Malver" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I tried it. I love its intuitive, simple interface. Click the scan button, >> and if text is available, it appears in an edit box. The phone vibrates when >> recognition begins so you know if text is detected. >> If text is not detected, you are told, and scanning is performed again. In >> other words, you can reposition the document and camera without having to >> activate the scan button again. >> I found the accuracy to be rather bad, but I freely admit I'm not a great >> camera user, so suspect I may be the cause of at least some of the errors. >> At $1.99, I feel it's a program to purchase and watch as it develops. >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Maria Chapman >> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 2:03 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: another scanning app? >> >> HI. have seen this one discussed on applevis. has anyone tried this app? >> It's called text detective. From what i can gather, it scans for text >> automatically and tells the user when or if it has found text. >> >> here is the link. >> >> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textdetective/id541494875?mt=8# >> God Bless! Maria from australia >> Newbie mac user. >> [email protected] >> will get you fb as well as email & iMessage. >> skype same as email,without the gmail part. twitter bubbygirl >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
