O Scanning Queen, First, I have no idea why the blue text. Let me know if it is still blue and I'll do some investigating.
As for SayText, I just tried it again. No beeps, nada. I switched to Prizmo and got an almost perfect scan. I then switched back to SayText and tried again. Still nothing. This is with an iPhone 4S. Since Prizmo got an excellent result, I'm fairly sure that it isn't a lighting issue or a case issue. Perhaps I'm not waiting long enough for the beeps? How long does that take for you? (Sent from my iPhone) On Jul 16, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Sandy Tomkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard, > > first things first: did you know that your message appeared on my iPhone > with lovely blue text? I have not noticed this with anyone else's post. What > is your secret eh? > > OK, slowly isn't actually necessary at all! I say that to encourage > control re the maintaining of the horizontal plane. I often get good success > by lifting the phone pretty quick to the right height and BANG! I hear the > beeps and the shutter and then I just wait till I hear "OCR results" Indeed, > it may be that for some people lifting quickly in a swift and assured motion, > may result in better scans. Now, how high? Hmm, the issue with saytext is to > get enough height to allow the camera to see all four edges of the paper. > When it sees all four edges it will beep, so if you have not heard the beeps > it must be that you have not lifted high enough. However, if you lift too > high, the picture may be taken but you may not get any usable info from the > scan because it was too far away. > > Working on the assumption that you are reading from a piece of foolscap, > I think you need to lift about 18 inches (sorry, too old to make the > conversion to metric today!) A general sort of guide line might be, it you > are standing, and I always suggest standing when learning to use these apps, > at a table, I probably lift the phone to about mid-chest. does that help? > > Another thing to do with all of these apps, it is what I did before I > started to get good results, was to find yourself a sighted assistant who > would hold the phone along with you, and in that way, between you they will > take the phone to the right height, saytext will take the shot and you will > feel the approximate right height. > > From the SayText Sage! Sandy. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 16 Jul 2012, at 14:46, "Richard Turner" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sandy, so, how slowly is "slowly?" >> I've not practice a ton, but I practiced quite a bit and seldom got any >> results, as in, it almost never beeped. >> >> So, how long does it take you to go from on the page to it beeping, and how >> high up is the phone when it does beep? >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Sandy Tomkins >> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 1:39 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: another scanning app? >> >> 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! 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