Hi Veronica, Sandy is the expert, but I'll chime in here. Set the camera so it is in the middle of the page. Tap on the take picture button. Then, lift the phone straight up to about a foot or so above the page, you should here some beeps, when you do, hold the phone very still and it should automatically take the picture and start processing the text. I discovered, by using the light detector app, that I had been raising the phone a little too high. I am totally blind, so I use the light detector app to gauge the amount of light. If I lift the phone too high, then the light becomes less bright. So, once I figured out how high I should hold the phone and still have it indicating a bright light, I switched to SayText and only raised it about the same height, then I got a great result.
HTH, Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch) On Jul 16, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Veronica Elsea <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone! > Okay, as I seem to have accumulated quite a number of possible OCR apps, I > decided to play with SayText again tonight. But my experience using this app > doesn't seem to match the tutorial's description. So I'm wondering what I'm > missing. > First, I have the piece of paper on the table. I found the "take picture" > button and double-tapped it. In a few seconds I heard the sound that says > something changed on the screen. I seem to be placed on something that just > says button. If I swipe to the right, I find camera and cancel. If I > double-tap on camera, it actually seems to take a picture, although I haven't > gotten a good scan yet. But I keep hearing about everything happening > automatically and haven't seen this extra step of finding the camera button > mentioned. I don't notice anything in the app settings that would seem to > affect this. Just curious. > Thanks. > > Veronica > > -- > Watch and hear Veronica Elsea's Prayer for a Soldier at > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFoIhWrBHFI > Then find more music from Veronica Elsea and The Guide Dog Glee Club at: > http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com > Veronica Elsea, Owner > Laurel Creek Music Designs > Santa Cruz, California > Phone: 831-429-6407 > > > -- > 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.
