Carol, All OCR apps use the backfacing camera because the front camera is strictly meant for Skye or Facetime video and its resolution is way too low for OCR, I believe it's like the camera on the iPod Touch which is 1 MP whereas the iPhone 4 backfacing camera is 5 MP and the 4S is 8 MP.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A Saytext question. Does it use the front or back-facing camera? Carol P ---- Original Message ---- From: "Sandy Tomkins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:45 AM Subject: Re: A Saytext question. > Hallo Veronica, > > Don't change anything in the settings of Saytext. > Just try the following: > > place the phone so that it is central and square with the paper (if > you have difficulty with this, i can make a suggestion as to how to do > this) > > Doubletap the "Take Picture" button and lift the phone. I always > suggest using both hands as this is the best way of keeping the phone > completely flat and make sure you don't cover the camera on the back > of the phone. > > If you are scanning a piece of foolscap, lift the phone at least a > foot high. Then stop for a second or two to see if the beeps start. if > not, lift a little higher and wait again, repeat until you hear them, > but you > should never need to go more than 18 inches high. > > Once the beeps and the shutter have gone off, just wait. you can > move the phone now, as the app is no longer using the camera. You may > have to wait from 1 to 2 minutes, but normally not that long and you > should hear "OCR finished" or something like that. then you can just > do a two finger flick down to hear your results. > > Let me know if this works for you. > > Sandy. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 17 Jul 2012, at 02:11, 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. -- 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.
