I have started recomending Prizmo to people who ask me about OCR on the iPhone as I get very little from other apps I have tried and although Prizmo hasn't quite given me what my KNFB gave me it is getting close. It may be down to a simple thing of the camera being in the corner of the phone and little things like that that take work to adjust. The cheapest, no but for me money well spent on Prizmo. On 16 Jul 2012, at 18:48, Richard Turner wrote:
> 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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