Greetings, everyone. I have been playing with Voice Dream Scanner for about four days. This is my first experience with OCR software for the iPhone, and I’m wondering what degree of accuracy I should ultimately expect. I am well aware of all of the conditions that affect accuracy, and I’m the first to admit that I may have much to learn about camera distance and focus, print quality affecting accuracy, and so on. However, I’m asking about how the software behaves under optimal conditions.
Using good lighting, what appears to be decent camera focus based on the steadiness of the Scanner tone, and good printing quality, I can’t do much better than two errors per page using a flat document. Wehn I try to scan an inexpensive paperback, this error is markedly more disappointing even if I try to flatten the book against the table. I’m thinking anyone can occasionally get an error-free scan, but, for instance, if one were to scan fifteen pages in batch mode using a book or a flast document, what would the average error rate be under very decent conditions? I’m asking this question because as someone learning new software, I want to know what top form means. I have heard superlatives used to describe the behavior of some OCR readers. To me, words like “amazing” and “fantastic” should not be used if the average error rate is two per page under optimal conditions. All thoughts are welcome. I will read everything posted in this thread. Thank you. Craig -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAPaLqzicLh4E_Gn3Nib9m3JkwuP6ixY5yQsgaNR%2BiCytEudOew%40mail.gmail.com.
