Hi Cheryl, There's an old and rather long post of mine on using the Vuescan app in combination with an OCR app in the archives. Here's the link: • OCR with iOS devices with the Vuescan app and wireless scanner http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone%40googlegroups.com/msg07647.html
The Vuescan Mobile app works with most wireless Canon, Epson, and HP scanners. The current device list is given at: http://www.hamrick.com/mob.html#supported-scanners There's a free, lite version of the app you can use to check whether your scanner works, since your model may work even if it's not on the supported list. Unfortunately, the free version doesn't support selecting high resolution for scans, which is what you need to get good results for OCR programs. I used an HP D110a wireless all-in-one printer. I don't recommend this from an accessibility point of view, but it basically came free from when Apple was still doing printer promotions with computer purchases, and when a friend bought a MacBook Air. The first generation AirPrint compatible HP wireless printers have touch screens for setup and no feedback about the buttons and screen content. However, if you get sighted help to set up the network address and configuration, the software controls through your Mac or iOS device work pretty well. I don't think this setup is a replacement for having a good scanning program with numerous options on your computer, but for a lot of things that only require a quick scan of a few pages so the content is on your iOS device, this can be convenient. You do need to also use an OCR app like Prizmo or ABBYY TextGrabber that can process input from the camera roll. This should also work for devices that don't have good enough cameras for OCR -- like earlier iPod Touch or iPad models, assuming they have the OCR apps. I think of this as more of a convenience for occasional use, because I'm doing more with apps and content on my iPhone. I know Scott Howell has tried this with the scanner on his HP wireless printer. The best scanners are still the flatbeds, and may not have wireless options. I'd be interested if there are good wireless scanner options. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Nov 12, 4:30 am, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anybody used the vuescan app on an i-device? If so, is it completely > accessible and what scanner are you using? I have a canon lide 110 and would > obviously have to find a scanner that works over wifi. > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) -- 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.
