Sandy, this is really great. What were the dimensions of the box? On Nov 21, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Sandratomkins wrote:
> HI, > > Below, please find an offering from Prizmo made using my latest hands-free > method. The reason I am trying this out is to try and find a way for people > to get reliable results from, say, Prizmo without having to worry about > positioning and lighting. > > Today we received through the post something in a largish cardboard box. I > got my partner to cut an inch square rectangle in the centre of the smallest > side. I left the flaps that opened to allow one to empty the box and placed > the box on the other smallest end. I know this isn't clear and will explain > further if anyone is interested, but for now, I just want to show that > home-made ideas can work for reasonable OCR apps. > > I placed a paperback book open inside the box, facing up toward the hole > previously cut and placed the phone so that the camera was positioned over > this hole. Prizmo was already launched so I just chose "text" then "camera" > and once I heard "auto focused" I gave the command to take picture. > > Because the box was dark, helped by the keeping of the flaps, the flash > automatically was enabled and the below is the result. This is an OCR of both > pages shot at once. Not, perhaps, perfect, but quite acceptable IMHO. > Sandy. > > % ! was sttting at Bjurman's desk and reading through the papers that she had > found in the drawers when she heard a knock on the door jamb and turned to > see Officer Bubble balancing two cups of coffee on his notebook, with a blue > bag of cinnamon rolls from the local kiosk in his other hand. Wearily she > waved him in. > "What don't you want me to touch?" Bublanski said. > ~The techs have finished in here. They're still working on the kitchen and > the bedroom, The body's still in there." Bublanski pulled up a chair and sat > down. Modig opened the bag and took out a roll. > "Thanks, I was having such caffeine withdrawal I thought I'd die." > They munched quietly. > Modig licked her fingers and said, "I heard things didn't go so well at > Lundagatan." > "There was nobody there. There were unopened letters for • > Salander, but someone called Miriam Wu lives there. We haven't found her yet > either.~ > "Who is she?" > "Don't really know, Faste is working on her background. She was added to the > contract about a month ago, but she just seems to be someone who lives in the > apartment. I think Salander moved without filing a change of address." > "Maybe she planned all this." > "What? A triple murder?" Bublanski shook his head dejectedly. > "What a mess this is turning into. Ekstr6m insisted on holding a press > conference, and now we're going to get it in the neck from the media. Have > you found anything?" > "Apart from Biurman's body in the bedroom, you mean? We found the empty box > for the Magnum. It's being checked for prints. > Bjurman has a file with copies of his monthly reports about Salander that he > sent to the guardianship agency, If they are to be believed, Salander is a > regular little angel, big-time." > ~Not him too," Bublanski said. > "Not him too what?" > "Another admirer of Fr6ken Salander.~ > Bublanski summed up what he had learned from Armansky and / . > . . > , > . > . > Blomkvist. Modig listened without interrupting. When he finished ,~; she > ran her fingers through her hair and rubbed her eyes. g' "That > sounds completely absurd," she said. ~ Bublanski > tugged on his lower lip. Modig glanced at him and ~': had to suppress a > smile. He had a rough-chiselled face that looked ~ almost brutal. But > when he was confused or unsure of something, his expression turned sullen. It > was in those moments that she It; thought of him as Officer Bubble. She had > never used the nickname to his face and did not know who had coined it. But > it suited him perfectl)~ > "How sure are we?~' > "The prosecutor seems sure. An A.P.B. went out nationally for Salander this > evening," Bublanski said, "She spent the past year abroad, and it's possible > she could try to leave again." > UBut how sure are we?" > He shrugged. ~We've taken people in for a lot less." > "Her prints were on the murder weapon in Enskede. Her guardian was murdered. > Without trying to get ahead of things, I'm guessing it's the same weapon that > was used here. We'll know tomorrow the techs found a fairly intact bullet > fragment in the bed frame." "Good." > "There are some rounds for the revolver in the bottom desk drawer. Bullets > with uranium cores and gold tips." > "Very useful." > "We have lots of paperwork that says Salander is unstable. > Bjurman was her guardian and he owned the gun." > Mmm . . . > e have a hnk between Salander and the couple in Enskede Mikael Blomkvist." > "Mmm.. - he said again. > "You don't Sound convinced." > ~1 can't get a clear line on Salander. The paperwork says one thing but > Armansky and Blomkvist say something else. According to the paperwork she is > a progressively disabled near-psychopath. > According to the two men who have worked with her, she's a skilled > researcher. That's a huge discrepancy, We have no motive for Bjurman and > nothing to say that she knew the couple in Enskede." > > > -- Made with Prizmo. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > 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.
