This is very cool! Did you have to do anything to keep the paperback book open or flattend it in any way?
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandratomkins Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 4:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Prizmo and a cardboard box. yes Sent from my iPhone On 21 Nov 2012, at 20:38, Rob Harris <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: > For clarification, I'm going to suggest or presume the 8x12 is the base and > 16 the height and thus the focal length? > > RobH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandratomkins" <sandratomk...@googlemail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 6:14 PM > Subject: Re: Prizmo and a cardboard box. > > > Here are the dimensions of the box. > 16 x 8 x 12 inches. > > 40 x 20 x 30 cm (but I don't trust Hugh's conversion there!) > > Either way, this just happened to arrive today, it may not be the > optimum size, but it works for me and to show this, here is another > offering. This time it is from a leaflet, that I folded open so that just > one page was showing. I think it is about an a4 or letter size for those > across the pond. It is from an information flyer re travelling with a Guide > or Assistance Dog. > > Happy snapping. > Sandy. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 21 Nov 2012, at 16:43, Kimberly thurman <kkthur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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. 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