I just did this with a box that is exactly 8 inches wide and read a bill that was a standar width of 8-1/2 x 11 and it did well.
"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again." -Flavia Weedn -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 9:49 AM To: 'viphone@googlegroups.com' Subject: RE: Prizmo and a cardboard box. 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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