Also, if the text is skewed from square on, if the phone is tilted in any direction, and if the phone is being jiggled, even just a little bit while the picture is being taken, you will get less to un recognisable text.
What takes lots of practice is learning how to consistently take a perfect image. And, the more frustrated you get, the worse the image becomes. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 28/01/2013, at 15:55, "Anonymouse" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Some of the people on here have some great advice. > > Must concur that lighting, glare, the level of your shot, the height, and > such are at great important. > > Some things to note are that if you get garble messages. It typically means > you are too high when you take your picture. > > Remember if you are using the 3gs you will have less accuracy. The 4 becomes > a bit better because of the higher megapixels in the camera. I find that a > phone height is the limit on those. For those on the 4s and the 5 will have > even a better camera and you can raise your phone higher. If you go to high > the less accuracy you will have. > > So if you have great lighting. Use a sheet or some sort under the document. > Hold the phone not too high. You should have great results. > > HTH > > Regards, > AnonyMouse > AppleVis Editorial Team > www.AppleVis.com > Twitter: www.twitter.com\thomas_domville > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > of David Chittenden > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 2:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Text Detective App > > Ok, since there are several people who regularly report that they get very > useable results from both apps mentioned, the statement that they do not > work is clearly false. I have written how to use Prizmo several times on > this list. There is a write-up on applevis.com. These apps require lots of > practice to learn how to take a clear image for OCR conversion. Steady hands > and good lighting are essential. So is lots of patience whilst learning. I > use Prizmo every day. It has the best OCR engine. Text Detective is quite > good as well. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 27/01/2013, at 20:39, Harmony Neil <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I tried using this app a couple of days ago and got it to scan, but could > never make any sense out of the results. Prismo is no better to be honest. >> >> On 27/01/2013, at 2:04, "CD" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We are talking about the same thing. Thanks so much! Will try that now. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Anonymouse >>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 6:01 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: RE: Text Detective App >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> That part is rather confusing. If you are talking about the first >>> part when you open the app up for the first time? >>> >>> This is the Tutorial part of where you have to swipe to go on with >>> the four pages of it. >>> >>> The secret is is that flick until you get to the part where it says >>> Page 1 of 4. Now realize that we are in the landscape mode with the >>> Home button on the left. Once you have the focus on the Page 1 of 4. >>> Down do the Three fingers swipe to the left. This will proceed on to >>> Page 2. You will need to do this for all four pages of the Tutorial. >>> >>> Hope this helps you out and that we are talking about the same thing? >>> ;) >>> >>> I found this to be one of my favorite OCR program to date. >>> >>> Regards, >>> AnonyMouse >>> AppleVis Editorial Team >>> www.AppleVis.com >>> Twitter: www.twitter.com\thomas_domville >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of CD >>> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 7:13 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Text Detective App >>> >>> Has anyone been able to make the Text Detective App work? I can't >>> get past the first page. It says three finger flick left to get to >>> next step and I can't get it to do that. 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