Hi anouk, if you search the archives of this mailing list as well as other sources such as AppleVis, there's plenty of discussion about the various OCR solutions such as Prizmo and Text Detective. I'd say these are probably the best places to look because OCR apps and techniques are always evolving and there are some great minds around to offer tips and guidance. There's a new version of Prizmo which has been reviewed favourably on this list in the last few days, and there's lots of discussion in the past couple months about the StanScan, a very cost effective and portable stand that will help you align your camera with a page correctly.
I'd say this is the trickiest bit about relying on an iOS device for OCR, especially if you've never had vision before. Ambient lighting, subtle changes in the angle, the distance from the document being scanned, and many other factors can significantly impede your results. The reality is, blindness specific solutions such as the KNFB reader can cost thousands of dollars, but are significantly more tolerant when you don't have the alignment quite right and so forth. With iOS, OCR solutions won't set you back even a fraction of that price (there are free OCR solutions as well as packages just costing a few dollars), but are more prone to error if you have trouble taking accurate pictures. Grant On 5/16/13, anouk radix <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am pretty excited about the possibilities to use your iphone as a > portable scanner (hopefully in a few years no need anymore for expensive > and largish camera scanners for quick results but just your very > portable iphone to scan menus in restaurants or to scan postcards bills > and possibly even books if you are patient). But how far along, easy and > intuitive is thsis technology right now? Are there podcasts/blogs i can > check and have there been any comparative reviews/research into the > available apps like prizmo and/or text detective. Are the results > different dependant on the idevice that youa re using. > Any info or links would be extremely helpful! > Thanks in advance > Greetings, Anouk, > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
