Hi, I wrote Raphael at Prizmo about this very thing last week. If you go to the readability settings there should be an option for white letters. Try that and let us know how it goes. I was preparing for a presentation at a Macular Degeneration workshop and had a flyer that was white on green. Sadly, by the time I got his suggestion of using the different setting the flyer had gone to the recycle bin. HTH, Richard
Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On May 23, 2013, at 7:52 AM, Sandratomkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Siegard, (think I forgot how to spell your name there, sorry!) > > I just tried it several times with Talking Goggles and while it seems that > it can read the text quite well, I only get about 5 seconds of speach before > it cuts off. So, only time enough for 2 or 5 words, depending. > > I always feel that this app could be excellent for reading on the fly, but > with the restrictions of time etc, it doesn't do much for me. Also, I would > love not to have to listen to that voice, wish we could always default to VO > if we want. I can understand developers introducing voices for mainstream > apps, as people in general aren't using VO, but for apps designed with VO > users in mind, I am not sure of the thinking. > > So, in short, Talking Goggles, for me, is more of a potential than an > actuality. Tell me otherwise, show me where I am going wrong and I will try > again! > > Sandy. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 23 May 2013, at 14:48, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Sandy, >> >> As the unofficial OCR queen on Viphone *smile*, have you tried Talking >> Goggles in video mode on something like your birthday card? I am just >> curious as I am always amazed what this app recognizes. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Sandratomkins >> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:33 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: OCr of white text on coloured image. >> >> Hi, >> >> I received a birthday party invitation which is like a post-card. It is >> shiny, the background is floral and purple (mainly) and the script is white >> and , in places, swirly,. In other words, not something that we can scan as >> yet. I tried many times with prizmo, using the StandScan Pro plus lights, >> then without the lights to try and avoid glare. But Prizmo told me that no >> text could be found. >> >> I then tried it with Text Grabber. I did, at least get results, more >> often than not and discovered something interesting: each time my results >> were not complete, but different bits of text were identified! This was >> strange because, if I had been able to amalgamate all my results, I would >> have got just about all the info. So, if TG could manage this transposition >> of colour from black text to white and, with difficulty, ignore the >> confusion of the background, why can't it do the lot, all at one sitting? >> >> This is not to criticise Text Grabber, after all, it did better than >> Prizmo, and, indeed, I was delighted to get any results from this most >> tricky scan, but if it can do it..... >> >> Just my thoughts and here it is, not good, but the best I could get! >> >> Sandy. >> >> .^fT-Fl-i Birthday Celebration ^rdiallif invited b this momentous occasion >> Dress Code - Smart Casual ^3 Sunday iith August ^ i.30pm to 5.30pm ^ >> Foxhills '"\RSVP Chris Tomkins |g|p^ Ampliar parking on site, Free of Charge >> >> P.S. There was a telephone number, I edited it out, but it was correct! 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