What an interesting perspective. It is like saying, I bought a Compaq computer and it was useless, so I now believe no computer will work for me.
Text Detective was designed for blind people. It can only scan about 2/3 of the page per scan. It works decently well for this coverage so long as the user follows the instructions for use that are in the app. And, one must have good lighting. How can Text Grabber be only $5 to $10? Well, Text Grabber was developed for sighted people, not for blind people. Therefore, it is targeted to a much larger market, so can amortise the costs across many many more customers. I use Text Grabber daily, along with my StandScan Pro to read through my mail and other printed paperwork. In other words, for less than the cost of a flatbed scanner, I have the entire OCR solution, on my iPhone, at about the same quality. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Feb 2014, at 16:25, Antonio Guimaraes <[email protected]> wrote: > > I bought text detective and I'm rather disappointed. > > It is useless enough to leave me skeptical about any iPHone scanning solution. > > Based on results, do any of you think I should reconsider, and give > Textgrabber a try? > > It's not too expensive, which is a noter reason to be skeptical. How can this > be developed and sold for $5 and change, and be what we expect it to do? > > Some times you do get what you pay for. > > Antonio >> On Feb 20, 2014, at 12:11 PM, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Prizmo, Textgrabber are both real good. Text Detective and Say Text are a >> bit less-capable. If they want good print recognition, alignment is so >> critical that I'd opt for the Standscan as well. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Alex Stone >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:46 AM >> Subject: scanning apps >> >> I have a friend who is just about to move to the iPhone, from an old talks >> phone with knfb reader. What scanning or ocr apps would people recommend? 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