[nabs-l] Best OCR Apps for the iPhone?

[Ignasi Cambra]

Once you get used to doing it the right way it really doesn't take
much patience. Just keep trying and find the right way to do it. Try
having the paper you are trying to scan on a flat surface such as a
table, and make sure the light is on.

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 2, 2012, at 7:14 PM, josh gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is just me. But, I personally find the iPhone quite difficult to
> line up properly with the paper you're trying to scan. It'll work, but
> it'll also take time and patience.
> Hth,
> Josh
>
> On 8/2/12, Bryan Jones <opensesame at me.com> wrote:
>> Hi Arielle,
>>
>> I've personally had good success using Prizmo to OCR some course materials
>> as well as, mail, business cards, etc, but I've also heard from many folks
>> who struggle to get decent results with Prizmo or any of the IOS OCR Apps.
>> It takes some patience and practice, and it seems to help if you have an
>> iPhone 4 or 4S, both of which have better cameras than the iPhone 3GS. I've
>> pasted a link to a great beginner's guide to using Prizmo from the Applevis
>> website, which is a good resource for reviews and discussion of accessible
>> IOS Apps. I've also pasted links below to 3 of the most popular OCR Apps,
>> but there are many more which you can find by searching that same site.
>>
>> A Guide to using Prizmo:
>> http://www.applevis.com/guides/guide-using-prizmo-scanning-and-ocr-application-iphone
>>
>> Prizmo review:
>> http://www.applevis.com/ios-app-directory/lifestyle/prizmo
>>
>> SayText review:
>> http://www.applevis.com/ios-app-directory/productivity/saytext
>>
>> TextDetective review:
>> http://applevis.com/ios-app-directory/utilities/textdetective
>>
>> HTH,
>> Cheers,
>> Bryan
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2012, at 9:09 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I got an iPhone about two months ago and I have heard there are some
>>> good apps for reading printed text (mail, handouts etc.) Do any of you
>>> have suggestions regarding the most reliable OCR apps to get? One
>>> issue I have is that I have really bad aim when taking photos with a
>>> phone camera, so I would like to get one that is highly accurate
>>> and/or that provides viewfinder feedback.
>>> I have heard that VizWiz (an app that will send a photo of something
>>> to a human reader who will send back a translation within a few
>>> minutes) is good, but I would like to use a software app so I don't
>>> have to wait.
>>
>>
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