Thanks Jeff, I really need to be on Viphone, but the subscription process thwarts me for some reason.
Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-05-09, at 2:42 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > To clarify, Sandy posted to the viphone list. I haven't verified, but don't > believe she's subscribed to Macvisionaries. I will copy one of her posts > below which should help any interested party to get started. > > Supplemental to Ann's comments, I have no light perception and can report > getting some results using Prismo on my 3GS. I'd never depend on it to read > a bill or contract, but can often get the gist of a page. Considering the > much lower resolution of the 3GS camera, this is very impressive and > infinitely better than my results with the SayText, SmartScan or DocScanner > apps. > > Best regards, > Geoff > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Sandy Tomkins <sandratomk...@googlemail.com> >>> Date: 13 March 2011 14:04:52 GMT+00:00 >>> To: "viph...@googlegroups.com" <viph...@googlegroups.com> >>> Subject: Re: An example of Prizmo. >>> >>> Hi Tim, >>> >>> Before I begin, I must apologise for, what I imagine will be, a lengthy >>> reply. >>> >>> First of all, so as to clear the decks, I should say that although I do >>> have a modicum of sight, it only gets in the way when using these scanning >>> apps, so I am working entirely without looking, so, working on that basis, >>> I will tell you what I have done re settings and then describe the method I >>> employ to make a scan. >>> >>> In the settings section of Prizmo, I disable the grid guide. >>> >>> From the home screen of Prizmo I select "Text" which opens another page, >>> now, on this new page there is a camera option which I choose. I can't >>> quite remember if I did this before entering the camera option or if I did >>> it from the page before, but one of the options on one of the pages is >>> "tool bar", double tap that and along the bottom of the page you should >>> find some toggle buttons like "flash" etc, there is just one button which >>> is not labelled and that is the one you need to double tap to turn on >>> speech command. This will allow you to tell the camera to shoot, you say >>> "Take picture!" This is important as it means you don't have to tap the >>> screen thereby wobbling the phone. However, if you use this mode, you >>> really need to use the earphone/mic because the speaker seems to default to >>> small speaker and you can't hear what you are doing otherwise. >>> >>> OK, Choose your book. Can I suggest that you practise with something >>> that is easy to scan. So, something with reasonable print if you can >>> ascertain that, something with reasonable paper quality, and something that >>> will sit nice and flat. My thinking is this, too often we start off with >>> scraps of paper or foolscap printed letters etc, in either case, we are >>> demanding too much before we are ready. If you use a normal sized >>> paperback, for example, you won't need to take the phone so far away from >>> your target image because of the larger size. Does that make sense? I have >>> found it much better to get some successes under my belt before pushing >>> things to their limit. I find that if you get a bit of confidence it makes >>> you more likely to succeed with the tougher stuff. >>> >>> Right! Now there is the question of light levels. There are various >>> options with Prizmo re using the flash, the scan I got from my herb book >>> was taken without the flash, but the light level here in my kitchen on this >>> fairly bright Sunday morning is quite good and I reckon this is a whole >>> area for discussion, I.E. how best to proceed assuming a person has no >>> light perception and wants good results. Whether one should use the flash >>> by default or not etc. There are times when the flash could work against >>> you if the surface you are scanning is shiny, for example. >>> >>> With the book open and the page I had chosen to shoot was sitting nice >>> and flat, I double tapped that "Camera" button, then I hear "auto focusing" >>> I already have the phone, face down, obviously, in the centre of the page, >>> actually, I tend to try to have the top right of the phone in the centre as >>> that is where the camera is and then, using both hands to hold the phone, I >>> lift it about six inches above the page and say "Take picture!" If possible >>> I like to hear "auto focused" just before I give the command, but not >>> actually sure it makes any difference. You will hear the picture taken and >>> you can move. >>> >>> I do find that I get better results if I use both hands to hold the >>> sides of the phone because I have aterrible sense of the flat and I seem to >>> do better with both hands to keep it perfectly horizontal, don't know if I >>> am wxplaining this well, but I do have a firmer hold and keep it more still >>> this way. >>> >>> Pretty much imediately, I touch the bottom right of the screen and >>> double tap the "use" button. >>> >>> A new page will open, I flick twice to the right to hear "next" and >>> double tap that. Now I hear "Processing", it generally takes about ten >>> seconds, and, if you have been at all successful, you will hear a trill as >>> your scannedpage opens. Sometimes, I do get a notification telling me that >>> no text was extracted, but assuming that doesn't happen, I just do a double >>> finger flick up to read the scanned page. >>> >>> I will say this, I have had this app for about a week to ten days and >>> every now and again I open it up, dig out a book and give it a go. At first >>> I only got, perhaps, 20 percent success, this is improving all the time, >>> but sometimes it just won't work well at all, and this may well have >>> something to do with lighting, so I will be paying attention to htat to see >>> if I can sort out the best option re flash. >>> >>> Hope this elps a bit, do keep trying and remember to enable speech and >>> disable the grid guide thing. >>> >>> Sandy. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 9, 2011, at 12:38 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Hi Erik: >> I know Sandy T has done several posts on this app, using iPhone 4. She's >> gotten some pretty impressive results. Check the archives from I believe >> April. >> >> HTH >> Take care >> >> Carolyn >> On May 9, 2011, at 10:19 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >> >>> Hi, has anyone gotten prismo to work on the ITouch or the IPhone? I >>> couldn't get it to do a scan, but one of my clients has bought it and wants >>> to learn to use it. >>> >>> I'll give it another shot here, but would appreciate any pointers. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> User support consultant, >>> Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, >>> 1-888-255-5194 >>> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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