Is it necessary to hold the phone still while the image is processing? Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 19, 2018, at 4:26 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > I do not know if that has an impact on Seeing AI. It might since it is > attempting to retain the format. > I’d suggest writing seein...@microsoft.com and asking them that very question. > This is just the kind of thing that they could then add to its capability > perhaps. > > Later, > Richard > > > > (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) > > On Jan 19, 2018, at 1:19 PM, Cristóbal <crismuno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Can’t remember the last time I used KNFBReader on my phone. Immediacy of >> scanning results is what makes me partial to SeeingAI hands down at this >> point. Even if scanning results were marginally better in KNFBReader, the >> fact that you can get feedback almost instantaneously in SeeingAI >> Would for me anyway outweigh the difference in OCR results. That and the >> added channels too. KNFBReader’s got some major catching up to do. >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Richard Turner >> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 12:58 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: KNFB Reader v. Seeing AI >> >> That is not my experience at all. >> But, if you do not care about document layout, then KNFB is faster. >> With the Short Text mode, once it starts reading the page, point the camera >> to a blank spot on your desk, because the entire point of the short text >> mode is to read on the fly, so any movement that focuses on other text, or >> changes the focus on the same text, will be treated as a new scan. It isn't >> really designed for whole page scanning, that is what the document channel >> is for. >> But, if it doesn't work for you, sticking with KNFB makes perfect sense. >> Scott White, at NFB, tells me that format retention should be in an update >> this year for KNFB. >> Something I've asked for since it was released. >> Here's hoping it finally happens. >> Richard >> >> >> >> >> (Sent from the iPod Touch 6) >> >> On Jan 19, 2018, at 12:24 PM, kelby carlson <kelbycarl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> So, I'm now working in a court and have to deal with lots of paper >> documents. So I am using OCR much more. This has given me the chance to >> really compare KNFB Reader (which I honestly hadn't used much even though I >> bought it) and Seeing AI. >> >> My conclusion: KNFB still beats Seeing AI for scanning print documents by a >> country mile. >> >> Take what is called a "face sheet" for a docket, which contains all the >> basic information about a case. When trying to do the document channel with >> Seeing AI, it would continually tellm me that one or more edges was not >> visible no matter how much I adjusted the phone. When I raised the phone >> really high and got a "hold steady" it would take a picture but not >> recognize a bit of text. >> >> With KNFB: I center the camera, lift it up, take a couple field of views to >> orient, take a picture and it reads the sheet almost immediately, with very >> few flaws at all. >> >> In each case I'm using the same camera and positioning it in the same way. I >> can only conclude, then, that it is a difference in the apps. >> >> Seeing AI's short text feature in this case actually worked better than the >> document channel, for some reason, but typically still gives garbled text ap >> some points and will also stop if you move the camera even a milimeter. >> >> So, I think with a few exceptions I'll be sticking with KNFB Reader. >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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