Hi, I just tried the open in function of Prismo and opened the document in Phonedrive. Once opened in Phonedrive, I was then able to move the file in to to my dropbox folder. phonedrive let's you link to Dropbox so that a dropbox folder shows within Phonedrive.g
Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone On 07/07/2013, at 9:48 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Esther and Others. > > You can infact make good quality images with your standscan pro and prizmo, > and e.g. use finereader on your computer to recognize the images, it works > pritty good. There are still a little bug in prizmo, I think there are a > limmet of how many pages can be saved in a single PDF file. The only problem > I have, is that it is difficult to get the PDF image opened in another app, > which will allow you to save to dropbox, if anybody knows an app, so I can > use prizmos open in function and get the image into my dropbox I will be > happy. > > Cheers Annie. > Den Jul 6, 2013 kl. 11:16 PM skrev Esther <mori...@mac.com>: > >> Hi, >> >> Anne and Sandy have both given good answers to the question about what the >> difference is between the TextGrabber and Prizmo OCR apps. My quick answer >> would be similar to Anne's: that for use with a StandScan Pro or Scan Box >> that supports your iPhone at the right height, TextGrabber might work >> slightly better for you, but that the voice guidance features of Prizmo for >> image positioning make it easier to use if you are trying to OCR something >> freehand. (Anne, Sandy, and I, along with a few other list members, all >> trained ourselves to use these OCR apps freehand using the previous version >> of Prizmo. If you have no vision, I'd recommend getting the Light Detector >> app to check lighting conditions before you use your OCR app freehand.) >> >> In addition, as Sandy says, Prizmo works in a way that is a bit more like >> conventional OCR apps for scanners, in being able to separate out regions of >> text and pictures. Because these two apps use different OCR engines, one or >> the other may perform slightly better for specific documents. And in >> addition to the basic engine, you may find TextGrabber more streamlined for >> doing page by page document scans with the StandScan Pro, but prefer to use >> Prizmo for books. >> >> I wanted to point out one feature of Prizmo that hasn't been mentioned: it >> can can run OCR from PDF files, while OCR apps either require that the image >> be taken by the user from the camera, or by selecting an image from your >> camera roll, or by starting with a jpeg image. A number of people have >> asked whether it's possible to run an OCR from a PDF image -- especially >> college students who may receive official forms or class handouts as scanned >> PDF images that they either download or get as mail attachments. In those >> cases you can use the "Open in" feature to open that PDF document in Prizmo, >> and OCR the results. Before. we had to screen capture the images to our >> camera rolls, and then use either TextGrabber or Prizmo to open the last >> image in our camera rolls and OCR it, and you'd have to do a separate screen >> shot for each page. This feature of the upgraded version of Prizmo from a >> few months ago is usable on any iOS device, regardless of that device's >> camera resolution. >> >> There's a good LifeHacker article on "The Best Image-to-Text App for iPhone": >> http://lifehacker.com/5829568/the-best-image+to+text-app-for-iphone >> >> It's old, but basically accurate, except for the current pricing >> information. Prizmo and TextGrabber have each received recent version >> upgrades that improved OCR performance and the the app's interface, along >> with its accessibility with VoiceOver. Apart from the overall quality and >> accuracy of the OCR performance, both these apps support multiple languages >> (even in the same document), and can deal with images that are upside down >> or rotated by 90 degrees. TextGrabber will support OCR in more non-European >> languages, so that might be another consideration. Prizmo lists for $9.99, >> and has only gone on sale a few times. TextGrabber's price has been as high >> as $9.99, especially after the recent version upgrade, but goes on sale more >> frequently, and has been available for as low as $0.99 and $1.99 recently, >> so this can be quite a bargain. (Current TextGrabber price is $5.99) >> >> There's a third OCR app that a number of people like: TextDetective. It >> works using the iPhone camera with the device held in landscape mode. For >> many people, before the release of Prizmo version 2, Text Detective was the >> first freehand OCR app they were able to get results with. It works very >> fast, and updates you on the OCR progress. You can save results to history, >> send as a text message or send as email. However, it only works in English, >> you have to orient the document correctly (no upside down or rotated text), >> and the image usually only covers a section of the area or page that you >> want to OCR. You can use it for non-standard conditions -- like holding it >> in front of your computer screen to OCR contents when your screen reader >> voice has failed. TextDetective was released at a very low price ($1.99), >> but since the New Year has been priced at $9.99. Unlike Prizmo and >> TextGrabber, TextDetective was designed with visually impaired users in >> mind. I will say, however, that both Prizmo and TextGrabber did a wonderful >> job of redesigning their interfaces for use with VoiceOver in response to >> user feedback. >> >> Here are the App Store URLs for all three OCR apps mentioned above, with >> current prices: >> • TextGrabber + Translator for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch ($5.99) by ABBYY >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textgrabber-+-translator/id438475005?mt=8 >> • Prizmo - Scanning, OCR, and Speech ($9.99) by Creaceed >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prizmo-scanning-ocr-speech/id366791896?mt=8 >> • TextDetective ($9.99) by Blindsight >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textdetective/id541494875?mt=8 >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On 6 Jul 2013, at 09:12, Sandratomkins wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Text Grabber has a lovely, simple interface and has quite a good OCR >>> Engine, but prizmo's is a little more sophisticated. So, if you come across >>> a piece of text, perhaps in a newspaper/magazine where text is displaced by >>> pictures/headlines/cartoons etc, prizmo might do rather batter than TG for >>> you. >>> >>> However, I have found that TG does better with shiny surfaces. In short, >>> the two apps compliment eachother. plus, should one become, temporarily, >>> inaccessible, something that can happen to the best intentioned of apps, >>> you will always have the other. >>> >>> Finally, prizmo allows you to create multi-page documents/books. i haven't >>> done much with this myself, but the possibility is there! >>> >>> HTH Sandy. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 6 Jul 2013, at 19:57, Lelia Struve <leliastr...@samobile.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi JoJo, and any one else who wants to answer, what is the difference >>>> between text grabber and prismo? 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