Hi All, The only thing that I would add to David's post is that with Prizmo on the iPhone one can do batch scanning. I agree that Text Grabber with the StandScan Pro has been very reliable for me. Unless there is some funky font, I get a perfect scan all the time. HTh.
Eileen On May 31, 2014, at 9:25 AM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > Neither TextGrabber, Prizmo, nor Text Detective, require transferring > anything to any off-site location. All of these apps work directly on the > iPhone. > > Additionally, Prizmo has page detection technologies which tell the end-user > how to move the iPhone to get the page better into focus. > > In 2011, I compared Prizmo (which did not have the page alignment assist at > the time) with KNFB Reader on an N86. We found Prizmo, on an iPhone 4, was a > little better at recognising most documents in a well-lit room. > > On my iPhone 5, whilst using the StandScan Pro for ease of positioning and to > guarantee uniform lighting, TextGrabber is consistently the quickest app with > the best OCR. I find it compares favourably with FineReader on a computer. > > Unless KNFB Reader comes close to mainstream OCR pricing in the App Store, I > for one, will not consider the additional cost worth it unless they have some > uniquely outstanding (game-changing) technology in the app. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 31 May 2014, at 11:15, "Tony" <t...@k5twz.com> wrote: >> >> And it didn't depend on a delayed transfer to and from some site that may or >> not be working at the time. >> >> Tony >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Steve >> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 6:03 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: KNFB Reader for the iPhone >> >> Keith, >> >> If you have ever used the Knfb Reader on the N82 or N95 Nokia phones, then >> you would appreciate the added functionality of the field-of-view report, >> etc. It helps with document alignment prior to text recognition, and the >> Ocr has more error correction ability. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 4:59 PM >> Subject: RE: KNFB Reader for the iPhone >> >> >> I'd be curious to learn what this may add to what we already have with iOS? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Marianne Denning >> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 3:27 PM >> To: viphone >> Cc: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List >> Subject: KNFB Reader for the iPhone >> >> Could it be true? 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