Holding the phone very still will also help with taking a clear picture of the document.
DJ -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 12:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: reading your mail on your iphone Hi Jed, All of the OCR apps use the backfacing camera. If you point the back of the phone towards whatever it is you want to scan, the camera from your perspective will be at the top right corner of the phone, just below the power button. You will have to have a reasonably good sense of orientation to make sure the camera points roughly to he middle of whatever it is you are scanning. I find a good way for me is to lay the phone flat on top of the page or the envelope I am scanning. I estimate where the middle is and put the top right corner of the phone there. Then I lift the phone straight up and away from the page about 8 or 10 inches. If it's a smaller piece of paper 4 or 6 inches might be enough. It's important to make sure you don't tilt the phone too much and also that the edge of your document is relatively straight in relationship to the edges of the phone. Then go ahead and take the picture and hope for the best. As others pointed out, lighting is also important. I think most would agree at this point that Prizmo and Text Grabber work best. Keep in mind that we are within a week or so (according to KNFB) of the release of the KNFB Reader for the iPhone. This has been discussed extensively on the list and there are some Podcasts available. KNFB Reader is relatively expensive at $99, but it is made for the blind and has specific features which should allow you to take the best picture possible. In the end the picture quality is the most important variable, if Prizmo or Text Grabber get a perfect image they do a great job with the OCR. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jed Barton Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 1:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: reading your mail on your iphone what's the best way to hold the phone when doing this? On 9/4/2014 4:13 PM, Steve wrote: > Prizmo, TextGrabber, SayText, TextDetective. All work in varying > degrees as long as you have good lighting, and can hold the phone > properly when taking the picture. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jed Barton" <jedbar...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 3:28 PM > Subject: reading your mail on your iphone > > > Hey guys, > Perhaps this is a long shot, but i'm going to ask it anyway. I'm > looking for a program that i can scan my snail mail. One of the > biggest things i wanna be able to do is scan the envelope to see who it is for. > Does anyone do this successfully, and if so, what program? > > Cheers, > Jed > -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. 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