Abram K-J Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I figure someone here will have some ideas, even if OCR is not yet as perfect as it might someday be: I'm wondering if anyone knows of any good cloud-syncing OCR software that integrates with the camera on an iPhone, so that I could take a picture of a couple pages of a book, then have the program/app convert it to searchable text that I can access at a computer later. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Bennett Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I figure someone here will have some ideas, even if OCR is not yet as perfect as it might someday be: I'm wondering if anyone knows of any good cloud-syncing OCR software that integrates with the camera on an iPhone, so that I could take a picture of a couple pages of a book, then have the program/app convert it to searchable text that I can access at a computer later. Any ideas? I downloaded a couple apps, but honestly never tried them. I've got Acrobat Pro (and FineReader) which I've used for journal articles and books for a couple years and it's worked well. I figured it wouldn't be that big of a time saver to pay for something on iOS. So, I just take shots on my phone and then merge and OCR them in Acrobat Pro. That said, if you (or others) know of an app that would be worthwhile, I'm interested as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Lawrence Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I have had limited experience with this app: Pixter Document and Image Scanner OCR by Quanticapps. In testing a page or two, it does fairly well with OCR. As for cloud integration, I don't think it directly links to iCloud, but you can send your document to a number of different apps. I have used Scanner Pro for a scanner app, but that has no OCR capabilities and is twice the cost. Pixter also works with iPhone and iPad. I feel my 2.99 was well spent on this app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanHuber Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I've used Smile Software's PDFpen and Scan+ apps for working with pdf files and they can do OCR, but I haven't tried it on other photo file types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Thanks, Jonathan--that was one I had recommended to me. How accurate is it at reading text? How does it do with non-English or bold/italics? Brent--thanks, I'll check it out. Rick--good point. That would only be an extra step, and worth it if the accuracy rate is high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Mansfield Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I've used Scanner Pro for iOS and then applied an OCR layer in Acrobat Pro on my Mac. But I'd be interested in trying some of the solutions mentioned here. I have been impressed with Scanner Pro as a quick "scanner in my pocket" kind of app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanHuber Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Thanks, Jonathan--that was one I had recommended to me. How accurate is it at reading text? How does it do with non-English or bold/italics? I just tried both apps with some screenshots from Accordance. The Scan+ app is the one that can do OCR and it did a pretty good job with English characters, including italics. It failed miserably with Greek and Hebrew. You can change the OCR language, but Greek and Hebrew aren't options. If you want to OCR a common modern language like Spanish or German, it looks like it can handle that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Thanks, Jonathan! I think I have an answer to my question, at least a first app to check out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 CamScanner HD Pro (usually $4.99) is free today--don't know much about it, but it purports to do what I'm looking for....iPad only, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Expensive to get the pro version - $64.99! Hope it will make my coffee AND cronuts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Oh, you mean the Premium in-app purchase? Didn't even notice that. ($49.99 in U.S. Store, FWIW) Dare I ask what cronuts are? A mix of scone and donuts? (I guess that would be sconuts....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Cronut - a croissant/donut hybrid From Wikipedia - Cronut is a croissant-doughnut pastry invented by Chef Dominique Ansel and trademarked by Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City. "Cronut" by cumi&ciki - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cumidanciki/9197383574/sizes/o/in/photolist-f1JZGS-f1Kacd-eMUBvB-eN72dA-eN72yu-eMUzkV-eMUCfp-eN734s-eN6ZVU-eMV45n-eN7tBN-eMUzYx-eH75wn-f2zsSr-f1zhRn-eMUAE2-eMV39c-f1Kaxw-eN6uqE-eM4BM8-eMg1S7-eM4CU4-eLTyDv-eMg2Wo-eN74cA-eMg1ju-eMg39w-eM4Czg-eM5XK7-eLTyWa-eM5WBN-eM4Bc2-eM4GFM-eM4AXn-eMg29d-eMUApM-eLTxSn-eN6Zrb/. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cronut.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Cronut.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Ken, that looks amazing. I hope you offer those at Accordance training seminars you lead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 "Come for the search arguments, stay for the cronuts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Λύχνις Δαν Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 One really ought not argue over searches. Arguing over cronuts I could understand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Accordance Users <WITHIN 3 FEET> Last Cronut ^^ A cronuts argument 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Love it, but until last week I had never heard of cronuts outside of the good old US of A. I wish we could say "Come for the search arguments, stay for the cronuts." Love the way you think there Abram! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abram K-J Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Well, then, U.S. Accordance seminar trainers, take note! Now, off to find a cronut.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Let me know bro, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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