Good evening Cara, You are correct in saying that 3MP is enough resolution for OCR. In fact, at KNFBReading technology, and other such camera based OCR companies, we've determined that 3MP is probably the minimal resolution necessary for accurate text OCR. The issues that KNFBReading technology have had to deal with is that of focuss, lighting conditions, camera control, and processing speed. As you may guess, when lighting is concerned, there are a number of new variables that arise. All this to say that we are and have been looking at the capabilities of the iPhone and other devices on the market to determine their potential.
Best Regards: Dave Wright Work Phone: 651-636-5184 X803 Email: dwri...@gmail.com WebPage: http://www.knfbreader.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara Quinn" <caraqu...@caraquinn.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:30 PM Subject: Re: Optical character recognition for iPhone No offense, but where are you getting the idea that a 3 mp camera isn't powerful enough? -And, what does that actually mean?… It's possible to take pictures at a much lower resolution than that, which can clearly show text. -And I'm speaking without auto- focus here. -Add the autofocus feature and 3 mp can be considerably more than enough… Now, the issue of flash / low-light performance might be something to consider, but the resolution should be fine… May I ask where your specs are coming from?… No disrespect intended. I really would like to know… Thanks so much and have a lovely evening!… Smiles, Cara :) --- Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Justin Harford wrote: It's extremely doubtful that an application like this would be very useful on the latest iPhone 3gs model since it's camera isn't yet powerful enough. But perhaps the focus feature could help it make up for its low amount of pixels? Justin Harford On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Larry Wanger wrote: > > Hi, > > I went looking for this Raspbery application and can not find it. Its > not on the app store and I don't find anything with a Google search. > Do you have a link? > > > On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> >> HI, >> All, >> >> Raspbery Reader is designed for such a purpose. >> >> Regards, >> Alex, >> >> >> On 14-Jun-09, at 6:42 AM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: >> >>> >>> Good morning, >>> >>> Curious if anyone knows if there is currently an OCR app for the >>> iPhone? If you know of any I'd love to know their names so that I >>> can >>> contact their devlopers regarding making the app accessible with >>> Voiceover as quickly as possible. With an out of the box accessible >>> phone, with built-in camera and 3rd party accessible OCR software >>> many >>> peoples lives would be greatly improved. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Everett >>> >>> Follow me on Twitter >>> http://twitter.com/ezufelt >>> >>> View my LinkedIn Profile >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
