Anybody doing ocr _now_? On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:54 AM Roger Eller <roger.e.el...@sealedair.com> wrote:
> Speaking of using the camera for OCR, the Google Translate app is pretty > amazing at real-time OCR+translation. > > > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate&hl=en > > ~Roger > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> > wrote: > > > After you sent it, I uploaded a sample of what the camera would see. I > was > > disappointed in the results, so I'm worried that that solution is going > to > > be a problem. We would have to grab the image, upload it, see if the OCR > > passes a sanity test, and if it doesn't, take and upload another image, > > etc. It's an interesting idea, though, if the image isn't so > challenging. > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I haven't. I've used an extension in the past that I believe was > driven > > by > > > google ocr (in chrome) and it worked well. The nice thing is the google > > > platform is a rest api, with google computing power behind it. Not > sure > > > how easy it would be to integrate into livecode but hey.. Its rest. > The > > > biggest limitation ( in my eyes) would be connection speed to move > image > > > data around. > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 6:55 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Have either of you tried these, and if so, have you tested response > > time? > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Might look here too: https://cloud.google.com/vision/ and here > > > > > https://developers.google.com/vision/text-overview > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 6:41 AM, Roger Eller < > > > roger.e.el...@sealedair.com > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have needed it for an android app before. I looked into > > shelling a > > > > > > tesserract command. That could be a nice widget since it is OS. > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/wiki > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract > > > > > > > > > > > > ~Roger > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 3, 2016 8:34 AM, "Mike Kerner" <mikeker...@roadrunner.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone thinking OCR for LC? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > > > > > > > On the second day, God created the oceans. > > > > > > > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > > > > > > > and did a little diving. > > > > > > > And God said, "This is good." > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > > > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > > > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > > > > > subscription preferences: > > > > > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > > > > subscription preferences: > > > > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > > > subscription preferences: > > > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > > > > On the second day, God created the oceans. > > > > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > > > > and did a little diving. > > > > And God said, "This is good." > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > > subscription preferences: > > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > > On the second day, God created the oceans. > > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > > and did a little diving. > > And God said, "This is good." > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. 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