Scan & Scribe - Phone Docs OCR 1.3
Free Version
Publisher Description
Using Scan & Scribe you can convert your Printed/Typed Docs and Handwritten Notes (written in unconnected writing) to editable document that you can Copy, Save, Listen or Share via Facebook, email (Outlook, Gmail etc.), WhatsApp, Dropbox, OneDrive etc.
Its stand out feature is its separate offline OCR engines for Printed and Handwritten contents.
It is simple to use:
1. Take a camera shot of docs or handwritten notes (or load it from gallery).
2. Crop and/or remove skew in the intended text in the snapshot.
3. For text extraction from the cropped image, remember to select Handwritten option for hand written texts and Typed option for typed/printed ones.
4. Review the extracted passage, make corrections if required. Incorrectly converted words will be highlighted.
5. You can now convert the text to speech for listening or save it for future use.
6. You can also share it via Facebook, email (Outlook, Gmail etc.), WhatsApp, Dropbox, OneDrive etc.
Remember:
1. If image’s text direction is not from left-to-right, rotate the image.
2. All other things should be cropped except the desired text passage to be converted.
In case of snapshot from smart phone camera:
1. Take desired snapshot i.e. paper, receipt etc. in bright environment.
2. While capturing image, avoid shadow of the phone and/or of any other object.
3. Properly focus the image in bright environment. Turn on flash if required.
At present, app does not properly support following features:
1. Pictures of text on the notebooks having lined pages or ruled paper.
2. Pictures having multi-color background.
3. Images of curved pages.
4. Languages other than English.
Acknowledgement: This app is the result of Pakistan's National ICT R&D Funded project "Smart Intelligence - An OCR Engine for Android and iOS Smart Phones" executed by Abasyn University Islamabad's Renzym OCR Research Group.
Oct 11, 2016
Version 1.3
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Word by word processing added, Tips added, Better result for disjoint handwritten text and some bug fixes.
About Scan & Scribe - Phone Docs OCR
Scan & Scribe - Phone Docs OCR is a free app for iOS published in the Office Suites & Tools list of apps, part of Business.
The company that develops Scan & Scribe - Phone Docs OCR is Renzym Apps. The latest version released by its developer is 1.3.
To install Scan & Scribe - Phone Docs OCR on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2016-10-11 and was downloaded 1 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Scan & Scribe - Phone Docs OCR as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install Scan & Scribe - Phone Docs OCR on your iOS device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
- Once the Scan & Scribe - Phone Docs OCR is shown in the iTunes listing of your iOS device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the GET button to the right of the app to start downloading it.
- If you are not logged-in the iOS appstore app, you'll be prompted for your your Apple ID and/or password.
- After Scan & Scribe - Phone Docs OCR is downloaded, you'll see an INSTALL button to the right. Tap on it to start the actual installation of the iOS app.
- Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.
