OCRTOOL

International:[Japanese page]
 

OCRTOOL iPhone App Review by iphoneapppodcast

[ Description ]

--Compatible for OS3.1.

-Take a picture of a text document and using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) this innovative app will convert the image to a text document on your iPhone.

-The language of possible OCR is only English/German/French/Italian/Dutch/Spanish.
Japanese or other language cannot be done.

-The OCR reading result can be copied onto the clipboard.
-The OCR reading result can send by mail.
(The image can be attached to mail if you installed iPhone OS 3.0.)

[ Version 1.1 feature ]
Add preview panel after capture camera or choose photo. You can trim and rotate image for improvement character recognition.
You can choose language for character recognition.
(English / Deutsch / French / Italian / Dutch / Spanish)

[ Version 1.2 feature ]
The character recognition processing has been improved. It came to be able to recognize it in the image that had darkened partially.
It came to be able to edit again by double tap image view.
It came to be able to record the last recognition results up to ten.
It came to be able to stop the recognition processing.

[ Version 1.3 feature ]
It came to be able to display it by translating the OCR result into other languages.
English/German/French/Italian/Dutch/Spanish/Japanese.

[ Version 1.4 feature ]
-The noise removal processing is added and the recognition processing has been improved.
-To raise the recognition accuracy, it came to be able to do a monochrome reversing.

[ Version 1.5 feature ]
- It came to be able to edit the recognition result.
- The recognition processing optimized for small size pictures.

[ How to use ]

1. When the application is started, the following screens are displayed.

2. Take a picture by camera toolbar button. Or choose photo from Photo Albums by PhotoAlbum toolbar button.

2-1. After take picture or choose photo, you can rotate and trim unnecessary area.(Ver.1.1)
　I advance trimming of an unnecessary area for improve the character recognition rate and the character recognition speed.

Double tap: The display is expanded one by one (Pinch Inn/pinch out is also possible).
Two finger tap: The display is reduced one by one.
Swipe: The display is scrolled.

3. The character recognition processing starts.
If tap the stop, You can stop the recognition process.

4. The character recognition result is displayed. The image display changes into the image that did the recognition preprocessing.
When the OCR result is translated, the translation result is displayed at the same time.

5. The Action button tapped, The character recognition result can copy or send mail.

6. You can change character recognition language by toolbar language button.

English / Deutsch / French / Italian / Nederlands / Spanish

When the OCR result is translated, the translation language is specified.

7. Tap the button, you can display recent recognize results. And you can organize list or send mail, recognize again.

Following PDF is printed on the above-mentioned explanation, and the result of execution with iPhone3GS is used.
ocrtest.pdf

[ System requirements ]
iPhone, iPod Touch 2G with OS 3.0 or later.


[ Language ]
Japanese, English

[ Contact ]
mkanda.gm@gmail.com