For some reason, every time I take the picture of a document, the app crashes. Any idea what that could be about? I did an update this morning, but it hasn’t seemed to do me any good. - Nicole On Dec 11, 2013, at 10:46 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Nicole, > > If you just wish to scan something and have it read to you, without actually > creating and saving a document, try the following… > > 1. Double tap on “Quick capture”. > 2. Swipe right till you are on the “take picture” button. > 3. You should feel your iPhone vibrating. At this point, move your iPhone > above the page you wish to scan, with the screen of your phone facing upward, > and the camera facing down. > 4. Prizmo will prompt you in the direction to move the phone, i.e. up, down, > away etc. Keep moving the iPhone until you hear Prizmo say “Page detected, > ready to shoot”. > 5. Double tap the take picture button, and, after doing so, hold the phone > steady while you hear 3 ascending tones. After the 3rd tone, you will hear > your camera take the picture. > 6. VO will say “Processing, cancel” and when it is done, you will hear VO say > “Result”. Swipe right until you get to the scanned text. > > That’s it! > > If you want to create a document and save it, instead of clicking quick > capture, double tap create new document, click the “text” button, double tap > the “take picture” button, move the camera into position, and double tap the > “take picture” button again. Then click the “done” button, On the next > screen, you can either add another page, or export. Click export document, > and then choose how you wish to export it, i.e. read text aloud, copy to > clipboard, send by mail, send message, or open in. > > HTH > > Russell > On Dec 10, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I decided to take the plunge and download the Prizmo OCR app. I have >> attempted to scan a document I keep getting a message saying that there is >> no text visible. Can someone please help me? What do my settings need to be >> on? How should I hold the camera to take the picture? Is there a certain way >> to do it? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you. >> >> Nicole >> Sent from my iPhone> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >