Looking for an app where I cant take a picture and it can run it through OCR software to generate text back on screen or PDF. Does such an app exist?
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JK
Try scan2pdf, or Snapit!
thanks - scan2pdf doesnt seem to convert the text to searchable text in pdf i.e. its just an image in pdf unless I am missing something?
Snapit does do as you require.
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jklondon said:
Looking for an app where I cant take a picture and it can run it through OCR software to generate text back on screen or PDF. Does such an app exist?
Thanks
JK
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I’ve been using abc OCR scanner for some time. It seems fine. I like the fact it doesn’t flood me with ads. I think there are no ads at all which is nice. There’s some limit of free scans but I’ve never reached it, even though I’m scanning quite a lot. The app itself seems clean and smooth.
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I like the Idea of HTC Scrybe very very much, not last because of the much rumored Microsoft Courier.
So far I've only seen it taking screenshots and editing these with the pen, which is of course the first step.
But I'm thinking of live pdf editing and stuff like that. I want to open the Script for my lecture and add notes to it with the pen, or take a photo of the blackboard and insert it into the pdf, you know things like that.
Will these things be possible with HTC Scrybe? I think only taking screenshots and editing these is a bit uncreative and not realy productive and/or helpful
I've had the same concerns, but if you look on youtube and search video, you will see ones where someone actually writes something in the notes application, which sync automatically with Evernote. The writing seem to work quite well (i.e. small enough to actually write words and sentences on the 7" screen), although I am quite interested to see a live demo.
You can also find videos where people edit documents with the pen, including scribbling in books, PDFs, etc. Not sure whether or not these are saved as pictures - seems to be the only way (?), and then forward these as email, and so on...
It's a shame the only release dates I can seem to find point to an early May release...
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I like the Idea of HTC Scrybe very very much, not last because of the much rumored Microsoft Courier.
So far I've only seen it taking screenshots and editing these with the pen, which is of course the first step.
But I'm thinking of live pdf editing and stuff like that. I want to open the Script for my lecture and add notes to it with the pen, or take a photo of the blackboard and insert it into the pdf, you know things like that.
Will these things be possible with HTC Scrybe? I think only taking screenshots and editing these is a bit uncreative and not realy productive and/or helpful
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If you setup your lectures in your calendar as recurring appointments, you can scribble notes in the calendar entry and at the 'next' lecture, you can pick up where you left off. This would effectively build one long note for each subject. This is one of the many killer features which are difficult to appreciate until you use it.
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It's a shame the only release dates I can seem to find point to an early May release...
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Clove say mid April release.
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And its spelled "Scribe"
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Flyer has palm detection and fine pen options for detailed notes. Only issue is that the touch buttons are not palm friendly.
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I'm sure there are Android apps for taking notes... hopefully there are a few that sync with Google Docs or Dropbox... and record meeting sounds.
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I'm sure there are Android apps for taking notes... hopefully there are a few that sync with Google Docs or Dropbox... and record meeting sounds.
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there are no other note taking apps that sync audio and pen input as of now.
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there are no other note taking apps that sync audio and pen input as of now.
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Hmm... that's too bad. HTC's site show's this as a function of Scribe... maybe its a different app shown in the intro video. It starts with the user typing noteson a blank page, then taking a picture and adding to the notes, then handwritten annotations with the pen, then recording sound, and playing back the sound via the notes...
In any case, I still find myself preferring pen and paper to my iPad during meetings eventhough the convenience of electronic notes with sound is a powerful tool. We'll see if the magic pen or smaller form-factor of the Flyer solidifies the change.
I think the notes app can do everything you need including the taking of hand written notes, typed notes, sound, pictures etc all in one note.
You can also edit PDF documents with annotations etc and save those back into the PDF in 2 different ways. I have no idea yet if you can do any more advanced PDF editing such as changing the flow of a document with an image.
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I think the notes app can do everything you need including the taking of hand written notes, typed notes, sound, pictures etc all in one note.
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Yes, after reading a few more reviews, it sounds like the Notes application can do the notes and sound sync... though there may be a problem with the granularity of the notes and sound sync.
Definitely looking forward to getting a small-form factor, full-featured Android tablet.
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Yes, after reading a few more reviews, it sounds like the Notes application can do the notes and sound sync... though there may be a problem with the granularity of the notes and sound sync.
Definitely looking forward to getting a small-form factor, full-featured Android tablet.
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htc's custom app can sync audio and pen. there are no OTHER apps that do that, meaning that unless someone extracts htc app, we can't do that on other tablets.
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htc's custom app can sync audio and pen. there are no OTHER apps that do that, meaning that unless someone extracts htc app, we can't do that on other tablets.
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That makes sense. Not enough real estate on a phone to take notes. With the stylus concept, HTC definitely needs good apps which utilize the ped. The Notes app actually sounds like Soundnotes, which I use on the iPad. Definitely has the same quirks (per a recent review), and definitely not like the livescribe pen.
Hopefully we get a few more options as android tabs become more popular. I desperately want to go all electronic with my workflow, but can't seem to get away from paper for notetaking... I do scan those in for archival purposes. ;-)
When I get my GT10.1 I plan to read a lot of books. I tried it on my DHD using Aldiko, but I think the screen is to small.
I've seen the videos of the preinstalled book app, it looks sweet! Is it a Google app or Samsung?
I'm wondering what book apps would you reccomend?
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When I get my GT10.1 I plan to read a lot of books. I tried it on my DHD using Aldiko, but I think the screen is to small.
I've seen the videos of the preinstalled book app, it looks sweet! Is it a Google app or Samsung?
I'm wondering what book apps would you reccomend?
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It's the Google Books app. But I find myself using the Kindle app.....but I guess that because I have an amazon account.
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It's the Google Books app. But I find myself using the Kindle app.....but I guess that because I have an amazon account.
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Heh, apparently Google Books is not available in Sweden yet...can't find it on the Market and the Google Books internet page just tells me it's not available. Wonder if Samsung will remove the app on the European/Swedish Tabs...
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Aldiko looks and works great on the Tab.
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Aldiko looks and works great on the Tab.
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Berner said:
Aldiko looks and works great on the Tab.
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The google books app and kindle app are both fine, but I need the ability to sideload epub files, so...
I do wish you could limit the page length in aldiko though. One full screen (in portrait) is an awful lot of text.
Aldiko lets you load ePub files from your SD card. I used Aldiko heavily on my Evo 4G but I find myself preferring the Nook app on the tablet. It loads ePubs, splits the pages in two in landscape mode & has page transitions like you see in the Books app. I haven't tried Kindle, but Kobo also lets you load ePubs.
In general I like google book and like the animation of it. However, its still very poor when it comes to functionality. You can't highlight, write note, or annotate. The app by itself remember your last location but you cant mark a page. It still needs more work to be done as i think its unfinished app. I contacted google regarding that, and they said that they are still working to improve the app as its still and i quote "a baby"
I am gonna receive my Tab 10.1 tomorrow and as you have mentioned, i will be doing lots of reading as its one of the reasons i bought the tab. For the meaintime, I think I will go with the Kindle version unless otherwise, google impvorved their ebook.
I am using Nook. Kobo is also good. But anybody know if there is any book app which has built in English dictionary ( or atleast link to an external dictionary) so if you want to know meaning of a word you just highlight and option is there for meaning/synonymous . This is helpful for people for whom English is not first language.
I've tried quite a few, and I find Montano Reader the best for me. Full anotation and highlighting, bookmarking, side loading of epubs and PDF's. I will let you read almost anything.
Asus has a nice books app mybooks I think, they extracted from the transformer Not sure if its working on other tablets yet.
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I'm all about Kindle. I guess it's partly because I have a lot of books there, and don't want to switch, but I like that it's not overly animated, and I can highlight and search in google, wikipedia, and see dictionary definitions directly from the page.
Kind of blows me away that google didn't add in the functionality to highlight and perform a google search.
I have tried pretty much every reader on the market after getting my gt10.1. Nook is probably does the best job of having all the desires features (thought definitely not perfect). Kindle and google books are lacking major features (most importantly highlighting, bookmarking etc + importing non-drm files). Third party apps like cool reader, aldiko and fbreader all have great functionality, but they lack the polished UI you get from the big names. So I chose Nook, because it has the most functionality to go with its polished look. If it had custom fonts it would be near perfect for me.
I've been using the Nook app so far for my limited reading. I tried that, a well as the Kindle app, and prefer the Nook app so far. Nook seems to have more formatting options and I like the "butter" color scheme for daylight reading - it's sort in between the white and sepia settings in Kindle(both of which are available in the Book app as well).
My biggest compliant so far is that text selection can be difficult. I haven't quite figured out how to consistently make a selection so far.
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So I use nook to read magazines but they don't have Fortune yet. So I saw that Next Issue did have it.
Boy, I wish all my other mags were formatted the way Next Issue does it. Live links and video are embedded into articles to provide additional info as well as behind the scenes interview of the subject.
Plus, even though the magazine is specifically designed to be viewed in portrait mode, everything is readable without having to zoom because the text in each page is scrolling.
I'm not trying to advertise, I just hope if the word gets out the app will expand its titles and other magazines start to format their titles this way.
I'm in no way shape or form employed or paid by the Next Issue. I'm just surprised to find a great app in Samsung apps lol.
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So I use nook to read magazines but they don't have Fortune yet. So I saw that Next Issue did have it.
Boy, I wish all my other mags were formatted the way Next Issue does it. Live links and video are embedded into articles to provide additional info as well as behind the scenes interview of the subject.
Plus, even though the magazine is specifically designed to be viewed in portrait mode, everything is readable without having to zoom because the text in each page is scrolling.
I'm not trying to advertise, I just hope if the word gets out the app will expand its titles and other magazines start to format their titles this way.
I'm in no way shape or form employed or paid by the Next Issue. I'm just surprised to find a great app in Samsung apps lol.
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Agree. Next is a great way to read your favorite magazine.
Is this a download or was it pre-installed?
I wasn't familiar with Next Issue but after seeing the preview on their website it looks interesting... Can I get my hands on this?
EDIT: found it on Samsung Apps!
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So I use nook to read magazines but they don't have Fortune yet. So I saw that Next Issue did have it.
Boy, I wish all my other mags were formatted the way Next Issue does it. Live links and video are embedded into articles to provide additional info as well as behind the scenes interview of the subject.
Plus, even though the magazine is specifically designed to be viewed in portrait mode, everything is readable without having to zoom because the text in each page is scrolling.
I'm not trying to advertise, I just hope if the word gets out the app will expand its titles and other magazines start to format their titles this way.
I'm in no way shape or form employed or paid by the Next Issue. I'm just surprised to find a great app in Samsung apps lol.
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Thanks for this......just what i was looking for
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How much are the issues on this app?
I notice that ebooks and magazines tend to be more money than buying a copy in the store. I'm using no paper, no ink, etc. Seems like they are taking advantage of digital users. For that, i cannot patron those publishers just by ethics. Thank allah for the invention of bit torrent.
to me it's worth the subscription price because its more convenient than print AND it has the added embedded media with it. I can also now use the touchwiz screenshot function to share an infographic to people i think might find that info useful.
And it helps me make up for the trees i kill when having to print other things for work.
Does anyone know of a Comic app that I can download new comics for a fee or for free? Like an automatic thing. I have a Manga reader which does that for me already on my EVO View. So I figured I look around for a Comic version of that....I've searched high and low for the past couple of days and nothing. I have a Comic Reader (Komik) which is an awesome app, but that's just to read. I want something that has reading and downloads at the same time. So when I turn my tablet on....it's there for my viewing pleasure. Thanks in advanced
The Comixology "Comics" app works well, and a decent amount of free content. Appears to be the app that the big US publishers (DC, Marvel) are going to for digital comics. Not sure if it has an automated "subscription" service like you are asking for.
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The Comixology "Comics" app works well, and a decent amount of free content. Appears to be the app that the big US publishers (DC, Marvel) are going to for digital comics. Not sure if it has an automated "subscription" service like you are asking for.
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Thanks for the information. I've tried this one before but it doesn't have what I'm looking for. IDK if they implemented the feature yet but they were talking about have an automated service...but it was just a reminder type of thing to tell you that there was a new comic. The Manga one that I have has a feature where it downloads it as well as alerts you. It downloads it straight to internal storage or SD. Which allows for offline viewing.
I am hoping to find a Scanner app that will let me scan a page by literally *scanning* it with my camera, slowly sweeping the page. Similar to how you can take panoramic photos, and it stitches the images together behind the scenes. I want to use OCR to scan a page into text, but the I find the quality usually isn't good enough for accurate OCR.
Does anyone know of one? Thanks
Don't know about panorama but but did you try Camscanner? It works like a charm. Download it from the market:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intsig.camscanner&hl=en
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Don't know about panorama but but did you try Camscanner? It works like a charm. Download it from the market:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intsig.camscanner&hl=en
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Yeah, actually that's what I have now.
Tried emailing a scan to my laptop and my ocr program got nearly anything right, lots of random symbols.
I will try again with better lighting but, surely, there must at least be some app to stitch photos together? Where you take 3 or 4 pics and it fits them to make a seamless high quality image?
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I am hoping to find a Scanner app that will let me scan a page by literally *scanning* it with my camera, slowly sweeping the page. Similar to how you can take panoramic photos, and it stitches the images together behind the scenes. I want to use OCR to scan a page into text, but the I find the quality usually isn't good enough for accurate OCR.
Does anyone know of one? Thanks
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I am too searching the same kind of functionality. Did you find something at the end?
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I am too searching the same kind of functionality. Did you find something at the end?
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I am still missing this app ...