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WorldCard Mobile - OCR redevelopment possible?

Is there such an application which functions like the WorldCard Mobile ability to capture data on name card by camera to convert to readable text document? eg: take a shot on a page of article and converts it to MS Word.

freddex said:
Is there such an application which functions like the WorldCard Mobile ability to capture data on name card by camera to convert to readable text document? eg: take a shot on a page of article and converts it to MS Word.
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Optical Character Recognition ?

OCR
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Optical Character Recognition ?
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Yes... that's the term. Thanks!
I'm doing some searching on the web now... looking at these links.
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There's no mobile OCR I can find suitable. Neither does Jetware Mobile Extension replacement app.
Is there any development tread for both?

that would be a really useful program i think

there are a few server-side web services where you email the pic to a server and it sends you back the OCRed version... not very cool though... I want everything to be self-contained.

It might seems like conventional OCRs take up a great amount of storage space and so it's not practicable to mobilised it... Just my thought.

You can use the ocr sdk for mobile devices from ABBYY.it is not free though.
http://www.abbyy.com/sdk/?param=56223
using this sdk, you can convert any image to text, either by using the camera or by browsing to an image file and processing it using the ocr.

I used to have an app like the one you need, but its for symbian phones . On the positive side, if my nokias N73 and E65 handle the job, i dont see why my htc touch would not handle it

freddex said:
Is there such an application which functions like the WorldCard Mobile ability to capture data on name card by camera to convert to readable text document? eg: take a shot on a page of article and converts it to MS Word.
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did alot of searching on this exact thing when i found world card...... i didn't even find anything for windows mobile phones (self-contained app wise) disappointing.
freddex said:
It might seems like conventional OCRs take up a great amount of storage space and so it's not practicable to mobilised it... Just my thought.
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With sdhc card compatibility i can't imagine not having the space for a program like this, really on that note i'm pretty sure the ram capabilities are fine compared to alot of the symbian phones out there capable of it
Its not a manner of can't be done its a matter of it hasn't been done yet.

we have one on our Omnias!
There is an OCR program called Smart Reader from Diotek which not only reads business cards but also reads general text from a page via camera. Really cool app I think someone extracted it over on modaco.com in the i900 forum - but I don't know whether it would work other models.

Here is a link to the Smartreader that was on MoDaCo
This links to a Polish (I think) hosting site.
http://www.sendspace.pl/file/pVNBREN9/

to bad it doesn't work for me on my TP
I think there is a problem with the dll's you have to copy to the windows directory.
I hope we can get this to work! it would be great for me to use on school.

Video editing software for our Diamond ?

Hi all,
I used to be really enthused by the small video editing app included in my Sony Ericsson fans. It was very useful to edit video, make personal editing etc... to send via MMS. Assembling clips was made easy and intuitive.
I can't find such an app for pocket PC. I stumbled onto http://www.trakax.com/software/mobile. It's a useful editing software with cutting edge graphix, but not free and quite cumbersome to use...
Do you happen to know a complete video editing software for our beloved pocket pc? It SHOULD exist but I could'nt find anything out there...
THX a lot !

I found nothing.. I hope there will be some video editing software some day, i had a sony ericsson phone, and they have this simple video editing software called VideoDJ. So maybe there will be one to ppc too...

I don't know about video editing for PPC (maybe there r some) , but I think You don't need such a program, you can
edit it by using PC (with many video editing programs) and export the file..

arix said:
I don't know about video editing for PPC (maybe there r some) , but I think You don't need such a program, you can
edit it by using PC (with many video editing programs) and export the file..
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I like those simple video editing software. Video editing wherever you go..

niikoo said:
I like those simple video editing software. Video editing wherever you go..
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I just hope you have electricity socket ready wherever u go

i used to use trackax mobile on my atom exec:
http://www.trakax.com/software/mobile/
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missed that you found it already...reccomenned though

New Version of TrakAxPC for VGA devices
Hi Cormac here from TrakAxMobile.
Just a quick note to say we have released a new version of trakAxmobile for VGA devices.
Here is quick list of the improvements we have made.
1) We have improved the search function, allowing you to search your content by day/month/year. You can also highlight a number of days/months or years. This will allow you find the media on your device much quicker.
2) We have also improved the editing. We now decompress the file when you click on the edit button allowing you to access time positions in the file quicker and easier. When editing audio you can just highlight the area you wish to cut on the waveform with your stylus.
3) We now allow you to crop photos and you can add a ken burns effect to photos allowing you to Pan and Zoom into particular areas of the photo.
4) We have added a whole range of new transitions.
5) In the mixing screen, you can now control the tempo of the media by switching the slider function from volume to tempo. The slider now allows to slow down or speed up the clip. This is cool if you want a video clip to play in slow motion or wish to speed it up. The same applies to audio, you can speed it up or slow it down by adjusting the slider.
6) We now also allow you add themes and effects to videos or photos. You can also change the color of the text and add background colors to your credits.
You can check out the new features at our website -
http://www.trakax.com/software/mobile/trakaxmobile_vga_devices/
and there is a 7 day free trial available from the following link.
http://www.trakax.com/software/mobile/trial_version/
Check it out and if you have any question, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Best regards
Cormac

Been using trakAx for a while now - awesome app!!!
Just be patient when its rendering your clips as it can take a while - its got a lot of processing to do.
Output is only 640x480 though I think

Excel on this phone...what the heck?

I'm so used to the features of Excel on the Tilt and Tilt2 that when I got the Focus I thought that Excel would be the same, full feature product. What did we end up with? A watered down version of Excel! I'm just at a loss over this mainly because there's nothing simple like find and replace. What the heck?
I was under the impression that Office 2010 would be better than the other phones I had. Instead it's like a featureless program that's only there by name so they can tout that "we have Office 2010 on our phones."
Sigh. I guess this is Microsoft's way of giving us progress. One step forward, 3 steps back.

What do you want from Excel in a phone? VBA Macros editor?
This "featureless" version is just perfect for quick editions on-the-go.

Well, just basically the same features that were on my Tilt and Tilt 2, which had the search and replace, sort, format cells, some functions, etc. The version on the Focus allows opening Excel files and the extent of modification is changing the font. I understand we can do the regular math stuff by just typing in the formula.
Things just aren't not as quick or easy with the version on the Windows Phone 7 than it was with 6 or 6.5.

nathantw said:
Well, just basically the same features that were on my Tilt and Tilt 2, which had the search and replace, sort, format cells, some functions, etc. The version on the Focus allows opening Excel files and the extent of modification is changing the font. I understand we can do the regular math stuff by just typing in the formula.
Things just aren't not as quick or easy with the version on the Windows Phone 7 than it was with 6 or 6.5.
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Press the "..." in the right lower side. There is sorting and formating. Also new version supports graphs.

Just checked and it does indeed have sort, apply filter, format cell (change colors/fonts/date/percentage/currency), undo, send, save, save as. However, not quite the same type of options that were available when we were using Windows mobile 6.0 and 6.5.

[Q] can you edit word documents with the pen?

to use the stylus to write directly onto a word document with just a jpeg picture on with the pressure sensitivity. this would be incredibly useful and worth the price tag alone.
Do you have to be a guest to attend the london launch event tonight?
as soon as someone confirms this is possible I will go ahead and purchase it. Nb I don't even need the ability necesserily to converrt with the device as I can do that on my computer but to write on the word document is what I need.
If there ar any developers as such who read this could you please do some research because Im sure others would love this feature, saving edited word documents big respect to all the kitchen people, this device is going to be incredible.

n e one know about this. Well I guess I will just have to spend the money to found out come tomorrow. The most amazing thing will be, if i teamviewer my homepc when away from it using whatever teamviewer apps android have hese days and it recognizes the samsung stylus as wacom compatible then i can write on all my home documents when away from the 'office' as it were.
this would be incredible and i will try it out, to continue the conversation with myself. surely this is something a german would have though of by now though... ,.... cheers

im going to edit this thread for at least two weeks with creative ideas like for an application to capture every page of a word document, say if there is 100 pages automatically then save it in one large folder as jpegs or png which will allow the user the draw on word documents effectively.

Isn't it more simple to convert a word document to a PDF file and make notes in the PDF file? There are even already PDF converters and PDF edititng apps with which you can draw notes available in the market.

yes i can, but then i would have to convert back to a word document, only doing to by saving the pages as jpegs then inserting them into word without OCR recognition.(because ocr recognition or anything similar messed it up[see below for specifics]) I do this though because then I can see my notes over three large monitors whilst all pdf viewers like adobe for windows only allow you to see two pages at a time clearly on one screen.
Having amassed allot of notes into jpg formatt, which is actually quite useful. editing them with a wacom pen is quite bliss. Although most pdf to word converters claim to work, I believe it is very hard and having searched high and low for years they never render the text acurately enouph , specifically tables , graphs, maths language etc.
So you are right in that I could convert my word document s back to pdf , ocr ecognize them in adobe and then draw on the with the samsung. Then, convert them back to word in jpegs to see 6 or more documents at a time although the transition of when i get back to my office from a day 'out' taking notes will be quite unpractical in that I have to spend a while saving my pdf's into jpeg format and overwriting my older file,,then having to convert back again when i go back 'out' to make notes.
This is presuming I can edit my notes when I get back to the office, and knowing the wacom pen works with the samsung im sure this shouldnt be a proble as i ave a wacom intuos 4.
Having said that... ... brain stops thinking. I should patten my idea of an application that screen captures every page in a document automatically or series of documents. If i knew how to program id make a few bucks...hint hint anyone who reads this with broad android knowledge. I've never used android before
also i've sent consirable time snipping parts of pages in pdfs to insert as jpegs into word and this takes up 50% of my time editing them in word. So, your right I think in that 50% of the time for those native files i have in pdf I'm sorted otherwise im not considering the stamp feature to amnually put in 100 stamps for each document .... . I asked a guy on youtube if he could test a word document for me.
in terms of development if you'd like me to specify what i mean about teamviewer and the current use of wacom pens in word 2010 id be happy to screenshot and show you. But ideally the world wants this feature on release(with an app). Same goes for the editing word documents fingers crossed i guess as there is no light as of yet in the note specific apps or what is in the device by default specifically . cheerz

I Need a word processor with print layout view.

So I have alot of .doc and .docx files I frequently view and edit for law school. problem is, they are all written in and meant for viewing in Word's print layout view, except for my class notes in Notebook layout view.
I've used docs to go and now Officesuite 5. both have the same problem: they can't do print layout view. instead, they format all text to fit the full screen width, so there's no text offscreen or white space at edges. this is a problem, because it totally screws up things like tables my professors put in their instructions, and anything with bullet points. worse, if I try to edit anything, I have no way of knowing what it's going to look like once I'm back on my computer, which is where I do about 95% of my work anyway. so I sometimes end up having to fix notes I try to take on my tablet or phone, and sometimes the edits I make end up with flaws I can't seem to fix.
Also, since my notes are done in the notebook view, I have different sections for my classes, and I use Word's tabs on the side of the display to quickly switch between the classes to find what I need. The mobile versions don't have this either, instead they require me to scroll through AAAAALLLL my notes from the first sections to get to the second, third, fourth, fifth. Not good, especially since each section can be over 50 pages.
TL,DR: I need an android word processor with a viewing option that matches MS Word's print layout view, and if it can also separate sections from Word's notebook view or let me jump between them easily, that would be great as well.

Have you tried olive office?
Or if you don't mind cloud software. Yo ucan use onlive desktop and just use the wondows 7 office setup. THe free one has limited storage but plenty for word docs, if yo ustore alot of music and vids you woudl have to go pro for 4.99 /month.
Remebr it is cloud. So you need wifi or internet connection to connect to the windows 7 machine. But you will have office 2010 to use.