Late night tech tip that I’ve just discovered :
if you’re thinking of installing some OCR software on your iOS or Android, don’t. I’ve just been playing around with Google Lens, which is built into Google Photos.
So if you have a Gmail address, you already have it.
if you’re thinking of installing some OCR software on your iOS or Android, don’t. I’ve just been playing around with Google Lens, which is built into Google Photos.
So if you have a Gmail address, you already have it.
@jdpoc … And Google Photos with Lens seems to outperform a lot of specialised OCR applications.
Text at an angle with reflections? No problem.
Text at an angle with reflections? No problem.
@jdpoc Some text is straight and the rest is curved? No problem.
@jdpoc Different lines of text in different fonts? Still no problem.
@jdpoc Hand written text on a banner, with uneven height and spacing? Still no problem.
@jdpoc Antiquated fonts drawn by cartoonist? Works perfectly.
@jdpoc In short, Google Photos with Lens seems to “get“ more text in more situations for more images than bespoke OCR software. I’ve only tested it on about a dozen images, but so far it has excelled.
A very, very useful feature.
A very, very useful feature.
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