We're still tweaking the user interface, but a short demo video is available here:Īlternate Link (if you can't access YouTube - also higher quality): ![]() People have been asking for this pretty much ever since the first camera-equipped Palm OS handhelds appeared back in 2002, and 8 years later the technology has finally progressed to a point where we can include an OCR module in our software.Ī particularly cool aspect of our system is that it lets you look up characters "live" without needing to take a still photo you simply point the camera (showing a live preview) at the word you want to look up and its definition pops up instantly, something akin to an "augmented reality" system. Two very big announcements to share with you today, plus a new dictionary license and some other minor updates:įirst off, our biggest new feature in years: I'm delighted to announce that for the next version of Pleco for iPhone, 2.2, we'll be offering an optical character recognition (OCR) add-on (which we're calling "Camera Recognizer"), allowing you to instantly look up Chinese characters and words using your iPhone's built-in camera. Full text of the latest announcement email:
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