Mobile OCR for the iPhone

OCRKit Mobile

OCRKit uses OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to recognize the text in graphics, which is particular useful for photos of documents you take while on the go. It allows to edit and further cut and paste the text to other iPhone applications.

OCR Languages

The OCR supports the following languages:

Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Norwegian.

On the Phone

Unlike other offerings, OCRKit performs all image processing including the OCR directly on your iPhone. No image data is transferred to servers over the air, your data plan is saved and OCRKit just works while abroad.

Compatibility

The OCR requires a sharp image with macro focus, and thus works best with the iPhone 3G, iPhone 4/4S and iPad 3. Older iPhones will only yield recognition results if used with a close-up lens case, such as Griffin's Clarifi.

The 5 mega-pixel camera starting with the iPhone 4 and OCRKit can potentially replace an entry-level portable scanner for roadwarriors working with paper documents abroad.

We recommend using OCRKit with the iPhone 4/4S or iPad 3.

For best results with OCRKit Mobile, please visit our FAQ section.