Use Your Digital Camera as an OCR Scanner
Prizmo is a Mac application developed by Creaceed that allows you to use your digital camera as an OCR scanner. With Prizmo, you can easily scan and upload documents for storage and sending by email. The app supports drag-and-drop functionality, making it convenient to import and process your photos.
One of the main features of Prizmo is its Optical Character Recognition (OCR) function. This allows you to scan and search text in Spotlight, just like a normal OCR scanned document. To use the OCR function, simply take a picture of your document, import it into Prizmo, select the part of the photograph you want to OCR, and adjust the necessary settings such as brightness, contrast, height, and width. However, marking the four corner points around the text can be a bit awkward at first, especially if you make a mistake and have to readjust.
While Prizmo does produce convincing scans, the OCR function is not always reliable. In some cases, it simply creates a magnified version of the text that cannot be searched or recognized by Spotlight. The effectiveness of the OCR function may depend on the quality of the original scan.
Overall, Prizmo is an easy-to-use application that offers the convenience of using your digital camera as an OCR scanner. However, the OCR function may not always deliver accurate results.
