Update: Source code for demo project released.

i finally got around to building a proof of concept implementation of tesseract-ocr for the iPhone. months ago, i documented the steps which helped to get the library cross-compiled for the iPhone’s ARM processor, and how to build a fat library for use with the simulator as well. several folks have helped immensely in noting how to actually run the engine in obj-c++. thanks to everyone who has commented so far.

anyway, below is a short video of the POC in action. the basic workflow is: select image from photo library or camera, crop tightly on the box of text you’d like to convert, wait while it processes, select / copy or email text. (more…)

I’ve heard about openFrameworks 0.6 (as of yet unreleased) and specifically efforts to support building apps using oF for the iPhone. There are a few developers who have published videos of their efforts and even several apps in the AppStore.

Memo Atken has a very informative article about setting up the prerelease 0.6 version for use with the ofxiPhone addon. However, there is a HUGE simplification of the steps necessary for getting the supporting libraries installed for use with iPhone.

Update: freetype/freeimage building instructions have been posted. (more…)

The fourth annual fun-a-day show was last night at Studio 34 Yoga in West Philadelphia. As always, it was a mad rush to get ready, a blur of an evening then an exhausted aftermath.

Here’s what it looked like compressed to 30 seconds.