Free No.1 OCR App For Android Now Available For iOS

Ampang, Malaysia, based TheSimplest.Net have announced the release of OCR Instantly 1.1, an update to their app utility developed for iOS and Android devices. OCR — Optical Character Recognition — is a technology that converts print contained in graphic images to editable text. OCR via scanners has been around for the Mac since the early-mid ’90s, but OCR Instantly 1.1 makes it available to everyone with an iOS oe Android smartphone or tablet in a self-contained package that uses the device’s camera to record an image, then converts it into digitized text that can can be copied to other applications such as email and SMS, or pasted anywhere you like.

“OCR Instantly is quite successful with nearly half a million downloads for the Android version. And it has been released for iOS after receiving a number of requests to have it ported over,” explains Mok Chun Yeen, owner of TheSimplest.Net. “It’s not just a simple port of the Android version because no code can be reused and it had to be built from scratch and specially crafted for the iOS.”

Features:
* Offline OCR engine – doesn’t require sending data to servers for processing
* Simplicity – very simple to use
* Image can be cropped to focus on specific text area
* Digitized text can be copied to clipboard, or shared with other apps directly
* Multi language support

OCR Instantly version 1.1 sports many new UI Improvements with better iPad support. New features include an updated OCR engine and page segmentation modes (requires in-app purchase), Smart Paragraph Detection (requires in-app purchase) and various bug fixes.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad (with camera), and iPod touch
* Optimized for iPhone 5, iPhone 6/6 Plus
* Requires iOS 8.0 or later
* 24.9 MB

THe basic OCR Instantly 1.1 app. is free, with various optional features requiring in-app purchase (eg: Advanced OCR Mode $4.99), and available worldwide through the App Store in the Utilities category. There is also an Android version available on Google Play.

TheSimplest.Net:
http://www.thesimplest.net

OCR Instantly 1.1:
http://www.thesimplest.net/iphone/simplest-way-extract-text-image-ocr-your-iphone

Download from iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1021093724

Download from Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thesimplest.ocr

Facebook Profile:
https://www.facebook.com/TheSimplestNet