Experience with Google Keep "Grab image text" - Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Anyone has used Google Keep to OCR text from images captured with the Nexus' camera?
I have tried all sorts of images and I can't get Keep to OCR anything successfully.
It just sits there with the pacifier spinning and nothing ever comes of it.
The images seem clear enough to me, the contrast is good, etc.
Any thoughts?
MV

mvuille said:
Anyone has used Google Keep to OCR text from images captured with the Nexus' camera?
I have tried all sorts of images and I can't get Keep to OCR anything successfully.
It just sits there with the pacifier spinning and nothing ever comes of it.
The images seem clear enough to me, the contrast is good, etc.
Any thoughts?
MV
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I know this is an old thread... but I have the same issue.... never got it to work yet.

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Currents

Has anyone got a Currents apk for those of use outside the US?
Thanks in advance
Quick google search and wallah
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20114966&postcount=1
Currents FTW!
Thanks mklass Much appreciated, looks great as well.
I agree, The app is nice. Looks and works very well
Yep - thanks very much
Loving the look of Currents, I m going to blag my mate that it is a Nexus only app
Used it then I deleted it. Same stuff different package. I'll never understand the fuss over these kind of apps. Just go to the webpage itself.
Go to their webpage. Its a good quick access readin app. To go to the website you would have to open up 30+ websites which would slow the phone down and take a while to go through every site tab by tab
bmstrong said:
Used it then I deleted it. Same stuff different package. I'll never understand the fuss over these kind of apps. Just go to the webpage itself.
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I see your point. I prefer the webpages as well, but some sites are way superior with an app like Currents or Pulse. Plain text for example is visualized paginated and perfectly fits every screensize. Pictures load blazing fast, even ICS browser is significantly slower.
Another big plus: it automatically makes the sites available offline. I know you can do that on the browser as well, but it's a lot easier with Currents.
I was a big fan of Pulse, but Currents is way superior! Working great on my GNex and Transformer and syncs between both devices just fine
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Quick google search and wallah
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20114966&postcount=1
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Thanks. The best thing is being able to right click that link, hit chrome to phone, and then watch it start downloading onto my phone. God I love the future.
Am I the only one that has some serious issues with this app on the Nexus? The text gets cut off in the middle of words on the right side and at the bottom side (along with the overlay of the bottom menu).
I can't post any links/pics yet...(add http) img190.imageshack.us/img190/3098/screenshot2011120902010.png
EDIT: Changing the language to english on my phone fixed this. Very weird...
qwer23 said:
I see your point. I prefer the webpages as well, but some sites are way superior with an app like Currents or Pulse. Plain text for example is visualized paginated and perfectly fits every screensize. Pictures load blazing fast, even ICS browser is significantly slower.
Another big plus: it automatically makes the sites available offline. I know you can do that on the browser as well, but it's a lot easier with Currents.
I was a big fan of Pulse, but Currents is way superior! Working great on my GNex and Transformer and syncs between both devices just fine
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Meh. However, just because I respect your opinion more than others, I'll re download and give her another try.
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Meh. However, just because I respect your opinion more than others, I'll re download and give her another try.
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Lol
Tell me what you think about it then.
I, like the concept behind Currents, but I think I prefer the RSS view via Google Reader a little more. I like the ability to have items marked as read already so I don't have to think about where I left off the last time I opened the app. Also, I'm pretty sure it was just because of my first sync, but it seems to be a massive data hog.
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I don't really like it, it takes about an hour to sync..
How is the battery usage of this apps?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
I really like Currents, but I'm wondering how much data it'll use when I'm using it on 3G. I've set it to sync only on wifi, but don't want my allowance drained over one app.
The screen fault can easily be fixed without changing the language
Just change the fontsize to large and it fits. Somehow that works
jvvpc said:
The screen fault can easily be fixed without changing the language
Just change the fontsize to large and it fits. Somehow that works
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Probably you have to use "large" fontsize because of the GNEx's high resolution display.
Don't suppose anyone could upload version 1.0.1?
I'm hoping they fixed the slow data-heavy syncing.
Edit: nevermind, found it here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20536930&postcount=126

[SOLVED] Corrupt Image bug?

I don't know if I'm the only one experiencing this, but some of my images I guess become corrupted I think. I'm not sure how to explain it, just look at the screenshots. When i go to the picture, it's fine, but a split second later a bunch of gray lines cover up the whole picture. I don't know what could be wrong?
One picture shows it as the lines start and the other shows when it's fully covered.
Yea it sucks just delete them. Not sure why these phones do this.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
Don't delete them. They're fine. Did you try viewing them in a different gallery, say Quickpic?
This happens with progressive jpeg's due to a gallery tweak for "HQ" images.
B39 of AOKP removed this tweak.
I'm not sure if CM9 has, I'd assume not.
In any case:
QuickPic is a great alternative that will allow viewing AND setting as wallpaper despite the native gallery errors.
Extremely helpful, thanks guys. It was starting to bug the hell out of me.

Where to set resolution within camera settings?

I feel really silly having to ask this question, but for the life of me I can't seem to find the option to change the resolution for images taken with the camera. I found the option to change the resolution for videos, but not for still images.
In camera settings there are crop options for Wide (16:9), Regular(4:3) and Square (1:1). I would expect to find options for resolution around here too, but I just don't see any options.
Grasping at straws, I thought perhaps it could be the sharpness slider under image adjustments, but that's not it.
What am I missing?
Thanks.
You cannot. Only with google camera app. Stock is automatically set at 4MP
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You cannot. Only with google camera app. Stock is automatically set at 4MP
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Really? Thanks for the answer. At least I don't feel as foolish now, for not being able to find an option that doesn't exist.
But short of installing a different app, what are people doing if they just want to snap a quick picture to send via MMS? That's actually how I discovered the limitation, as the picture I took and tried to send via MMS wouldn't transmit as it was too large for my carrier (Verizon) at over 2 Meg. I love the phone, but that seems like a pretty silly limitation.
Andyw2100 said:
Really? Thanks for the answer. At least I don't feel as foolish now, for not being able to find an option that doesn't exist.
But short of installing a different app, what are people doing if they just want to snap a quick picture to send via MMS? That's actually how I discovered the limitation, as the picture I took and tried to send via MMS wouldn't transmit as it was too large for my carrier (Verizon) at over 2 Meg. I love the phone, but that seems like a pretty silly limitation.
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I believe it's because no one would really want to send anything smaller. As for MMS limitations, use Textra or another app that automatically makes the pictures smaller.
Brava27 said:
I believe it's because no one would really want to send anything smaller. As for MMS limitations, use Textra or another app that automatically makes the pictures smaller.
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I actually do use Textra. Apparently I had the setting for MMS size my carrier would allow set incorrectly. Thanks for the tip on that.
But I've got to disagree with your assessment that no one would want to send anything smaller than a 1.5 to 2.5 meg image. For the vast majority of simple snapshots that people are sending back and forth to view on phones and on Facebook, etc., there's no need for that kind of resolution. There are lots of reasons, including saving storage space and bandwidth, that people might want to capture images at a lower resolution. Not having the ability to do that just seems like a silly limitation of the software.
Thanks again for your help.
Andyw2100 said:
Really? Thanks for the answer. At least I don't feel as foolish now, for not being able to find an option that doesn't exist.
But short of installing a different app, what are people doing if they just want to snap a quick picture to send via MMS? That's actually how I discovered the limitation, as the picture I took and tried to send via MMS wouldn't transmit as it was too large for my carrier (Verizon) at over 2 Meg. I love the phone, but that seems like a pretty silly limitation.
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Andyw2100 said:
I actually do use Textra. Apparently I had the setting for MMS size my carrier would allow set incorrectly. Thanks for the tip on that.
But I've got to disagree with your assessment that no one would want to send anything smaller than a 1.5 to 2.5 meg image. For the vast majority of simple snapshots that people are sending back and forth to view on phones and on Facebook, etc., there's no need for that kind of resolution. There are lots of reasons, including saving storage space and bandwidth, that people might want to capture images at a lower resolution. Not having the ability to do that just seems like a silly limitation of the software.
Thanks again for your help.
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I agree with all of that but 4MP uses 2mb? Basically nothing. The same could be said for a phone with 16MP which is waaay to much storage and data.

Poor photo quality and inability to save photos to destination of choice.

I have had my Xperia Z1 Compact for a few weeks now and for the most part I am very happy with it. The thing that lets the phone down for me is the camera.
1st issue is the photos themselves. The quality of the photos seems very poor and noisy which was extremly disappointing for me as one of the main reasons I chose this phone was for the 20 Mega pixel camera. I have heard that this problem is due to the ISO being ramped up when using auto and can be solved with 3rd party camera apps (an example given was "Perfectly Clear") that clean up the images nicely. I haven't tested this myself but if anyone can recommend any app or tips to getting cleaner images I would be most greatful.
2nd issue is how the camera saves pictures. I have the camera setting set to "burst with long press" which mean every time I take a couple of snaps it creates a new folder for that "burst" which more often than not is a single photo or two. This is annoying enough without the fact that with each new folder it starts repetitively naming the photos "DSC_000001" onward meaning I have 10 separate folders all with about 1-2 pictures in each and most of those pictures are named "DSC_000001" so when it comes to moving these pictures in to a folder on my P.C. I have to rename them manually to keep them in order. What I would like is to have all of my photos saved to one folder with a filename that resembles the date that I took them. For example if I took 3 photos today they would be named "02.05.14-00001" "02.05.14-00002" "02.05.14-00003" respectively. Not only would this make creating albums a lot easier it would help us keep track of when the photos were actually taken.
Please tell me there is a way of doing this! It is so simple. (Also side note on why the multi folder burst thing is terrible. I delete the photos from that burst - empty folder remains.)
3rd issue. This has happened to me a few times now and it is the most frustrating. When I press the 2 stage camera button in sleep mode to bring up the camera and an error comes up saying something along the lines of "Camera could not be found"... The only way I have found to fix this issue is to power down the phone and restart. When the main reason for this function is to get a quick shot off like when your best mate is crossing the finish line of a big race, this error is the last thing you want to see. Trust me I know. (Sorry Ryan I really did try to get a photo of it.)
Any who, if any of you lovely people have a fix or work around for these issues it would be most appreciated. Thank you.
Lawro.Woods said:
I have had my Xperia Z1 Compact for a few weeks now and for the most part I am very happy with it. The thing that lets the phone down for me is the camera.
1st issue is the photos themselves. The quality of the photos seems very poor and noisy which was extremly disappointing for me as one of the main reasons I chose this phone was for the 20 Mega pixel camera. I have heard that this problem is due to the ISO being ramped up when using auto and can be solved with 3rd party camera apps (an example given was "Perfectly Clear") that clean up the images nicely. I haven't tested this myself but if anyone can recommend any app or tips to getting cleaner images I would be most greatful.
2nd issue is how the camera saves pictures. I have the camera setting set to "burst with long press" which mean every time I take a couple of snaps it creates a new folder for that "burst" which more often than not is a single photo or two. This is annoying enough without the fact that with each new folder it starts repetitively naming the photos "DSC_000001" onward meaning I have 10 separate folders all with about 1-2 pictures in each and most of those pictures are named "DSC_000001" so when it comes to moving these pictures in to a folder on my P.C. I have to rename them manually to keep them in order. What I would like is to have all of my photos saved to one folder with a filename that resembles the date that I took them. For example if I took 3 photos today they would be named "02.05.14-00001" "02.05.14-00002" "02.05.14-00003" respectively. Not only would this make creating albums a lot easier it would help us keep track of when the photos were actually taken.
Please tell me there is a way of doing this! It is so simple. (Also side note on why the multi folder burst thing is terrible. I delete the photos from that burst - empty folder remains.)
3rd issue. This has happened to me a few times now and it is the most frustrating. When I press the 2 stage camera button in sleep mode to bring up the camera and an error comes up saying something along the lines of "Camera could not be found"... The only way I have found to fix this issue is to power down the phone and restart. When the main reason for this function is to get a quick shot off like when your best mate is crossing the finish line of a big race, this error is the last thing you want to see. Trust me I know. (Sorry Ryan I really did try to get a photo of it.)
Any who, if any of you lovely people have a fix or work around for these issues it would be most appreciated. Thank you.
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Hey mate, I'll tackle issue 1 as not sure about the others. Forgive me if I at any point sound patronising/condescending but obviously I don't know how well-versed you are in photography or not, so don't want to suggest something insulting if you actually know your stuff!!
Yeah, the auto modes (esp. superior auto) aren't great. Especially in low light. But as far as I am concerned, you don't get a phone with a camera this good (f2.0 aperture, 20meg/8meg downsampling) to use the auto modes. Unlike an iPhone, which is designed specifically to be a one-button job, these android phones (the best ones) have decent manual modes as every photographer knows that's how you get the very best results.
I always use manual as you have to for best results (ESPECIALLY in low light). You're correct, the auto mode does ramp up the iso too much. Actually quite a lot of phones do this too much....iphones indoors are a good example.
Tip 1: Stay with the stock camera. It will be purpose built for the sensor and will get you the best results
Tip 2: Always shoot manual
Tip 3: With every shot you take, you want the lowest ISO you can get away with. So practice a bit with different environments and you will soon get a sixth sense about roughly what you'll need. If you're in a restaurant or indoors for example, do a quick experimentation with changing the iso's and see what the scene looks like in real-time (make sure you're phone brightness is high). That's usually a good indicator of how the photo will come out.
Tip 4: Tap to focus on what you want focused, THEN hit capture. Don't just hit capture alone.
Tip 5: Phone camera flashes are TERRIBLE. It's the thermonuclear option when you HAVE to capture whatever is in front of you. Never use one unless you absolutely have to. If I have to use the flash....I don't take the picture. I also don't take any pictures higher than iso 800 as the noise is awful (for all phones). For indoor/lowlight you want 200/400 or worst case scenario 800 if you absolutely have to get that shot.
Tip 6: In manual, you will actually get superior photos if you shoot in the 8megapixel mode. Only ever choose 20megapixel if you are going to be doing some extreme cropping with the photo or are going to be blowing it up to huge sizes somewhere.
Hope that helps?
Thank you for the tips. They are useful and when I have time to mess with manual settings to take a photo I will certainly use them. But the things that originally attracted me to this phone were the quick launch 2 stage button and the burst mode. I wanted to use this phone as a quick point and click camera for capturing fleeting moments. Unfortunately the quick launch immediately opens in auto mode (with that ****ing annoying sound effect I might add) and by the time I've switched to manual and messed around with the settings (which could use a better layout) that fleeting moment might have passed me by.
Good news is I have come up with a backward way of getting the photos to save by date. Dropbox automatically backs up my pictures with a file name done via date and time. Although this isn't a true fix since I still have to delete the burst folders from my phone every now and then this will do for now.
Thanks again for the tips paddy. Hopefully I will work something out.
Lawro.Woods said:
Thank you for the tips. They are useful and when I have time to mess with manual settings to take a photo I will certainly use them. But the things that originally attracted me to this phone were the quick launch 2 stage button and the burst mode. I wanted to use this phone as a quick point and click camera for capturing fleeting moments. Unfortunately the quick launch immediately opens in auto mode (with that ****ing annoying sound effect I might add) and by the time I've switched to manual and messed around with the settings (which could use a better layout) that fleeting moment might have passed me by.
Good news is I have come up with a backward way of getting the photos to save by date. Dropbox automatically backs up my pictures with a file name done via date and time. Although this isn't a true fix since I still have to delete the burst folders from my phone every now and then this will do for now.
Thanks again for the tips paddy. Hopefully I will work something out.
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No worries.
Yeah admittedly if you take a lot of sudden/spontaneous shots that you don't have time to adjust for, the results might be less than ideal. To be honest on my xperia and my gs4 before that, after a while you become so quick at changing the manual options it becomes second nature and you can do it fast enough to catch spontaneous moments with the ideal settings.
Phone cameras are much simpler than normal cameras as the aperture (which is EXCELLENT for low light on the xperia - f2.0) is fixed, so really when it comes to mobile photography it's all about ISO, ISO and more ISO. Therefore when I say 'use manual mode' you can get away with JUST altering the iso to your needs and leaving all the other manual settings on auto. Like white balance for example, which the computer is MUCH better at detecting correctly.
Unless you're shooting outdoors on a sunny day, you must learn to assume that 99 times out of 100, your xperia in auto will select an ISO that is far higher than what you can actually get away with using. So it's good practice not to trust it.

[Q] Gallery Images messed up...

So for the past 2 weeks or so, I'm finding more and more of my images are becoming messed up when viewed full scale in the image gallery. In the actual thumbnails and in the film roll, they look fine. But when I preview the image, either half doesn't load, or the half that isn't fully loaded looks like a photo negative. When these pictures are exported/uploaded to other sources like Facebook, they're the jacked up version. I've been on Lollipop for awhile now (not rooted), and I don't think there's a correlation there. Anyone run into this? Is there a fix? Do I do a reluctant factory reset?
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