Ampang, Malaysia – TheSimplest.Net is proud to announce the release of OCR Instantly 1.1, an update to their app utility developed for iOS and Android devices. OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition which is a technology to convert image to text. In the old days it takes a super computer to perform a complex OCR operation but thanks to the wonders of technology it is now available for everyone with a smart phone. This apps takes an image and converts it into digitized text which can then be shared to other applications such as Email and SMS, or simply copy paste the text to 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,” explained 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
* Huge 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, and iPod touch
* Optimized for iPhone 5, iPhone 6/6 Plus
* Requires iOS 8.0 or later
* 24.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
OCR Instantly 1.1 is Free (with in-app purchase) and available worldwide through the App Store in the Utilities category. There is also an Android version available on Google Play.

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