This is not a bug, but an annoyance. I find the OCR to be nearly impossible to use one-handed, even with my miniscule LG Optimus One. Most of the time I find myself in situations where the words I want to recognize are in books or magazines. In such a case, I almost always need to use one hand to hold up the book or hold a page flat, and turn it to get the best lighting, while holding my device in my other hand. Trouble is, the only way to get a fix on whatever is being recognized is to tap the "pause" button. When I do that, the slightest touch of my big fat thumb sets the phone shaking, like a see-saw effect, and the stuff I want to OCR is no longer within the border I've drawn. Similar problem when tapping the "focus" button. Normally I have to give up, place whatever I'm OCR-ing on a stand somewhere with good light, and then use two hands to get the focus and pause the camera. This is often either impossible, inconvenient (or occasionally embarrassing, like in a crowded book shop).
Yes, I know the definitions appear on the fly, in real time, which is great. Unless I want to look up something in more detail. Which is 90 percent of the time that I'm using OCR. Cue the above scenario.
I would like it if you'd give some thought into a better method of one-handed use of the OCR. Some possibilities:
1) Place the "focus" and "pause" buttons at the TOP of the screen, so that one can use the index finger instead of the thumb, since the index finger can be maneuvered more subtly (at least mine can), without rocking the device (when I've played with the live OCR settings, I see you get choices to pause and to focus when tapping within the video window; obviously these are mutually exclusive, since when both are checked, it seems that only focus works when tapping the screen).
2) Map the "focus" and "pause" functions to the volume rocker switch, so that I can much more comfortably grasp the phone between thumb and fingers and thus be able to hold it more steady and be able to pause without having the see-saw effect that occurs with the current usage.
3) Add a timer setting, so that if something is held in focus without moving for, say, 5 seconds, the OCR camera automatically locks, so that I can set down the target book and use both hands to look up the definitions, etc.
I'd prefer option 3, actually.
Yes, I know the definitions appear on the fly, in real time, which is great. Unless I want to look up something in more detail. Which is 90 percent of the time that I'm using OCR. Cue the above scenario.
I would like it if you'd give some thought into a better method of one-handed use of the OCR. Some possibilities:
1) Place the "focus" and "pause" buttons at the TOP of the screen, so that one can use the index finger instead of the thumb, since the index finger can be maneuvered more subtly (at least mine can), without rocking the device (when I've played with the live OCR settings, I see you get choices to pause and to focus when tapping within the video window; obviously these are mutually exclusive, since when both are checked, it seems that only focus works when tapping the screen).
2) Map the "focus" and "pause" functions to the volume rocker switch, so that I can much more comfortably grasp the phone between thumb and fingers and thus be able to hold it more steady and be able to pause without having the see-saw effect that occurs with the current usage.
3) Add a timer setting, so that if something is held in focus without moving for, say, 5 seconds, the OCR camera automatically locks, so that I can set down the target book and use both hands to look up the definitions, etc.
I'd prefer option 3, actually.
