'''O'''ptical '''C'''haracter '''R'''ecognition, abbreviated as OCR, is the automatic text recognition using a respective algorithm on an image (originating from a live camera feed, for example).
{{UBIK Client}}s are capable of OCR for the sake of identifying objects. {{Version/AndroidSince|2.5.0}}
== Preconditions ==
=== Android ===
On '''Android''' devices, the {{UBIK}} SmartClient app providing the OCR scanner has to be installed. {{UBIK}} objects to be found by OCR tag have to be classified as such, using the [[SYSCLS_OBJECTWITHOCRTEXT|Object with OCR Text Classification]]. The object to be found has to be available on the device, since online search currently is not enabled for this feature.
{{Attention|The {{UBIK}} SmartClient and its OCR scanner are still in an early development state. Don't expect the feature to be perfect yet!}}
=== Windows ===
On the '''Windows 8''' client until version 2.4.3, the optical code classification must be used. In later versions, the classification [[SYSCLS_OBJECTWITHOCRTEXT|Object with OCR Text Classification]] must be used. The object to be found has to be available on the device, since online search currently is not enabled for this feature.
== Usage ==
=== Android ===
The navigation drawer provides a ''Scanning'' element, which has a sub-item ''OCR''. Clicking on it will start the OCR scanner and if a tag has been recognized successfully, the scanner will automatically close and show the result in a list. If the scanner doesn't find anything, a click on the screen will close it (without showing results). {{Version/AndroidSince|2.5.0}}
Up till version 2.4.3, the optical code classification must be present on objects in order for them to be found. In later versions, the classification [[SYSCLS_OBJECTWITHOCRTEXT|Object with OCR Text Classification]] must be used. The object to be found has to be available on the device, since online search currently is not enabled for this feature.
== See also ==
