Prizmo 4 [Legacy version]

Name: Prizmo 4 [Legacy version]
Price: 79.99 USD
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Author: Creaceed SRL

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This is a legacy version of Prizmo, the document scanning app. Search for “Prizmo” to find the newest version.

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Good for JPGs etc, NO (simple) PDF SUPPPORT!
01/30/2018

DrPeril
Following the review below I was contacted by support. So there's a way to OCR PDFs; you have to launch the app, close the open file window, create a new document then import the PDF. I'm not sure why you can't just open PDF files like it allows for image files but apparently a baked in workaround is as good as it's going to get.So yes, techincally you can OCR a PDF file with Prizmo... what you can't do is OCR a PDF easily.Add to that you have to pay again for the "pro" features like automator and batch processing I'll continue to use Adobe's Acrobat DC from my CC subscription. It's just easier... Yeah, let that settle in for a moment, an Adobe product is easier to work with... yikes.-------- Previous Review ----------So this app mostly does what it says it does. It's a powerful version of the iOS app for sure.It will export a file it's scanned as a PDF but if you have a PDF in need of OCR, go elsewhere.It is amazingly lame that you can't scan a PDF in this app.

Developer Response
Hi. It is indeed possible to scan a PDF document with Prizmo. Could you please contact us via support@creaceed.com so we can investigate? Thanks. /TC
Good for JPGs etc, NO (simple) PDF SUPPPORT!
01/30/2018

DrPeril

Following the review below I was contacted by support. So there's a way to OCR PDFs; you have to launch the app, close the open file window, create a new document then import the PDF. I'm not sure why you can't just open PDF files like it allows for image files but apparently a baked in workaround is as good as it's going to get.So yes, techincally you can OCR a PDF file with Prizmo... what you can't do is OCR a PDF easily.Add to that you have to pay again for the "pro" features like automator and batch processing I'll continue to use Adobe's Acrobat DC from my CC subscription. It's just easier... Yeah, let that settle in for a moment, an Adobe product is easier to work with... yikes.-------- Previous Review ----------So this app mostly does what it says it does. It's a powerful version of the iOS app for sure.It will export a file it's scanned as a PDF but if you have a PDF in need of OCR, go elsewhere.It is amazingly lame that you can't scan a PDF in this app.
Developer Response 01/18/2018
Hi. It is indeed possible to scan a PDF document with Prizmo. Could you please contact us via support@creaceed.com so we can investigate? Thanks. /TC
My go-to OCR application (V3.5)
05/09/2018

MikeMaloney
I do a lot of reading of works published in the early 1900’s that I find using either “Project Gutenberg” or the the “Internet Archive”. Before version 3.5 Prismo struggled with the majority of the PDFs I downloaded from those sites. With this latest version, the acurracy has gone way up. I particularly appreciate the work done to recognize numbers although the alogorithm seems to be a bit too agressive as I’m finding many instances of “1n" for “in” and “1s” for “is”. (To the developers: Download “Science in the Changing World” from the Internet Archive and run it through Prismo to see this in action.) I also use Prismo to scan my out-of-print paperbacks that are falling apart, and have no complaints. I have no problem with the drag-and-drop interface to create a new project. This is probably due to my leaving the program running all the time so I can do live captures from web pages, which means the drag-and-drop interface is only a [⌘n] away. Your mileage may vary.
My go-to OCR application (V3.5)
05/09/2018

MikeMaloney

I do a lot of reading of works published in the early 1900’s that I find using either “Project Gutenberg” or the the “Internet Archive”. Before version 3.5 Prismo struggled with the majority of the PDFs I downloaded from those sites. With this latest version, the acurracy has gone way up. I particularly appreciate the work done to recognize numbers although the alogorithm seems to be a bit too agressive as I’m finding many instances of “1n" for “in” and “1s” for “is”. (To the developers: Download “Science in the Changing World” from the Internet Archive and run it through Prismo to see this in action.) I also use Prismo to scan my out-of-print paperbacks that are falling apart, and have no complaints. I have no problem with the drag-and-drop interface to create a new project. This is probably due to my leaving the program running all the time so I can do live captures from web pages, which means the drag-and-drop interface is only a [⌘n] away. Your mileage may vary.
Nice looking interface, that doesn’t work
04/03/2018

Baumann_9
I wasted a nice chuck of change on this app. The simplest things: like applying a crop box to more than one image, cannot be done. If you have book images from a large book and want to apply the crop setting across a range of image?: plan on spending a LOT of time doing it, as you’ll have to set the same settings, image after image after image. The page curvature feature is almost worthless. You end up spending HOURS doing the simplest things and then, with very uneven results.

Developer Response
Hi. Applying a crop box to more than one image is indeed possible with Prizmo 3 on Mac. Please contact us via this address support@creaceed.com so we can help you. Thanks. /TC
Nice looking interface, that doesn’t work
04/03/2018

Baumann_9

I wasted a nice chuck of change on this app. The simplest things: like applying a crop box to more than one image, cannot be done. If you have book images from a large book and want to apply the crop setting across a range of image?: plan on spending a LOT of time doing it, as you’ll have to set the same settings, image after image after image. The page curvature feature is almost worthless. You end up spending HOURS doing the simplest things and then, with very uneven results.
Developer Response 04/05/2018
Hi. Applying a crop box to more than one image is indeed possible with Prizmo 3 on Mac. Please contact us via this address support@creaceed.com so we can help you. Thanks. /TC
Useless and Awful
08/24/2020

Po$eidon
I bought this (expensive!) app to make my PDF text recognizable and searchable. Not only is that exceedingly difficult to do on this app, it reconfigures the entire pdf, ruining the document. I wasted $50 and 30 minutes of my time for an app I will never use again. A complete rip off. I should be refunded. The WORST OCR application.

Developer Response
Hello. If you just want to export a search PDF (without Prizmo reconfiguring it), you need to select "PDF (Image + Searchable Text)" when exporting, not "PDF". That way, you will still have the original document + it will be searchable as it has been OCRed. If you have further questions on how to best use Prizmo, please reach out to our customer service (support@creaceed.com) so that we can help you out. /TC
Useless and Awful
08/24/2020

Po$eidon

I bought this (expensive!) app to make my PDF text recognizable and searchable. Not only is that exceedingly difficult to do on this app, it reconfigures the entire pdf, ruining the document. I wasted $50 and 30 minutes of my time for an app I will never use again. A complete rip off. I should be refunded. The WORST OCR application.
Developer Response 08/26/2020
Hello. If you just want to export a search PDF (without Prizmo reconfiguring it), you need to select "PDF (Image + Searchable Text)" when exporting, not "PDF". That way, you will still have the original document + it will be searchable as it has been OCRed. If you have further questions on how to best use Prizmo, please reach out to our customer service (support@creaceed.com) so that we can help you out. /TC

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