Galaxy S3 and voice command picture taking

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rwreed
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Galaxy S3 and voice command picture taking

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So here is something interesting. I just got a Galaxy S3 and noticed two things. First it has a "Text" scene mode in the camera, and second you can activate the camera through voice commands, including actually taking the shot. I set it up as a make shift scanner and it works really well. You simply say "shot" or "cheese" and it takes the picture -- hands free! Flip the page, it auto focuses quickly and you can do it again. You have to make sure that voice commands are on for apps. But once enabled it works pretty well. There are cheaper camera's of course, but if you're getting the phone for other reasons, here's one more reasons why DIY Scanning folk might like it. I'll try to post a video of it in action later...

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Re: Galaxy S3 and voice command picture taking

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I just bought one of these as well... will have to try it out. Got any sample images?
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Re: Galaxy S3 and voice command picture taking

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I took this with it. Lighting isn't great, but the image resolved with no errors after applying scan tailor and ocr in abby fine reader
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