Wadan Sewuma

Wadan Sewuma Free App

Rated 4.24/5 (199) —  Free Android application by pahans

About Wadan Sewuma

Wadan Sewuma is a English to Sinhala dictinary look-up app for android.
*capture a english word by a camera snapshot do the sinhala dictionary look-up for it.
*Tap on speaker button to listen to the pronunciation

This Uses Tesseract 3.01 open source OCR engine to find text in images

******* HOW TO USE *********
* use the resizable view finder to frame the desired word through camera. Tap on shutter button
* recognized text will display in the next screen. do necessary adjustments and word definition will appear.
* to get the word definition you must be connected to internet.
* turn on Continuous preview mode for real time Optical Character Recognition.

** important for maximum recognition accuracy **
- Various factors can cause the OCR to fail: uneven illumination, stylized text, or text without enough contrast from the background. Try to have good lighting.
- Hold the device steady, and be sure the picture is in focus.
-Hold the device horizontally

**** TO DO ******
* paragraphs, phrases translation
* improve on acuracy
* add more languages
* improve on native andriod font rendering

**** COMPLAINS AND FEEDBACK ****
please be kind enough to give feedback or complain before rating the app as one star.
use the email developer on google play or contact me trough pahan123 at gmail com

**DEVELOPMENT NOTES**
* based on a open source project by Robert Theis (android port for tesseract)

special thanks to Lishan Puwakovita for graphic designing and Arunoda Susiripala for AkuruLK sinhala font rendering.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Wadan Sewuma version 0.6.6 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Not rated
Android package: com.pahans.ocr, download Wadan Sewuma.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
* Fixed sinhala rendering issues
* Text to speech support
More downloads  Wadan Sewuma reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads  Wadan Sewuma reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
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What are users saying about Wadan Sewuma

C70%
by C####:

i love this app. it gives many description. good and funny. follow me in instagram

E70%
by E####:

..Main probem is internet connection!!!!!

D70%
by D####:

මොන මගුලක්ද මේ වැඩ නෑ

Z70%
by Z####:

Awesome app

X70%
by X####:

Love it

Y70%
by Y####:

Hate this app

Y70%
by Y####:

Need to enter some article to facebook

O70%
by O####:

It works fine... thanks

Y70%
by Y####:

Helpful

K70%
by K####:

Although there is a good connection,always it says check your internet connection.Very sad.This is my first app rating.

K70%
by K####:

Always say check internet connection while having good broadband connection

O70%
by O####:

Very bad. Every time no Internet connection showing. But I have very good Internet connection

P70%
by P####:

The app works, it recorganizes the words, but says no internet connection, even if there is. :)

I70%
by I####:

Every time no internet connection error massege showing .but have good internet connection

D70%
by D####:

Wow.... Great... OCR works brilliantly!

T70%
by T####:

Nice work developer!!!!

D70%
by D####:

Ela

H70%
by H####:

Sanath

D70%
by D####:

It doesn't shoes the translation in Sinhalese. But "network error" I have ported sinhala into my HTC Desire HD. Works fine on SMS, twitter and Facebook

T70%
by T####:

thumbs up Pahan.. 100% working on my Xperia Mini Pro ....

D70%
by D####:

good work, good idea. working superb on my galaxy s 2.

W70%
by W####:

nice to apps mods by SL..keep it up!! (=

D70%
by D####:

Even though typing is faster than this. the app serves the purpose wel.And I know how much you have worked on this App.expecting more from this app in future.Specially if you can add tamil it will be great. Keep it Up....!

J70%
by J####:

Work perfectly with htc desire he. Keep up the good work.

D70%
by D####:

cool app.. ;)

D70%
by D####:

Just checked it for the 1st time. Eththama kiwwoth bara wachana hoyaddi thamai meka prayojanawath wenne. Jaya!

A70%
by A####:

I dont know

F70%
by F####:

Wow nice and very useful

P70%
by P####:

Not a productive app since typing an English word is much faster than taking a photo of that word.

Y70%
by Y####:

Suppah machan baava vitharai.dan me ade inne..lol.udeta thama check koranna venne......app akata jaya!!!

Y70%
by Y####:

Great

L70%
by L####:

Good

T70%
by T####:

Great man.keep it up.

T70%
by T####:

Great app . Thanks.

T70%
by T####:

It is cool, i like it. Thanxx

T70%
by T####:

Cool app.great work

S70%
by S####:

Awesome app!!

T70%
by T####:

Wonderful

F70%
by F####:

Wow

T70%
by T####:

Use.it..


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