Point to Text
Point to Text is an Augmented Reality app which will find text in the world. If you're looking at a bookshelf, or an aisle in the supermarket or drug store, and you want some help locating a title or label, then Point to Text is for you.
When you launch Point to Text, it will start using the camera to scan the world. Type in the text you are seeking in the text field at the top (in this case "india"), tap the screen, and Point to Text will point to the text. It works in either landscape or portrait mode.
If Point to Text doesn't spot your text right away, step in closer and point the camera at the various places to search. You can try scanning slowly, or stopping at each spot and then moving to an adjacent spot. To reach lower shelves, reach down and turn the phone upside down. Because it uses Augmented Reality, it remembers where it spotted text -- so if you step back when you're done scanning up close, Point to Text will point to the text it found while you were moving the phone camera.
If more than one instance of the search string is found, Point to Text will point to up to four of them.
The gear icon on the bottom right of the screen will allow you to select alternate pointer styles.
If Point to Text becomes confused and displays spurious pointers, the "refresh" icon to the left of the gear will clear the pointers and start searching again.
The question mark on the lower left of the screen will bring up a quick refresher on how Point to Text works.
Because the Augmented Reality processing can consume a lot of power, the pause/play button can be used to pause the searching until you are ready to resume.