OCR on Windows Phone 8 WP8

Question

I'm new to the world of programming, and am trying to develop an app that uses OCR. I want the app to convert a singular receipt into text (nothing too complex).

However my problem is that i'm finding a lack of information for OCR on WP8, and how to implement it. I would have though that it's a built in function of WP and that information would be easily accessible as to how to implement it.

Anyone know where I could look, or a simple example snippet of code I could use? Not wanting a subscription based service.

Answer 1

Microsoft recently released the OCR Library for Windows Runtime. Jerry Nixon has posted a video guiding you though it, and there is also an msdn article.

Jerry Nixon's Blog

MSDN