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ChessOcrPict 1.4

4.8 MB / 5K+ Downloads / Rating 3.3 - 120 reviews


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ChessOcrPict, developed and published by Gerhard Roth, has released its latest version, 1.4, on 2013-12-14. This app falls under the Board category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 5000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 3.3, based on 120 reviews.

ChessOcrPict APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 3.0+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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Game Details

Package name: com.kgroth.chessocrpict

Updated: 11 years ago

Developer Name: Gerhard Roth

Category: Board

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing ChessOcrPict on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Game Rating

3.3
Total 120 reviews

Reviews

1 ★, on 2019-04-18
Good idea but, plain and simple, it doesn't work. Have installed it several times over the years hoping it may eventually work.

1 ★, on 2020-05-03
Please update it for new versions of Android

3 ★, on 2015-09-21
This would be a fantastic app if it actually worked. Edit: upgrading my initial review to say I've had much better success with this on some PDFs . I don't know if the images are better quality--to my eyes they aren't. But I'm guessing the app thinks so. I do wish this was still maintained tho.

1 ★, on 2017-04-06
I haven't used this in a while, but now one app does what this and Chess OCR do and does it better. Shortly after I bought this key it went bad. I can't get a decent scan no matter how I try. Thankfully I found "Chess: scan, play, analyze". It works even when things aren't perfect. Even when Chess OCR worked it was difficult and everything had to be just right. Thanks for your efforts Mr. Roth but you've been passed up.

4 ★, on 2014-04-04
I was originally very critical of this app because it does not handle screenshots of other apps very well, but I see now that is not the main purpose described here. I've since discovered the app is excellent at interpreting images in ebooks which is what it was designed for. I still wish it could handle anything I throw at it, so for a more versatile version of this app I would give it a perfect five stars. The developer is very helpful so I would recommend e-mailing him with any constructive feedback.

1 ★, on 2016-09-22
Don't waste your time. Chessfimee does it better: it can scan from a picture and also take a photo and has a clean design. This app is just a big bug.

Previous Versions

ChessOcrPict 1.4
2013-12-14 / 4.8 MB / Android 3.0+

About this app

This app recognize chess figures (diagrams) in a book or magazine. It is a free version of ChessOcr https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kgroth.chessocr but instead of using the back facing camera, the input is any captured image in the gallery. This captured image must contain the chess figure and is typically obtained by doing a screen capture of a displayed chess figure (from a pdf file or a web page). The input image can also be captured off-line using any camera, which is then transferred to the Android device.

This app can be invoked directly at which point the input picture must be selected. However, if you have an image in the gallery to process (or have a screen capture) then you can also open it and select ChessOcrPict to process this image using the share content icon. Once in ChessOcrPict simply touch the screen to start the recognition process. If recognition is successful it displays the result, and asks you to select which color is to move, which is always necessary. Then it saves each recognized figure in a pgn file, and also puts the most recent one in the clipboard as a FEN string.

Once the position is recognized you can do with ChessOcrPict exactly what you could do with ChessOcr. That is you can invoke an Android chess program like DroidFish, SCIDOnthego or Chess for Android to analyze the position or perform a data base search for games that contain this position (SCIDOnthego). There is a free SCID database that can be used with SCIDOnthego. Simply download the zip file http://www.kgrothapps.com/files/dbsmall-apr-6-13.zip then unzip and put these files in SCID directory.

For best results the chess figure should take up at least half of the input image. If recognition fails then the app simply returns directly without a result. So in summary, this app has the same functionality as ChessOcr, but the input is a static image obtained off-line, and not a live image obtained from a back facing camera. ChessOcrPict does not work well on web pages, but it will work on the pdf files for books and magazines.

New features

Release 1.4 allows the ChessBase Android app to be invoked. ChessOcrPict is free for recognition from screen captures (square figures). But recognition from device cameras (not square figures) requires ChessOcrProKey app and is best done with the ChessOcr app.

Release 1.1 Now allows an image to be specified when the app is started. So the app can be invoked directly, or can be used to process an image in the gallery by using the share content icon.

App Permissions

Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.