Binarizing Image gives terrible results

[Chris Ramirez]

I am developing an app for android that involves processing an image and producing a text result. I am trying to increase the accuracy by processing the image, enhancing it, and binarizing it. The problem is that when I binarize it, the results come out completely terrible. Not a single character comes out properly from that image, and I don't understand why. It comes out almost perfect when it is binarized, but the results are just terrible. However, if I don't do anything to the photo, it comes out pretty accurate I just want to make it better. Is there a reason that I just am not understanding on why this is? I thought binarizing the image should increase the results, and not clobber them?? Please someone help me out!!

[zdenko podobny]

as always: A picture is worth a thousand words....

Zdenko

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Chris Ramirez <xr100...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am developing an app for android that involves processing an image and producing a text result. I am trying to increase the accuracy by processing the image, enhancing it, and binarizing it. The problem is that when I binarize it, the results come out completely terrible. Not a single character comes out properly from that image, and I don't understand why. It comes out almost perfect when it is binarized, but the results are just terrible. However, if I don't do anything to the photo, it comes out pretty accurate I just want to make it better. Is there a reason that I just am not understanding on why this is? I thought binarizing the image should increase the results, and not clobber them?? Please someone help me out!!

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