Christopher
Ars TechnicaAndroid phones get PC webcam capabilities in the latest beta
Connect an Android "webcam" to Windows, Mac, Linux, or even another Android phone.
TotoTunes@arstechnica a bit jealous of apple when they did this but nice to hear it's coming to Android!
Mike Jš¹š š¤š»@arstechnica Then google will use your call to train their AI, right?
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Next, I want to be able to OCR to PC, w/"keyboard emulation" so that the app inputs the OCR'd text into whatever program you have open.
So, you could, for example, scan a serial number into an Excel spreadsheet with JUST ONE CLICK.
The OCR App on the phone would have various settings like "Single number", "Sentence", "Paragraph", or, just "all text on a page" etc. With context adjusting onscreen boxes highlighting what text will be entered when you press the shutter button.
Sean Gibbz 
@arstechnica omg yes!!!
I've been using my phone as a webcam with droidcam, but it's great to see an official os-integrated option
I've been using my phone as a webcam with droidcam, but it's great to see an official os-integrated option
beretis@arstechnica Finally, its a such a no brainer to use old phone as a webcam. You kind of recycle the device and will get much higher quality webcam :)