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Innovative Feature Suggestion: Auto-Extract Phone Numbers from Images

(Topic created on: 12-14-2024 05:50 PM)
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Naisklry
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Dear Samsung Team,

I hope this suggestion finds you well. As a loyal Samsung user, I'd like to propose an innovative feature that could enhance the overall user experience.

Feature Suggestion: "Auto-Extract Phone Numbers from Images"

In the dial pad, I suggest adding an option to take pictures of contact boards, name boards, or business cards. The feature would then automatically extract the phone number(s) from the image and save it to the user's contact list.

Benefits:

1. Convenience: Users can quickly capture and save contact information without manual typing.
2. Time-saving: Reduces the time spent on manually entering phone numbers.
3. Accuracy: Minimizes errors caused by manual typing.

Technical Requirements:

1. Integrate OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to extract text from images.
2. Develop an algorithm to identify and extract phone numbers from the extracted text.
3. Ensure seamless integration with the existing contact management system.

Potential Implementation:

1. Add a camera icon in the dial pad.
2. Upon clicking the icon, the camera app opens, allowing users to capture an image of the contact board or business card.
3. The OCR technology extracts the text from the image.
4. The algorithm identifies and extracts the phone number(s).
5. The extracted phone number(s) are saved to the user's contact list.

I believe this feature would be a valuable addition to Samsung's innovative ecosystem. I look forward to seeing this feature in future software updates.
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PraveenKumarB
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This is already there in samsung keyboard, they can simply enable us to open whole samsung keyboard instead of restricting to only numbers
Naisklry
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Thank you for your response! I'm glad to hear that the OCR technology is already integrated into the Samsung keyboard.

However, I would like to reiterate my original suggestion. While the current implementation is useful for extracting numbers, it would be even more convenient if users could access the full Samsung keyboard instead of being restricted to only numbers.

This would enable users to capture and extract not only phone numbers but also other relevant information such as names, addresses, and emails.

I hope you'll consider expanding the functionality of the Samsung keyboard to make it even more useful for users.
cs_member8
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Dear Samsung Member,

Greetings from Samsung Customer Support!

We highly appreciate your suggestion, and we will definitely note down the details. We really appreciate you taking the time to share your issue with us. We will definitely share your feedback with our concerned team. It will help us to make our services better in future.

If you require further assistance, please feel free to write back to us. We will be more than happy to help you.

Warm Regards,
Samsung Customer Support

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