> Surely identifying phone numbers via the camera and inputting them that way would be easy and a measurable improvement over the current method of mashing butt

> Surely identifying phone numbers via the camera and inputting them that way would be easy and a measurable improvement over the current method of mashing buttons. Not many people really dial phone numbers these days though - dialing via contacts, history, a link on a website or Google Maps are far more common in my experience. The issue is already pretty much solved without the need for any OCR - of course Google Goggles does do that too if you need it.