This week for Scrapper Slicer Saturday, I've got another update to my Galactic Decoder app, which hit the iOS App Store earlier this week.

Easier Sharing

Last week I showed how you can use shortcuts to scan images, but this update makes it even easier to launch Galactic Decoder from photos, files, screenshots, etc. You can now send images to Galactic Decoder straight from the Share menu in other apps, with no shortcut install needed.

Layout updates

I've reworked the layouts across the app so things are easier to read, whether you're scanning live, working from a photo, or typing in the manual Decoder. The scanner view makes the most of the available space on your screen now. I've also done work to prep the app for the upcoming iPhone Duo, for those of you looking for a foldable scan device.

Feedback Tools

This is something that's actually been in the app since the first betas, but I wanted to share a reminder about it. When you scan an image, the app will give you the option to send feedback - can be as simple as a thumbs up or down to let me know how the scans are going for you. If it wasn't a good scan, you'll also have the option to send me the image you tried scanning, and a description of what went wrong. Sending the image or comments is 100% optional though, and you can even turn off the option to send feedback in the app settings if you like. There's also a way to send feedback from the settings menu, if you've seen bugs, have ideas for new features, clever limericks about jawas, etc.

Once again, thanks for the support, and have a great weekend!

Get Galactic Decoder in the Apple App Store here: https://apple.co/46X720i

p.s. If you've already downloaded the app, I'd really appreciate it if you left a rating or review in the App Store - it'd really help me out. Thanks!

Hopefully this fits in the spirit of Scrapper Saturdays. (Maybe Slicer Saturday?)

What started as a silly idea on trip to Galaxy's Edge last summer kinda snowballed into Galactic Decoder. I had been playing around with doing some object detection in iOS at the time, and though it would be sweet if I had an app to help me translate all of the Aurebesh around Batuu. I started building some little toy apps, had some success, and things kinda got out of hand.

I've now got a new iOS app ready for public beta. This will be hitting the App Store soon, but I'd love to get some early feedback, especially if you plan on heading to Batuu soon. I just got back from a trip last month with an early dev build I had, and got some good test data while there. I've made a ton of improvements since that trip with just my family testing. Live scanning is still a bit wonky, and I've got fixes in the works, but capturing a live photo, or loading something from your library works pretty well.

The app currently supports Aurebesh only, but ideally I'll be adding support for other languages soon. I mostly wanted to focus on the text you'd find in Batuu. The app is iOS only, with no plans for Android. (Sorry folks - I'm a full time iOS dev, and have never got around to Android work. iOS keeps me busy enough.) (Also, iPad support is on the way.)

All decoding and detection happens on device - nothing you capture is sent to a server. I do collect some feedback info if you choose to submit it, and the app gathers anonymous usage analytics. Mostly so I can see if scans are going well, or to capture crash reports.

Hit me up with any questions or feedback, or you can leave the feedback in the app, and I'll reply as best I can.

The TestFlight link to install the app is: https://testflight.apple.com/join/UbNy4byS

(As a side note… you want to learn how to read Aurebesh? Just manually tag a few thousand images for model training. You'll soon have those glyphs burned into your brain.)