SecondCopy — Mode A is alive
I've got the Misrecogniser running end-to-end. The app now routes OCR + what3words + Ezra (GPT) into a three-line caption that sits comfortably in the APD register—grounded in what the camera sees, nudged by place, and allowed to be a little sideways. It will miscaption and misrecognise; it will also land on those odd, enlightening phrasings I wanted.
What’s happening on each label
Photo → OCR: pull concrete nouns/verbs from the page/scene.
w3w: fold in 1–2 words from the location (no slash soup).
Ezra prompt: ask for three lines, lowercase, field-note tone; line 2 must anchor to at least one OCR keyword.
Post-process: de-fluff, enforce anchors, keep it legible.
Output: ZPL to the Zebra QLn420 over Wi-Fi, plus a PNG “second copy”.
Quality of life
Preview now renders as a true 4×4″ square (matches the printed label).
Captions lean observational/philosophical rather than cryptic riddles.
Why I like it
SecondCopy treats misrecognition as material. The label is a tiny field report: context + place + a thinking error that occasionally hits the truth at an angle.
Next job — Mode B (Relay to Ezra)
I'm turning this from a private tool into a public submission app:
Users create as in Mode A.
Instead of printing locally, they tap Relay to Ezra.
The app uploads PNG + ZPL + metadata to a small cloud inbox (Firebase).
A home listener watches the queue and auto-prints to the Misrecogniser in the studio.
The user still keeps a “second copy” in Photos.
If you want to test Mode B when it goes live, say hello.
