so let me explain a little more. I want to read an analog meter not a phone. I want to take a picture and read the numbers in the picture. If I could just read the numbers from a steaming image that would be fine I just want to know what the numbers are so I can transmit them and not the image as text will require less bandwidth to transmit than an image. Thanks for the help. I dont think the arduino has the power to do it but want to try all my options.