15. A computer system for selectively recognizing text in an image, comprising: a computer-readable storage medium comprising executable computer program code for: an image User Interface (UI) module for: displaying the image on a touch sensitive display device; detecting an underline gesture associated with an area of the touch sensitive display device, the area of the touch sensitive display device associated with the underline gesture being vertical relative to an orientation of the image; a text region identification module for identifying a text region in the image associated with the area of the touch sensitive display device, the text region comprising text displayed vertically relative to the orientation of the image; and an OCR module for recognizing the text in the text region using OCR technology.
15. A computer system for selectively recognizing text in an image, comprising: a computer-readable storage medium comprising executable computer program code for: an image User Interface (UI) module for: displaying the image on a touch sensitive display device; detecting an underline gesture associated with an area of the touch sensitive display device, the area of the touch sensitive display device associated with the underline gesture being vertical relative to an orientation of the image; a text region identification module for identifying a text region in the image associated with the area of the touch sensitive display device, the text region comprising text displayed vertically relative to the orientation of the image; and an OCR module for recognizing the text in the text region using OCR technology. 21. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the gesture comprises a circling gesture.