diff --git a/tess-two/jni/com_googlecode_tesseract_android/resultiterator.cpp b/tess-two/jni/com_googlecode_tesseract_android/resultiterator.cpp
index 73358ca29..a0b45c9bd 100644
--- a/tess-two/jni/com_googlecode_tesseract_android/resultiterator.cpp
+++ b/tess-two/jni/com_googlecode_tesseract_android/resultiterator.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,23 @@ jobjectArray Java_com_googlecode_tesseract_android_ResultIterator_nativeGetSymbo
   return ret;
 }
 
+jboolean Java_com_googlecode_tesseract_android_ResultIterator_nativeIsAtBeginningOf(JNIEnv *env,
+    jclass clazz, jlong nativeResultIterator, jint level) {
+  ResultIterator *resultIterator = (ResultIterator *) nativeResultIterator;
+  PageIteratorLevel enumLevel = (PageIteratorLevel) level;
+
+  return (jboolean) (resultIterator->IsAtBeginningOf(enumLevel) ? JNI_TRUE : JNI_FALSE);
+}
+
+jboolean Java_com_googlecode_tesseract_android_ResultIterator_nativeIsAtFinalElement(JNIEnv *env,
+    jclass clazz, jlong nativeResultIterator, jint level, jint element) {
+  ResultIterator *resultIterator = (ResultIterator *) nativeResultIterator;
+  PageIteratorLevel enumLevel = (PageIteratorLevel) level;
+  PageIteratorLevel enumElement = (PageIteratorLevel) element;
+
+  return (jboolean) (resultIterator->IsAtFinalElement(enumLevel, enumElement) ? JNI_TRUE : JNI_FALSE);
+}
+
 void Java_com_googlecode_tesseract_android_ResultIterator_nativeDelete(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz,
     jlong nativeResultIterator) {
   ResultIterator *resultIterator = (ResultIterator *) nativeResultIterator;
diff --git a/tess-two/src/com/googlecode/tesseract/android/ResultIterator.java b/tess-two/src/com/googlecode/tesseract/android/ResultIterator.java
index b44d2b002..3ffcedac7 100644
--- a/tess-two/src/com/googlecode/tesseract/android/ResultIterator.java
+++ b/tess-two/src/com/googlecode/tesseract/android/ResultIterator.java
@@ -69,6 +69,30 @@ public float confidence(int level) {
         return nativeConfidence(mNativeResultIterator, level);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the iterator is at the start of an object at the given
+     * level. Possible uses include determining if a call to Next(RIL_WORD)
+     * moved to the start of a RIL_PARA.
+     *
+     * @param level the page iterator level. See {@link PageIteratorLevel}.
+     * @return {@code true} if iterator points to the start of an object at the given level.
+     */
+    public boolean isAtBeginningOf(int level) {
+        return nativeIsAtBeginningOf(mNativeResultIterator, level);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the iterator is positioned at the last element in a
+     * given level. (e.g. the last word in a line, the last line in a block)
+     *
+     * @param level the page iterator level. See {@link PageIteratorLevel}.
+     * @param element the page iterator level. See {@link PageIteratorLevel}.
+     * @return {@code true} if iterator points to the last element in a given level.
+     */
+    public boolean isAtFinalElement(int level, int element) {
+        return nativeIsAtFinalElement(mNativeResultIterator, level, element);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns all possible matching text strings and their confidence level 
      * for the current object at the given level.
@@ -124,5 +148,7 @@ public void delete() {
 
     private static native String nativeGetUTF8Text(long nativeResultIterator, int level);
     private static native float nativeConfidence(long nativeResultIterator, int level);
+    private static native boolean nativeIsAtBeginningOf(long nativeResultIterator, int level);
+    private static native boolean nativeIsAtFinalElement(long nativeResultIterator, int level, int element);
     private static native void nativeDelete(long nativeIterator);
 }