Hello Marybeth, The TextDetective app should work with the iPod Touch, but the camera resolution on the iPod Touch models is not as good as for the iPhone, so OCR results will be better on the iPhone. If someone has a Retina iPad Mini I'd be curious to know how well it works with that device. The app will also work on an iPad, but you would have to make sure that you are working in "full screen mode" by double tapping the button in the bottom right corner. (You can navigate there with a four finger tap on the bottom half of the screen with your device held in landscape mode. The button will either say "Switch to full screen mode" or "Switch to normal mode.") And you should check lighting conditions with the light detector app.
HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 13, 2014, at 7:53 PM, "Marybeth Metzger" <[email protected]> wrote: > Does this software work only with iPhones, or can it also be used on an iPod > Touch? > > Mary Beth > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 1:47 AM > To: Mac OS X & iOS Accessibility > Subject: TextDetective iPhone OCR app is currently free (13 March 2014) > > Hello All, > > TextDetective, the iPhone OCR app, is currently free. It usually lists for > $8.99. A quick description of how this differs from apps like TextGrabber > and Prizmo is that it works for English only, and you have to hold the > iPhone in landscape mode, so you don't usually get an entire letter- or > A4-sized page OCRed in one shot. However, it works in video mode (like > Talking Goggles), so it's relatively fast. Before the VoiceOver specific > improvements to TextGrabber and Prizmo, many blind users found it easier to > use TextDetective to get results in freehand use (without a supporting > stand) than to train themselves to use TextGrabber or Prizmo. And you can > use TextGrabber to read some text off your computer monitor in a pinch. > . TextDetective by Blindsight (currently free for limited time, usually > $8.99) > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textdetective/id541494875?mt=8 > > Note that this version runs under iOS 7. If your iPhone is running an older > version of iOS, you can purchase the app under iTunes on your computer, and > then download the latest version of TextDetective that is compatible with > the version of iOS on your iPhone. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
