Hi! So you have to have the phone or paper in the right clock direction. It can't turn the page virtually in the app. /A 20 sep 2014 kl. 23:03 skrev Jenine Stanley <[email protected]>:
> GiGi, that’s the beauty of the tilt function. I’m usually fairly good at > balancing the phone but if I do more than one scan of something in the same > spot, such as just moving another piece of mail under it, I tend to tip the > phone. > > The thing that confuses me at times is the clock face orientation. I have to > tell myself that it is reporting the position of the material under the phone > and that I should turn the phone in that direction until it says 0. For some > weird reason my brain conjured that this was the orientation of the phone > itself when looking at the image and that I must turn the phone in the > opposite direction to reorient. Where that came from I have no idea. 😣 > Jenine Stanley > [email protected] > > > > On Sep 20, 2014, at 4:59 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi there >> Well lazy me did something else. I put my Mac on my lap and shut it, and >> then sorted my Mail sitting in my recliner. I wasn't sure that was going to >> work but it did work quite fine. I am finding the level indicator to be a >> lot more helpful than the review function. Maybe it's just me since I just >> got it today, but by the time I tell it to scan again I have to be very >> careful not to change my position. >> Gigi >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 20, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Rob Bender <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I also bought the app after hearing the Applevis podcast and reading about >>> the results from others on the list. I had the opportunity to borrow a >>> Nokia phone with the old KNFB app 4 or 5 years ago and was only ever able >>> to get a few words from a page. I was able to sit at the kitchen table and >>> sort the mail just after buying the new app. It is definitely better than >>> the old app since the field of view report and the tilt notification are a >>> great help in lining up the camera. I will add that I had not been able to >>> get good results with the other OCR apps for the iPhone since I was >>> horrible at lining up the camera. It really seems that they did a great >>> job on writing an app which compensates for blind users. >>> I plan to try more documents today. >>> >>>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 6:00 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Pete >>>> You may have answered this already, but I once tried the KNFB reader that >>>> a friend had on his Windows phone. I couldn't get the thing to line up and >>>> I got the worst text you ever saw. Obviously, you got it to line up with >>>> the restaurant menu, and I'm really impressed about that. I have heard >>>> there is an option on this new program to find the line up. How sloppy can >>>> you be to line up the text and have the text come out good? I hope my >>>> question makes sense. I know a lot of people got the old one to work, but >>>> I was hopeless with it. So, did you ever use the old one, and is it, in >>>> your opinion, better than it was? >>>> Regards, >>>> Gigi >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 1:58 AM, peter Apgar <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Best app I've ever purchased! I to believe that this works better then >>>>> desktop scanning programs. First day with it was today. First try at a >>>>> restaurant scored the entire menu perfectly >>>>> >>>>> Pete >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 19, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Frankly, I could not agree more!!! My flat bed scanning days are >>>>>> through: or just about anyhow. I never got such good results with the >>>>>> other OCR apps. Not even with Abby Fine Reader Text Grabber, which is >>>>>> kinda sorta okay. The KNFB reader is where it's at if you want it to be >>>>>> both fast and accurate. Yes, it does help you angle the camra just >>>>>> right. I didn't realize, until I started using the KNFB reader app that >>>>>> I was always angling the camra lens much too far upward. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>> the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! >>>>>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the >>>>>> blind built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 19, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Lisette Wesseling >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Donna, >>>>>>> I'm not Kevin but bought the app last night. On my first picture, I got >>>>>>> 100 per cent accuracy of an entire credit card statement which >>>>>>> obviously has lots of numbers and weird abbreviations. I spent about a >>>>>>> minute lining the document up and then took one picture and it was >>>>>>> perfect! I never had anything close to that with Prismo, Text Grabber >>>>>>> or Text Detective. I rarely got the whole document there, whereas KNFB >>>>>>> Reader helps you line it up if you want it to. >>>>>>> It also does images and pdf images, so it is definitely worth it for >>>>>>> me. I'm now sorry I wasted the money on those others, but it was all >>>>>>> there was at the time and they served their purpose. KNFB Reader is now >>>>>>> the only OCR app on my phone. >>>>>>> It takes about 2 seconds from when the picture is taken to when it >>>>>>> starts reading, and I'm using an iPhone 5 at this stage. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Good luck with your decision >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Lisette >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 20/09/2014, at 6:28 am, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Kevin, can you say more? I'm kind of on the fence about whether or >>>>>>>> not to purchase it, but so far I'm not completely happy with either >>>>>>>> textGrabber or Prizmo. I think the place where I'm going wrong with >>>>>>>> both those apps is the positioning of the camera. Does KNFB Reader >>>>>>>> make that easier? >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Donna >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2014, at 12:19 PM, Kevin Mattingly <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It just works. I'm glad I bought it. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2014, at 1:06 PM, Gary <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Yep, I know. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Did you get my emails regarding the Macbook configuration? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Gary >>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Cameron Strife >>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> $100? Ouch. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/19/14, Chris G <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Has anyone bought it for the iPadd with retina? >>>>>>>>>>>> Chris >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Mystic Access >>>>>>>>>>>> Where the magic is in learning. >>>>>>>>>>>> 733 Delaware Rd 341 >>>>>>>>>>>> Buffalo, NY 14223 >>>>>>>>>>>> Phone: (716) 743-8244 >>>>>>>>>>>> web: www.mysticaccess.com >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Accessible Gadgets mailing list: > > >>>>>>>>>>>> http://lists.mysticaccess.com/listinfo.cgi/accessiblegadgets-mysticaccess.com >>>>>>>>>>>> Podcast: www.mysticaccesspodcast.com >>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: MysticAccess >>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: JediKent >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:31:02 -0400 >>>>>>>>>>>> Kevin Mattingly <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I just bought it. I will let you know how it works. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:28 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Apparently the app is $100. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> CB >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Baltimore, Maryland (September 18, 2014): The National >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Federation of the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blind, the nation's leading advocate for access to print by the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> blind, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> has applauded the release of KNFB Reader, a new app for the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> iPhone and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> other Apple iOS devices, which uses the phone's camera and >>>>>>>>>>>>>> state-of-the-art optical character recognition (OCR) technology >>>>>>>>>>>>>> to give >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the blind instant access to the contents of print materials. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Members of >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the National Federation of the Blind have worked with K-NFB >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reading >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Technology, Inc., which developed the app along with Sensotec, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Inc. KNFB >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reader is now available in the iTunes app store. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blind, said: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "The National Federation of the Blind has been involved for >>>>>>>>>>>>>> forty years >>>>>>>>>>>>>> in the development of technology that helps blind people to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> acquire >>>>>>>>>>>>>> access to the various print materials that we all encounter from >>>>>>>>>>>>>> day to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> day. Ever since our first collaboration with Ray Kurzweil to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> develop the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kurzweil Reading Machine, which was the size of a household >>>>>>>>>>>>>> appliance, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> we have been interested in the development of better and more >>>>>>>>>>>>>> portable >>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading technology. Print on office documents, flyers, letters, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> menus, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> labels, and throughout our environment is still a part of >>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyday life, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> even with the increased electronic transmission of documents. Now >>>>>>>>>>>>>> revolutionary technology that resides on the phones that many of >>>>>>>>>>>>>> us >>>>>>>>>>>>>> carry each day provides instant access to the printed word. We >>>>>>>>>>>>>> can hear >>>>>>>>>>>>>> our mail or the menu at our favorite restaurant spoken with the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> iPhone's >>>>>>>>>>>>>> built-in text-to-speech technology, or read it in Braille with a >>>>>>>>>>>>>> refreshable Braille display. This app will fundamentally change >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyday lives of many blind people, helping us to get the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> information >>>>>>>>>>>>>> we need and live the lives we want." >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Google >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >>>>>>>>>>>>>> it, send >>>>>>>>>>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Visit this group at >>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>>>>>>>>>> Google Groups >>>>>>>>>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this 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