How do you folks do to take a picture of a vertical object for scanning? I assume you can't use the tilt guidance very successfully and how will the field view report work? As i understand it you shouldn't be supposed to be able to take pictures of other things than those that lye on a desk top, am i wrong in this? I tried to read the manual for the Knfb reader and the app read happily the swedish manual with the Samantha voice, a little confusing i'd say. /Krister
> 20 sep 2014 kl. 17:04 skrev Jenine Stanley <[email protected]>: > > I've been using it on a variety of things and have found the app to be much > more reliable in terms of getting good pictures initially, than my attempts > with other OCR apps. > > I'd like to pride myself on being able to take fairly good pictures for OCR > purposes but for some reason, I never had good luck or consistency with the > other OCR apps. > > Last night, just for fun and to prove to my husband that the app worked, I > took a picture of our television screen from about 8 feet away. It's a 42 > inch TV. There was an add on for one of those legal services that sues if you > have had some disease or other. > > The app read most of the text on screen accurately including a phone number > and web address. It faltered near the end of the text but I suspect it was > scrolling or stylized. It did make an attempt though. > > To say I was in shock is an understatement. Now I wish I'd saved the scan. > Jenine Stanley > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > On Sep 20, 2014, at 9:39 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> See my last post. Basically, the app comes with features that give you very >> good feedback while your positioning the camera. >> Best, >> Donna >> On Sep 20, 2014, at 7:44 AM, Anders Holmberg <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> HI! >>> ONE THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW WOULD ONE KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO HOLD THE >>> CAMERA OVER a paper. >>> Anyone? >>> /A >>> 19 sep 2014 kl. 16:28 skrev 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>: >>> >>>> Apparently the app is $100. >>>> >>>> CB >>>> >>>> Baltimore, Maryland (September 18, 2014): The National Federation of the >>>> Blind >>>> <http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3838&qid=615419>, >>>> the nation's leading advocate for access to print by the blind, has >>>> applauded the release of KNFB Reader >>>> <http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3839&qid=615419>, >>>> 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. >>>> <http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3840&qid=615419> >>>> 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 >>>> <http://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3841&qid=615419> >>>> 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. 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