Oh wow, had no idea there finally was one available; how much do they want for it? On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:31 AM, 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 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 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.
