Hi Doug, I'm using the Mophie Juice Pack and KNFB Reader works fine with it. I don't think this is related to the Pack at all, but I have noticed one performance difference based on the podcast I heard. I am using a 5S with IOS7, latest version. There is a two or three second delay when I double tap on the field of view report or when I take a picture to when the shutter sound is heard. The gentleman who did the podcast demonstrated the KNFB reader and the shutter sound appeared to occur immediately. I thought that would be related to his using the iPhone 6, but I believe he did the podcast on Thursday, prior to the release of the newer phones. I believe he was running IOS8, and perhaps that accounts for the speed increase? Just a guess.
Les On Sep 22, 2014, at 1:27 AM, Doug Lawlor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I'm just wondering if anyone has tried using the KNFB reader with a battery > something like the mophy juice pack attached? Is there a difference in using > it? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 21, 2014, at 8:55 PM, Kevin Mattingly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In 1990 Vocational Rehab and an associated State organization for >> unemployment purchased the Kurzweil personal reader for me. That purchase >> and the technology opened a door to employment for me. Since that >> experience, I would recommend anything developed by Kurzweil. It worked >> then and it works now. >> >> Kevin >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 21, 2014, at 9:21 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Krister, >>> >>> I'm not a developer, so make no evaluation whatsoever of how much work they >>> had to do to add the tilt guidance, field of view, and the anti-skewing >>> stuff. I still think the price was too high, but as Kevin wrote on Friday, >>> it just works. I know some people put a lot of time into learning to use >>> Prizmo, and I understand that they got good results. I barely have enough >>> time to breathe each day. I get up in the morning and am busy till I go to >>> bed at night. I don't have that kind of time to spend practicing to use an >>> app. So yes, I do think the price is high, but I also know that it meets my >>> needs without requiring a ton of practice time. So I bought it, and I >>> recommend it to others. >>> >>> As to your question what if someone else built those same features into a >>> mainstream app, I think that'd be fabulous. But right now that hasn't >>> happened, so I'm going with the KNFB reader. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>>> On Sep 21, 2014, at 3:58 AM, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, Prizmo has some kind of guidance similar to the KNFB reader but it >>>> seems to be unreliable at times and i don't think it has the tilt sensor. >>>> What if that was built in? And another question on the same topic: The way >>>> we all, me included skeptical as i am, rave about the KNFB reader, how >>>> much do we really know about what the folks have done to make it this >>>> good? What if it was only the tilt sensor and the field view report and >>>> the rest was an ordinary OCR app? We make it sound like this app is the >>>> worlds 8th miracle, what if it ain't? What if some mainstream developer >>>> added at leas the guidance that Prizmo already has and a tilt sensor and >>>> it became just as good? >>>> Sorry for sounding skeptical, i'm just wondering about things. >>>> /Krister >>>> >>>>> 20 sep 2014 kl. 18:41 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>> Well, I can certainly agree that assistive isn't always equal to >>>>> overpriced, and indeed I have owned the flatbed and now own the camera >>>>> edition Sara, both of which have worked quite well, and with mainstream >>>>> OCR software and flatbed scanners, really quite excellently. Anything to >>>>> lower the cost of investment is always useful though. I am hoping to >>>>> standardise on something that is accurate and realistically caters to my >>>>> needs, and this app looks very promising going forward. However I do >>>>> worry that the cost would not be justified if I found another app. I >>>>> have had all the mentioned apps so far--TextDetective, TextGrabber, and >>>>> Prizmo--and have not even been able to choose among these three yet, >>>>> though Prizmo is now the one on my phone. Can anyone suggest ways in >>>>> which any of these three apps might somehow be improved to match the >>>>> speed and accuracy of KNFB as it now stands? A difficult question, I >>>>> know, but I'm hoping someone knows something I don't. 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