I will be testing Aisquared's Zoom Reader and let you all know how it works from the point of view of both blind and low vision users. My partner just installed the app on her phone so hang in there. There seems to be a great deal of contusion concerning this app. The description in the app store claims the app will convert text to speech, we shall see.
Aloha, Charlie Our new book "YOU MIGHT BE A MORON" is on sale at www.giantdolphin.com click the off the bookshelf link On Apr 5, 2011, at 5:30 PM, Charlie Bates <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil > > I was thinking exactly the same thing. Those with total vision loss would not > buy zoomtext, but rather purchase JAWS because it caters more to their needs. > From what i have seen, zoomreader has a lot of visual queues (buttons etc) > and i am not sure whether a totally blind user would be able to use it, > especially when trying to take an accurate photo of a document. > > On 06/04/2011, at 1:06 PM, Neil James wrote: > >> I would just like to point out that this is not an OCR app for the blind. >> Rather it is geared towards those who have some usable vision much like zoom >> text is. If one buys this app with the expectation that it will be an ocr >> solution for the blind, one will be disappointment. The fact that people >> have assumed that this app is an ocr app for the blind has sparked quite a >> debate on the aiphone list. Hopefully this will help to eliminate confusion >> and save some one from being disappointed. >> >> Neil >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Robertson" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 2:57 PM >> Subject: Re: zoomreader for the iphone! >> >> >>> Hello Marlaina, >>> >>> Really, there's nothing to get excited about. Hardly anyone has had any >>> success with Zoom Reader. >>> >>> I'm totally blind and get reasonable results with Both Prizmo and SayText >>> which are considerably cheaper than Zoom Reader. >>> >>> In my opinion, Prizmo is the best so far, and it's multilingual which for >>> me is a big plus. >>> >>> All these OCR apps require quite a bit of practice before you get good >>> results, but it can be done. >>> >>> For totals like me, I would recommend getting Light Detector as well to >>> make sure that there's sufficient light for the OCR apps to work. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> On 5 Apr 2011, at 23:28, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >>> >>>> I will be interested to hear how well it works. I'm excited. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>> signature database 6017 (20110405) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
