Cheree Heppe here: Yah, another over-priced, under-performing gadget for which the developers can gain more than the consumers.
Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On 06/04/2011, at 14:18, "Bejarano, Rafael P." <[email protected]> wrote: > That would be wonderful, assuming the cost were reasonable. > > Rafael > On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > Rumor has it that they're working on a version of KNFB reader for the Iphone. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > Skype name: > barefootedray > > Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1<http://www.facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1> > > On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: > > Hi Anne, > > It sounds as though both apps still need a bit of work, before they can > replace the traditional flat-bed scanner. I don't yet own an iPhone, although > I was considering buying one provided one or both of the aforementioned > scanner/OCR apps was truly useful. I'll probably wait a while longer, given > the current state of these apps. I wish we had a scanning app for the iPhone > as good as the Kurzweil app being sold by the National Federation of the > Blind, here in the U.S. > > Anyway, thanks for your input. > > Cordially, > Rafael > On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Rafael, > > I'm totally blind and have used both SayText and Prizmo with some success. > > SayText seems to work best for reading envelopes, and Prizmo for reading a > page of a book or a sheet of A4 or the equivalent. > > They both need good lighting, so I use Light Detector to gauge the level of > light. > > With both apps, you place the iPhone with its camera in the centre of the > document, then raise it. With SayText, the autofocus mechanism tells you when > to keep still and wait for it to take the picture. > > With Prizmo, the phone vibrates, then you say "Take Picture" and it does just > that. With Prizmo, you need to have a headset connected as it switches to the > phone speaker rather than the normal speaker as soon as the picture has been > taken. > > Both apps require a bit of practice before you can get decent results. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > On 6 Apr 2011, at 20:52, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've been reading a bit about two scanner/OCR apps for the iPhone: saytext > and prizmo. Neither sounds sufficiently well developed to meet the needs of > totally blind individuals at this time, but perhaps I'm underestimating their > utility. Has anyone on this list tried either product, and if so, how useful > did you find it? > > Cordially, > Rafael Bejarano > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<mailto:[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.
