AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hi Rose,
No you do not have to update to iOS eight. I installed the cayenne FB reader
onto my iPhone for S and I am running iOS 7.12.
works pretty good, however the processing is a little slow. Once I take a
picture
Ouch, not good! I still may go for the reader, however.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Chuck Dean
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 9:27 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hi
Dean
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 9:27 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hi Rose,
I would hold off upgrading to IOS 8. I upgraded my iPad mini, and it has
more bugs than my very first apartment in Chicago!
Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny tie
.
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From: Kayaker sea...@me.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hi,
I'm no photographer, but I am a math and science guy. If you are saying that
taking a landscape picture
How did you flatten the paperback book for scanning with the KNFB Reader?
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Chuck Dean
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:45 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First
@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
I tried scanning about twenty pages of a paperback book. I used my scan stand
pro.
It worked very well... About 98% accurate.
Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.
On Sep 18, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Mary
@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
I tried scanning about twenty pages of a paperback book. I used my scan
stand pro.
It worked very well... About 98% accurate.
Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.
On Sep 18, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Mary Otten motte
Hi Jonathan,
Will the NFB reader work on an iPhone 4
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jonathan Mosen
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:05 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
I've spent the last half hour
I have downloaded the K NFB reader onto my iPhone for S, and it works fine.
It's a little slower than the demonstrations, it takes about five or six
seconds for it to process the image. But otherwise it seems to work well.
Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.
On Sep
PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
I have downloaded the K NFB reader onto my iPhone for S, and it works fine.
It's a little slower than the demonstrations, it takes about five or six
seconds for it to process the image. But otherwise it seems to work
! are! finished!
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From: Connie Mohney
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 7:11 PM
Subject: RE: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hi Jonathan,
Will the NFB reader work on an iPhone 4
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone
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From: Connie Mohney
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 7:11 PM
Subject: RE: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hi Jonathan,
Will the NFB reader work on an iPhone 4
From: viphone@googlegroups.com[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
OfJonathan Mosen
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Mosen
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 12:19 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hi Ron, well, I have no way of knowing what you have or haven't figured out
been initiated.
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Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished,
you! really! are! finished!
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To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First
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From: Krister Ekstrom
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hi,
I know i’m not the brightest shining star in the universe, far from it, but i
have to say that i’m quite disappointed
in the vertical to position for
documents mounted on the wall or bulletin boards.
Ron Danvers
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 1:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: KNFB Reader, First
Subject: RE: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hi Ron,
The app is in the Canadian app store since I bought it first thing this
morning. A search for KNFB did the trick for me, first result was Blio and
then came KNFB Reader. Are you just typing it in and then check the matches
or are you typing
, 2014 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
I read the app description which says it is compatible with the iPhone 5and
5S. I remember they said it would work with the 4S, although the performance
would be reduced.
Does any one know if this app will work on my 4S
@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hello Anthony, no. NO demo is available. AppleVis have done a podcast which,
while I've not heard it, is probably helpful.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks
Weitzel
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 2:08 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: knfb reader on Iphone 4s?
The 4S still has an 8 MP camera just as the 5, 5C, 5S,6 and 6 Plus do. Only
difference is that it has a sensor with slightly smaller pixels and it
doesn't have the true tone flash. Since
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of RobH.
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 5:45 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hummmnmnm, the logic of it threw me too, so are we to understand
defeated, if you think you're finished,
you! really! are! finished!
- Original Message -
From: Cristóbal
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 1:46 PM
Subject: RE: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
I'd be curious to know if people can get decent results
in
jumping in without knowing how good it is.
Ron Danvers
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of RobH.
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 5:53 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Hummmnmnmnm
-
From: Deb Lewis deblewi...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Well I actually did not.
On 9/18/14, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Deb,
If you put the phone in landscape, do you also have
5:55 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
I agree, and i’m surpriced actually that reading displays and the like has
gotten so little attention, i mean now that we actually have a device capable
of doing just that, i’m surpriced that there’s only
: know what this reminds me of? - Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
I wonder if others have been reading posts about the KNFB reader and are
thinking the same thing that I am. I don't have the reader yet, but have had a
bar code scanner for a few years. When I first got one for the person I
the field of
view report and the tild vibrator.
Ron Danvers
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of RobH.
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 5:56 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Ok
.
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 5:56 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
Ok, For those who haven't got it yet, how do you take the picture?
I've started snapping when out and about and using the iPhone like a
conventional camera, landscape
Hi,
Don't get discouraged. If you are not getting good results, first check if
your flash is on. Lighting makes all the difference. Double tap the flash
button until it says flash is on. Then Place the top right corner of your
phone approximately in the middle of the document. Raise the
Of Ron Pelletier
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:44 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
I think the company would do themselves a favour if they had a demo that
could do something like 10 or 15 documents to let people see how good it
really is before
] On Behalf
Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 2:08 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: knfb reader on Iphone 4s?
The 4S still has an 8 MP camera just as the 5, 5C, 5S,6 and 6 Plus do. Only
difference is that it has a sensor with slightly smaller pixels and it
doesn't have
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 2:08 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: knfb reader on Iphone 4s?
The 4S still has an 8 MP camera just as the 5, 5C, 5S,6 and 6 Plus do
Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 12:10 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: knfb reader on Iphone 4s?
will it work on a ipod touch 5th gen?
Hank
On 9/18/2014 11:18 PM, Chuck Dean wrote:
The cayenne FB reader will work on an iPhone for ass. I have
, September 19, 2014 5:44 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
There sure are a lot of questions about what the KNFB reader will or will
not work with. These can be prevented by doing a little Internet browsing,
for example, to the site of the developers
@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog
Iona
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 12:10 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: knfb reader on Iphone 4s?
will it work on a ipod
would it be possible to read a screen with minues on it
successfully?
On 9/18/2014 1:05 AM, Jonathan Mosen wrote:
I've spent the last half hour or so playing with KNFB Reader on my
iPhone 5s. I couldn't be more impressed.
I read my son's school report, which it got word perfect even when it
Will this work with the iphone 4s?
Steph
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From: Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014 6:15 pm
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
would it be possible to read a screen
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
would it be possible to read a screen with minues on it
successfully?
On 9/18/2014 1:05 AM, Jonathan Mosen wrote:
I've spent the last half hour or so playing with KNFB Reader on my iPhone
5s. I couldn't be more impressed.
I read my son's
?
Steph
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From: Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014 6:15 pm
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
would it be possible to read a screen with minues on it
successfully
, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014 6:15 pm
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
would it be possible to read a screen with minues on it
successfully?
On 9/18/2014 1:05 AM, Jonathan Mosen wrote:
I've
wrote:
Will this work with the iphone 4s?
Steph
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From: Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014 6:15 pm
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
would it be possible
Jonathan,
So is the KNFB reader app now available in the app store?
Also, are you using a stand to take the scans/pics, or are you just holding
the phone over the page or item?
Thanks so much, this is very encouraging!
Brian M
From: viphone@googlegroups.com
It is now available on the app store to download.
Regards, Feliciano
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Sent from the Super-iPhone
On Sep 18, 2014, at 4:19 AM, BrianMiller
Hello Jonathan,
Your first impressions of the KNFB app is encouraging. At this time, I'm going
to have to be on the sidelines until I decide on which iPhone 6 I will
purchase. This is my question to this thread. For those who invest in the KNFB
Reader app and have purchased either an iPhone 6
Eileen;
I believe I'm going to try it on my 5s.
If and, when I do, I'let everyone know.
Sentence from my ATT iPhone 5s!
On Sep 18, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Jonathan,
Your first impressions of the KNFB app is encouraging. At this time, I'm
Hi Jonathan,
I know you used to use Nokia phones. Did you have the the reader for that?
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 18, 2014, at 4:18 AM, BrianMiller brianrmille...@gmail.com wrote:
Jonathan,
So is the KNFB reader app now available in the app store?
Also, are you using a stand to take
Reason to update when I can find a way to do so.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jonathan Mosen
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 2:46 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
According to the App Store
Hi,
I know i’m not the brightest shining star in the universe, far from it, but i
have to say that i’m quite disappointed in the app. I tried it on a package of
food and it didn’t find any text even though i know for a fact that there was
text on the package. I held it at various heights over
Jonathan, would you mind summarizing how the KNFB app compares to my own
primary OCR solution: Prizmo? The updated Prizmo seems to work quite well, at
least in my brief tests, and I'd like to know what makes the KNFB app more
useful/easier/etc than Prizmo or similar apps. I'm not putting the
I have played a bit today with this app on my iPhone 5S and it really is pretty
good. I just got it to read the instructions on a small bread mix bag where the
text was incredibly tiny and brown on a beige background. The results were very
quick and about 95% accurate! Harry
On 18 Sep
Hi Brian, I don't own any scanning stand. In my view, if one needs to resort to
another gadget to get a good picture, I may as well go to the office and use my
scanner. What I'm after is great results with the device I carry with me in my
pocket, with no additional stuff. And KNFB delivers
I am hoping the KNFB Reader people will post some sort of comparison of using
the app with the 6 versus the 6 Plus. I'll be getting the 6 Plus anyway because
the battery life is so much better, but still it would be interesting to clear
up the speculation.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Hi Mary, Yes I did, I had KNFB Reader on the N82 and N86. This is so many
magnitudes faster.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 19/09/2014, at 12:52 am, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Jonathan,
I know you used to
What are you guys doing to get good results? Me, i got a lot of gibberish and
some readable text but not much. Is there a technique for this? Does the reader
give some kind of feedback when all text’s detected? Anyways now i know that
it’s me and not the app that’s stupid.:-)
/Krister
18 sep
It really seems to depend on the material that you are standing. I have gotten
100% accurate results with some documents, other documents with delayed
scanning results and not quite so perfect, the field of view report seems to
help a lot.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2014, at 10:53 AM,
It's a good idea to activate the field of view report. What happens is the
phone will vibrate until you have the phone lined up properly to take your
picture. This is a great feature that this app provides.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Krister Ekstrom
Does the KNFB Reader have a limited number of installs or is it
available to all phones on the account? Asking because I do plan to
upgrade but it will be a few weeks. I'd buy it now and use it on my 5S
if it has unlimited installations as most do.
On 9/18/14, Krister Ekstrom
Hi Krister, hard to know what you're doing without seeing what you're doing,
but the one thing that comes to mind is, are you holding the phone lengthways
or sideways? I find I get the best results by putting a page of text on a
table, like I would be reading it in Braille or visually. Then
Hi Deb, it's just another app in this regard and it is also enabled for the new
iOS 8 family sharing.
Bonnie and I share an account and I was able to put it on her phone without
issues.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On
I read the app description which says it is compatible with the iPhone 5and 5S.
I remember they said it would work with the 4S, although the performance would
be reduced.
Does any one know if this app will work on my 4S?
--
The following information is important for all members of the
sensor with slightly
larger pixel size, it is still an 8 MP camera and much the same as on a 5S.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Eileen Misrahi
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 5:08 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader
Yes, it's true that the KNFB Reader will not work on an iPhone 4S. Only
iPhone 5 and higher.
Alan Lemly
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of David Gross
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 11:50 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
I tend to hold the phone so that the camera points towards the top of the
document. The vibration thingy is really a great help, they’ve been thinking
there. At the risk of sounding stupid again, should i not hold the phone with
the camera pointing to the top of the document but rather as if i
There's your problem, hold it in landscape mode, you'll get better results.
I recommend Judy Dixon's book, Get the Picture, from National Braille Press. it
does a great job of helping a blind person understand photography.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and
Do you get the whole page if one uses landscape mode, or just the top half?
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Mosen
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:14 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
There's
I answered my own question... Yes, the KNFB reader will work with a iPhone 4S.
I downloaded the app. It is obviously slower... It takes about 5 seconds to
process the image, but so far, it is working well.
Chuck
--
The following information is important for all members of the viphone list.
Hey Jon;
Do they let you try it before you buy it?
Thanks
Anthony
Sent from my ATT iPhone 5s!
On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote:
Hi Brian, I don't own any scanning stand. In my view, if one needs to resort
to another gadget to get a good picture, I may
To: viphone@googlegroups.com mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
There's your problem, hold it in landscape mode, you'll get better results.
I recommend Judy Dixon's book, Get the Picture, from National Braille Press.
it does a great job of helping
Hello Anthony, no. NO demo is available. AppleVis have done a podcast which,
while I've not heard it, is probably helpful.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 19/09/2014, at 5:23 am, Anthony Vece ajv...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey
Yes, the podcast is really helpful. I don't yet have the app, but I feel like I
could explain most of it to someone else, having only heard that podcast.
Here's the link:
http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/demonstration-knfbreader-iphone
On Sep 18, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Jonathan Mosen
Hi,
I'm no photographer, but I am a math and science guy. If you are saying that
taking a landscape picture of a page that is essentially a portrait improves
results, that makes no logical sense. The number of pixels lost is on the order
of 40%. You lose about 20% on the left and right sides
Ar, good to know KNFB Reader works on the 4s or be it slower. My impression was
they wasn't going to support the 4s for the time being, at least officially. So
this is reassuring news that it does in fact work.
On 18 Sep 2014, at 18:23, Chuck Dean chuckd...@icloud.com wrote:
I answered my own
If you do a podcast it would be more than helpful.
Sent from my ATT iPhone 5s!
On Sep 18, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote:
Hello Anthony, no. NO demo is available. AppleVis have done a podcast which,
while I've not heard it, is probably helpful.
Jonathan Mosen
It will work on a 5, or so I hear. To find the user guide, go to Settings, then
the About tab, and find the user guide option on the resulting screen.
On Sep 18, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Olivia Norman olivianor...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
Just downloaded the KNFB reader on my iPhone 5 running IOS 8
let us know if you can scan minues on lcd desplays etc
On 9/18/2014 5:23 AM, Anthony Vece wrote:
Eileen;
I believe I'm going to try it on my 5s.
If and, when I do, I'let everyone know.
Sentence from my ATT iPhone 5s!
On Sep 18, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com
, or 6
series.
Thom
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Alan Lemly
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 1:00 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: knfb reader on Iphone 4s?
Yes, it's true that the KNFB Reader will not work
I took a picture of my computer screen, with a Wikipedia article on it, with
the cayenne FB reader. It works quite well, about 95% accuracy.
Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.
On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
hank.smith...@gmail.com
Can those who are playing with the app please discuss what types of
material work? For example, can you read tables, food boxes, etc.
Thanks!
On 9/18/14, Chuck Dean cadean...@gmail.com wrote:
I took a picture of my computer screen, with a Wikipedia article on it, with
the cayenne FB reader. It
I took a picture of my computer screen, with flash disabled, and it worked
pretty well. Not perfect, but pretty well.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 19/09/2014, at 6:26 am, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Okay, I've tried out the app and here are my impressions. First, I am running
on an iPhone 5S using the latest version of IOS7. In addition to using the
field report option, there is an option next to the take picture button called
Tilt Guidance. I found that I wasn't holding the phone in a
The documentation states that food boxes will yield inconsistent results,
although I haven't tried that type of item yet.
On Sep 18, 2014, at 2:40 PM, John Diakogeorgiou jdiakoge2...@gmail.com wrote:
Can those who are playing with the app please discuss what types of
material work? For
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions
I took a picture of my computer screen, with flash disabled, and it worked
pretty well. Not perfect, but pretty well.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 19/09/2014, at 6:26 am, Hank
I contacted support at KNFB Reader and was advised to use portrait mode if
possible, both for the document layout and with the phone.
On Sep 18, 2014, at 1:48 PM, Kayaker sea...@me.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm no photographer, but I am a math and science guy. If you are saying that
taking a
I know this is what they say and I sure don't want to dispute that.
But personally I had the best success with Jonathan's strategy of
putting the phone in landscape mode. It might be just that I can
position it better in landscape.
On 9/18/14, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote:
I
if one was to say move the cursor on the screen would it update or does
it just read the intire screen Hank
On 9/18/2014 11:35 AM, Chuck Dean wrote:
I took a picture of my computer screen, with a Wikipedia article on
it, with the cayenne FB reader. It works quite well, about 95% accuracy.
Hello. I'm using a 5S and got similar results. I have a little bit of usable
vision, and it doesn't look as if the text I'm scanning is showing up on the
back facing camera, and I suspect the issue is the case I'm using. It's a
Lifeproof Case, and I'm thinking it's blocking the camera lens. Can
Whenever you change the screen, you would have to take a Nother picture of it
to read it. It does not read in real time.
Chuck (mobile)
Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores.
On Sep 18, 2014, at 11:54 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote:
if one
I've had splendid results so far. I scanned a sadly expired KFC
coupon, the instructions on a VH Healthy Choice Steamer frozen dinner,
a couple of pages of a small paperback book, and my computer screen
with very good results. The can of soup I just tried didn't give me
anything useful but the
Hi Deb,
If you put the phone in landscape, do you also have to put the document into
landscape as well?
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2014, at 2:54 PM, Deb Lewis deblewi...@gmail.com wrote:
I know this is what they say and I sure don't want to dispute that.
But personally I had the best
Well I actually did not.
On 9/18/14, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Deb,
If you put the phone in landscape, do you also have to put the document into
landscape as well?
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2014, at 2:54 PM, Deb Lewis deblewi...@gmail.com wrote:
I know this is
I use Mophie juice pack case on my iPhone 5s and Knfb Reader works really
easily. Harry
On 18 Sep 2014, at 19:57, Christopher Sabine jsab...@cinci.rr.com wrote:
Hello. I'm using a 5S and got similar results. I have a little bit of usable
vision, and it doesn't look as if the text I'm
I had trouble with one type of food box, a carton one, but another with a
plastic film on it worked quite well and i even got cooking tips i haven't seen
before.:-) Right now though, i don't think reading displays and the like wil be
an option since you can't do it in realtime, you first have
I don’t think it updates, after all this is still pictures, you have to retake
a picture for every cursor movement you make, not very practical but imagine a
video mode with this kind of precition, now that would be something.
/Krister
18 sep 2014 kl. 20:54 skrev Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog
darn now if we could only get it to do that in real time we would have a
kick ass way to read minues and the like off of lcds
I am surprised they didn't considder this when developing the app.
On 9/18/2014 12:34 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
I don’t think it updates, after all this is still
Jonathan,
What is the app called in the app store? I searched for KNFB and didn't find
anything. Perhaps its not in the Canadian app store yet. I, for sure am
getting it when I can find it
Ron Danvers
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Will this work with the iphone 4s?
Steph
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You can use 7.12
Ron Danvers
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Hi.
Do I have to have iOS 8
If you listen to the people from the company demonstrating it, it isn't
supported.
Ron Danvers
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Yes, it's true that the KNFB Reader will not work on an iPhone 4S. Only
iPhone 5 and higher.
Alan Lemly
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they say, is because of the camera.
Ron Danvers
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