Re: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?

2015-12-02 Thread Traci 
Here's the link to zoom reader.
ZoomReader by Ai Squared
https://appsto.re/us/4-URy.i

It doesn't say how much it magnifies, and it hasn't been updated since 2012.

Here is another app that claims it magnifies up to 30 X. That's a big-time 
magnification. I'm going to try it out on my iPad mini. Here is the link.
Magnifying reader for restaurant bill and menu (30x zoom) by Lilit Yeritsyan
https://appsto.re/us/lMhX2.i


Having an iDevice function as a portable CCTV would be great.  I haven’t been 
successful in finding an app that will magnify enough for me or flip the text 
to negative mode.

Good luck with this, you would think it would be very doable.  :)
Traci


> On Dec 2, 2015, at 6:55 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> At one time there was an app called Zoom Reader from AI Squared. I'm
> not sure if this is what you are looking for. It was released a ffew
> years ago and at that time cost $20. Though it does have some
> self-voicing reading functions, its main purpose I believe was to
> magnify text like a CCTV.
> 
> Wayne
> 
>> On 12/2/15, Pete Nalda <lpna...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The native Zoom could be used to magnify images of documents, or what's in
>> the camera lens, but it's really more for zooming smaller text on the phone
>> itself.
>> 
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>>> On Dec 2, 2015, at 1:29 AM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>> Wouldn't the phone's native zoom function do that?
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Arnold Schmidt" <arno...@mindspring.com>
>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 10:05 PM
>>> Subject: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> A partially sighted coworker wants to know if there is a way she can use
>>> her iPhone like a CCTV, in that she wants either to take a
>>> picture of a document and have it magnified so she can read it from the
>>> screen.  Or, just have the camera focus on the document and
>>> magnify it, as does a CCTV.  I told her I thought this was possible, but I
>>> wasn't sure.  She is not wanting OCR, just to magnify the
>>> document.  Is this possible, either with the iPhone itself, or with an
>>> app, and if so, what is the name of the app?  Thanks in
>>> advance for any information.
>>> 
>>> Arnold Schmidt
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Re: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?

2015-12-02 Thread Wayne Merritt 
At one time there was an app called Zoom Reader from AI Squared. I'm
not sure if this is what you are looking for. It was released a ffew
years ago and at that time cost $20. Though it does have some
self-voicing reading functions, its main purpose I believe was to
magnify text like a CCTV.

Wayne

On 12/2/15, Pete Nalda <lpna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The native Zoom could be used to magnify images of documents, or what's in
> the camera lens, but it's really more for zooming smaller text on the phone
> itself.
>
> Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates
> Louie P (Pete) Nalda
> MySpace.com/musikonalda
> Facebook.com/lpnalda
> Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda
> Twitter: @lpnalda
>
>> On Dec 2, 2015, at 1:29 AM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Wouldn't the phone's native zoom function do that?
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Arnold Schmidt" <arno...@mindspring.com>
>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 10:05 PM
>> Subject: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?
>>
>>
>> A partially sighted coworker wants to know if there is a way she can use
>> her iPhone like a CCTV, in that she wants either to take a
>> picture of a document and have it magnified so she can read it from the
>> screen.  Or, just have the camera focus on the document and
>> magnify it, as does a CCTV.  I told her I thought this was possible, but I
>> wasn't sure.  She is not wanting OCR, just to magnify the
>> document.  Is this possible, either with the iPhone itself, or with an
>> app, and if so, what is the name of the app?  Thanks in
>> advance for any information.
>>
>> Arnold Schmidt
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Re: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?

2015-12-02 Thread Tom Lange 
Hi.
One of my students posed the same question probably a year or so ago, so I did 
some searching through the app store and found a little app called 
Magnificicent.  After reading about it, I downloaded and installed it, then let 
my student take it for a spin and she loved it.  I don't remember its price; 
seems to me it was only a buck or two, maybe ?ree tops and for an extra three 
bucks you can get its advanced feature set as an in-app purchase.  

There are free and paid versions of an app called Magnificent which is produced 
by Habitual Digital.  Neither is the one you'll want.  The Magnificent app that 
I'm talking about comes from Mobilica.  Check it out!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 1, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Arnold Schmidt  wrote:
> 
> A partially sighted coworker wants to know if there is a way she can use her 
> iPhone like a CCTV, in that she wants either to take a picture of a document 
> and have it magnified so she can read it from the screen.  Or, just have the 
> camera focus on the document and magnify it, as does a CCTV.  I told her I 
> thought this was possible, but I wasn't sure.  She is not wanting OCR, just 
> to magnify the document.  Is this possible, either with the iPhone itself, or 
> with an app, and if so, what is the name of the app?  Thanks in advance for 
> any information.
>  
> Arnold Schmidt 
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An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?

2015-12-01 Thread Arnold Schmidt 
A partially sighted coworker wants to know if there is a way she can use her 
iPhone like a CCTV, in that she wants either to take a picture of a document 
and have it magnified so she can read it from the screen.  Or, just have the 
camera focus on the document and magnify it, as does a CCTV.  I told her I 
thought this was possible, but I wasn't sure.  She is not wanting OCR, just to 
magnify the document.  Is this possible, either with the iPhone itself, or with 
an app, and if so, what is the name of the app?  Thanks in advance for any 
information.

Arnold Schmidt 

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Re: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?

2015-12-01 Thread Dan Rathburn 

You might have her try a magnifier app called Visor from the app store.  It's 
free.

Regards,

Dan





From: Arnold Schmidt 
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To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?


A partially sighted coworker wants to know if there is a way she can use her 
iPhone like a CCTV, in that she wants either to take a picture of a document 
and have it magnified so she can read it from the screen.  Or, just have the 
camera focus on the document and magnify it, as does a CCTV.  I told her I 
thought this was possible, but I wasn't sure.  She is not wanting OCR, just to 
magnify the document.  Is this possible, either with the iPhone itself, or with 
an app, and if so, what is the name of the app?  Thanks in advance for any 
information.

Arnold Schmidt 

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RE: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?

2015-12-01 Thread Cristóbal 
I would have to imagine that this can be done to some extent with the regular 
zoom in/out features of the phone without the need of third party apps. Not to 
mention the actual zoom accessibility features themselves.

 

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Arnold Schmidt
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Subject: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?

 

A partially sighted coworker wants to know if there is a way she can use her 
iPhone like a CCTV, in that she wants either to take a picture of a document 
and have it magnified so she can read it from the screen.  Or, just have the 
camera focus on the document and magnify it, as does a CCTV.  I told her I 
thought this was possible, but I wasn't sure.  She is not wanting OCR, just to 
magnify the document.  Is this possible, either with the iPhone itself, or with 
an app, and if so, what is the name of the app?  Thanks in advance for any 
information.

 

Arnold Schmidt 

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Re: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?

2015-12-01 Thread 'RobH.' via VIPhone 
Wouldn't the phone's native zoom function do that?
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Subject: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?


A partially sighted coworker wants to know if there is a way she can use her 
iPhone like a CCTV, in that she wants either to take a 
picture of a document and have it magnified so she can read it from the screen. 
 Or, just have the camera focus on the document and 
magnify it, as does a CCTV.  I told her I thought this was possible, but I 
wasn't sure.  She is not wanting OCR, just to magnify the 
document.  Is this possible, either with the iPhone itself, or with an app, and 
if so, what is the name of the app?  Thanks in 
advance for any information.

Arnold Schmidt

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Re: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?

2015-12-01 Thread Pete Nalda 
The native Zoom could be used to magnify images of documents, or what's in the 
camera lens, but it's really more for zooming smaller text on the phone itself. 

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> On Dec 2, 2015, at 1:29 AM, 'RobH.' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> 
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> Wouldn't the phone's native zoom function do that?
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Arnold Schmidt" <arno...@mindspring.com>
> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 10:05 PM
> Subject: An iPhone Functioning as a CCTV?
> 
> 
> A partially sighted coworker wants to know if there is a way she can use her 
> iPhone like a CCTV, in that she wants either to take a 
> picture of a document and have it magnified so she can read it from the 
> screen.  Or, just have the camera focus on the document and 
> magnify it, as does a CCTV.  I told her I thought this was possible, but I 
> wasn't sure.  She is not wanting OCR, just to magnify the 
> document.  Is this possible, either with the iPhone itself, or with an app, 
> and if so, what is the name of the app?  Thanks in 
> advance for any information.
> 
> Arnold Schmidt
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