enough notification - Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99

2015-02-01 Thread Charles Rivard
Message - From: Joanne Chua shuang.an...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 12:06 AM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 Comparing KNFB Reader or any ocr app on the phone and a dedicated OCR software with a dedicated scanner on the pc is like

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2015-02-01 Thread Cara Quinn
defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Joanne Chua shuang.an...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 12:06 AM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 Comparing KNFB Reader or any ocr app on the phone

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2015-01-31 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean there are other ocr on the market that cost only a little fraction of this one... ofcourse they don't have the hints about your position and so

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2015-01-31 Thread Joanne Chua
up to the desired height and take yor picture. - Original Message - From: Holly Anderson To: viphone list list Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 12:51 PM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 Hi, I do have a lot of trouble reading envelopes as well with KNFB reader

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2015-01-31 Thread Robert Doc Wright
If the envelop has a window place the camera in the center of the window, slowly move up to the desired height and take yor picture. - Original Message - From: Holly Anderson To: viphone list list Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 12:51 PM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts

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2015-01-30 Thread Holly Anderson
Hi, I do have a lot of trouble reading envelopes as well with KNFB reader. Any tips on how to do this better would be appreciated. Thanks. Holly On Jan 30, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sandy, I was using KNFB Reader this morning to verify the address

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2015-01-30 Thread Richard Turner
I have had pretty good success with KNFB Reader on envelopes. The key factors are lighting and height. You do not need to have it as far above an envelope as you would for a sheet of paper. Also, make sure it is not on a white background around the envelope because that will confuse it as to

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2015-01-30 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Sandy, I was using KNFB Reader this morning to verify the address on an envelope before mailing. I knew that the orientation was correct, but the app didn't read it and gave me nonsense. I needed to switch to another OCR app on the phone and to be honest OpenBook on my PC was the best for

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2015-01-30 Thread RobH.
- From: Eileen Misrahi eileen.misr...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 7:00 PM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 Hi Sandy, I was using KNFB Reader this morning to verify the address on an envelope before mailing. I knew that the orientation

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2015-01-30 Thread Sandratomkins
hi, I also find that Prizmo is better at reading text when it is upsidedown.perhaps, I have a setting wrong in the reader app, but if the text is not up the right way I get gibberish. anyone else experiencing this with the KNFB reader? thanks, Sandy Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2015, at

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2015-01-29 Thread Sandratomkins
I would like to remind people that Prizmo is also an excellent app!it is cheaper and reads the text as soon as it is recognised just as quickly as the KNFB reader does.however, the interface is a little more clunky.I find it is a great partner to the K and FB reader.that is, if one doesn't

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2015-01-29 Thread Feliciano Godoy
! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Andrea Roveretto and...@andrearoveretto.it To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 4:05 PM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean

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2015-01-29 Thread carol.pearso...@googlemail.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:16 PM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 If you are running at least a 4S but I would say a 5 or higher, it is most certainly worth it if nothing else for the speed and accuracy. After taking the picture, on a 5S at least, it begins reading

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2015-01-29 Thread Eileen Misrahi
and...@andrearoveretto.it To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 4:05 PM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean there are other ocr on the market that cost only a little fraction of this one

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2015-01-29 Thread Gmail
I found Prizmo to be less than stellar when running it on my iPhone 4S. It was very, very slow. Thanks, Ari On Jan 29, 2015, at 1:30 AM, Sandratomkins sandratomk...@googlemail.com wrote: I would like to remind people that Prizmo is also an excellent app!it is cheaper and reads the

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2015-01-29 Thread Lori Dent
Hi Bill and all, I'm also getting good results with my knfb reader using it on a iPhone 5. I love my knfe reader and it was worth the money I paid for it. Take care. Lori and the Gipper -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the

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2015-01-29 Thread Bill Herzler
I am getting good results on my iPod Touch 5th Gen. I have found good lighting helps with the results. Using this App on the iPhone gives vibration feedback witch is not available on the iPod. However I am finding with practice I can line up without that feedback. Best regards, Bill Sent

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2015-01-29 Thread Feliciano Godoy
I like prizmo to recognize text that arein PDF documents with images. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jan 29, 2015, at 12:39 PM,

KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99

2015-01-28 Thread David Cleveland
According to Apple Vis the app is half price now. http://www.applevis.com/apps/deals/ios-apps-dropped-price/knfbreader-currently-reduced--4999 I haven't been able to verify this since I already own the app. I can't see the current price when searching for the app in the App Store. DC --

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2015-01-28 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Technically, yes! It works great on my 5s. I wouldn’t scan a novel! but, for mail, menus, it works great! On Jan 28, 2015, at 5:16 PM, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote: If you are running at least a 4S but I would say a 5 or higher, it is most certainly worth it if nothing else for

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2015-01-28 Thread Joanne Chua
I've just bought the app a moment ago after trying my friend's on last weekend. I think, if it is around 99USD or 129AUD maybe not, but for 49.95USD or 64.95AUD, Is definitely worth to consider. On 29/01/2015, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote: If you are running at least a 4S but I

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2015-01-28 Thread Feliciano Godoy
It has dropped to $49.99 Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Jan 28, 2015, at 1:53 PM, David Cleveland davidtclevel...@gmail.com

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2015-01-28 Thread Richard Turner
If you are running at least a 4S but I would say a 5 or higher, it is most certainly worth it if nothing else for the speed and accuracy. After taking the picture, on a 5S at least, it begins reading the text in about 2 seconds. You can easily add more pages, etc. It does not, as yet, retain the

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2015-01-28 Thread Andrea Roveretto
hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean there are other ocr on the market that cost only a little fraction of this one... ofcourse they don't have the hints about your position and so on, but, for those who hown t knfb reader, do you find you can have

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2015-01-28 Thread Cristóbal
: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean there are other ocr on the market that cost only a little fraction of this one... ofcourse they don't have the hints about your position and so on, but, for those who hown t knfb

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2015-01-28 Thread Charles Rivard
Message - From: Andrea Roveretto and...@andrearoveretto.it To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 4:05 PM Subject: Re: KNFB Reader dropts to $49.99 hello! I can confirm the price drop. my question is, is it really worth it? I mean there are other ocr on the market