What exactly is the name of this app I would like to try it. Thank you all in advancem
Cathy and Tiny. > On May 20, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Vincent Thacker <vi...@gainleics.fsnet.co.uk> > wrote: > > Sandy, > > Yes, you need Internet connectivity at the moment for this app, because it > does the OCR on line and provides the speech via Google. This may change in > future according to the young man who's developed the app. More info in > Applevis podcast no. 29, if I remember rightly. It's well worth a listen. > > Vince. > > > > > > ======================================== > Message Received: May 20 2015, 07:54 PM > From: "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." > To: "'viphone@googlegroups.com'" > Cc: > Subject: RE: First impressions of Voice, Take a picture and have it read. > > Yes, I believe you need internet connectivity as there is not a built-in OCR > engine with this app. It sends the data to the internet for that function, as > far as I understand it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sandratomkins > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 1:49 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: First impressions of Voice, Take a picture and have it read. > > Hi, > > Having seen this app mentioned here, I decided, it being free!!! to download > it and take it for a spin on my 6 running 8.3. > > Once I enabled the camera and turned on the flash, I took a shot of a dog > magazine and then did the same with the KNFB Reader app. I have to tell you > that, on this one example, this free and tiny app, did as well as the very > expensive KNFB reader. I am, by the way, not knocking the latter app, merely > wanting to encourage people to give it a try, especially if the KNFB is too > pricy for you. > > The are a few things that could be improved with the interface. If it were > possible to simplify and automate rthat than having to press extra buttons, > such as the "done" button, I would say we have an outstanding winner! Always > with the proviso that I have only tried it using one example. I liked the way > that the app told me that all 4 edges were visible without me needing to use > a "field of view report" button. Plus, I did try opting for the "automatic" > option in settings, but couldn't see how to use it. The 6 page intro seems a > bit lacking and I don't understand why, and on this other apps are equally > guilty, there seems to be a need for multipage introductions, generally > saying nothing of use and yet requiring the use of the page switching button, > a thing that often does not work properly. > > I shall play with this more, but would like to know, as it is so small, do I > have to have internet connectivity? Plus, the choice of using VOs built in > voices would be nice as I, for example, can understand Danniel much easier > than any other voice. > > So, as a first impression I would suggest to anyone to give it a try, costs > nothing and has been designed for the love of doing it and helping. > > Sandy. > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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