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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Wouldn't the phone's native zoom function do that? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Arnold Schmidt" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> 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? 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