Here's another trick, I just tried it out. Below is an example, not perfect,
but good enough for a general overview.
What I did: all tables and chairs, in the west, conform to a certain ratio
of height, from tabletop to chair seat. I pulled a dining-room chair out from
the table, as if I wre going to sit on it. I placed a newspaper, folded into
quarters, which is the normal way it is folded when not being read, and put it
on the chair seat. I put my phone on the table top, as near as I could judge,
roughly, central to the paper beneath. i slid the camera end of the phone over
the edge of the table, maybe to half way and took the shot. Here it is! No
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I think it goes off at the bottom because that is where the paper is folded, a
very loose fold, more of a curl. Basically, there are loads of ways to get the
KNFB Reader to work for you, even with unsteady hands or a bad sense of
distance.
HTH, Sandy.
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> On 3 Jul 2016, at 15:34, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Krister, I find something that helps a lot is to brace the phone against my
> chin when doing both the field of view report and when taking the actual
> picture. My two biggest problems are holding the phone steady, (something
> which bracing the phone against my chin helps with a lot) and turning the
> phone in small enough increments that I don't seriously inpact the alignment.
> It takes very tiny movements to turn a few degrees. The smaller the movement,
> the better. I hope some of this can help you a little to get better results
> with the app.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ari
>
>> On Jul 1, 2016, at 6:26 AM, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> For me, the knfb reader has basically been a waste of money. Practically all
>> i get is gibberish and no matter in which painful angles i twist my arms,
>> hands and body, i get that the paper rotated so many degrees clockwise or
>> anticlockwise and never a single time have i gotten all the bloody corners
>> visible.
>> /Krister
>>
>>
>> Skickat från min iPhone
>>
>>> 1 juli 2016 kl. 15:10 skrev Wayne Merritt <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>> Greetings. There have been other OCR apps for free or anywhere from $2
>>> to $15. Granted, these may be apps which work perfectly well, but
>>> remember, you get what you pay for. I bought Prismo many years ago and
>>> was never really able to get it to work. I later found out that it is
>>> an app which gets better each time you use it. Now take the KNFB
>>> Reader; there are two buttons in the middle of the screen: take
>>> picture, and point of view report. Pretty much all you do is point and
>>> shoot, regardless of the paper's orientation. I don't use the app as
>>> much as others on this list, but when I have print to read, it works
>>> nearly every time.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>>> On 7/1/16, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Kimber,
>>>>
>>>> That's great that you were able to get the Knfb reader at such a good price
>>>> and that it worked so well right out of the gate. My experience with it has
>>>> been similar to yours in that it misses an occasional word but by and
>>>> large,
>>>> it does an outstanding job.
>>>>
>>>> All the best with your continued use of the Knfb reader.
>>>>
>>>> Alan Lemly
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 1, 2016, at 6:53 AM, Kimber Gardner <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> First, let me say that I have no financial in whether or not anyone
>>>>> purchases the KNFB reader. Until now I've been a bit reluctant to spend so
>>>>> much money on an app, but this morning I decided to take the plunge. And
>>>>> let me say, wow! I am impressed.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had a minor medical procedure yesterday and upon discharge I was given a
>>>>> pile of papers which included my reported results. For the first time in
>>>>> my life, I was able to read my report in privacy and independently.
>>>>> Granted, not every word was absolutely correct, but I would say that 95
>>>>> percent of the printed material was clear and intelligible which is darn
>>>>> impressive imo.
>>>>>
>>>>> So if you are still wondering if this app is worth 65 dollars, all I can
>>>>> is that for me it was a good investment. I can imagine myself using the
>>>>> KNFB reader on a daily basis.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from Kimber's iPad
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