Hello, That's rather interesting. All i installed is Office Lens. I scanned something, and had the Imerssive reader read it back to me. And it did a really good job using Alex my default voice, or at least it sure sounded like my default voice in iOS 10.3.1.
Dan > On Apr 21, 2017, at 4:18 PM, Greg Wocher <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > Imerssive reader is actually part of the One Note application. In order to be > able to see the option within office lens you need to install One Note. > > Regards, > Greg Wocher > >> On Apr 21, 2017, at 6:25 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Tom, what is Immersive Reader? Is it similar to Voice Dream Reader? I tried >> searching for it in the app store, but couldn't find any app by that name. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ari >> >>> On Apr 21, 2017, at 6:51 AM, Tom Lange <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> I installed Office Lens on my phone quite some time ago but never really >>> paid much attention to it until I read the information about it in Tidbits. >>> At first I wasn't thrilled about having to set up a Microsoft account as it >>> was kind of a pain in the neck to do, but once that was done everything >>> went smoothly. I have several students who want a scanning app but can't >>> afford KNFB Reader's hefty price tag, so I showed Office Lens to them and >>> they were favorably impressed. At first I scanned a single-page document >>> and exported it into Immersive Reader and let Immersive Reader play it >>> back. Frankly, the defaukt voice in Immersive Reader sounded a little >>> garbled to my ears and I found that reading the document with VoiceOver >>> while in Immersive Reader was cleaner and crisper. Though I didn't test >>> this, I would imagine that I'd be able to use the VO rotor to navigate by >>> character, word, line and so on and I doubt that Immersive Reader's >>> playback would let me do that. >>> Yesterday afternoon I did a second demo for a couple of students and that >>> time I scanned a multiple-page document. To do that, you do the first page, >>> then after the image is processed, you tap the Camera button, take your >>> next shot, let Office Lens process the second picture, then repeat that >>> procedure until all your pages have been scanned and processed. Tap Save >>> All, then all of your document images are presumably merged and available >>> as a single document which can be exported to whatever choices are >>> available. Again, I dumped them into Immersive Reader and let VO read. The >>> results were clean as a whistle and reading was seamless. Later on I >>> talked with one of my coworkers who also uses Office Lens and he agrees >>> with me that it's a very good app and you sure can't beat the price. >>> Granted it's not as simple to use as KNFB Reader and it's certainly easier >>> to use than Prizmo, so for me, it's a keeper. >>> >>> I have a question for the person who mentioned that Office Lens preserves >>> or at least approximates the document formatting. In the past, I've found >>> that PC-based packages like Open Book and Kurzweil 1000 will "mangle" >>> forms of various sorts, absolutely destroying their formatting and making >>> them unusable for anything except determining what information is asked for >>> in the form. Is it possible to scan something like a job application, then >>> export it into Word so that a blind person could then fill it out >>> independently on a computer, print it out and submit it? It would be >>> fabulous if such a scenario is possible. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone 7 >>> >>>> On Apr 20, 2017, at 10:02 PM, Marie <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Glad to hear you are having the same experience I have had. The price is >>>> unbeatable and every software or OS in the world collects information >>>> about how we use our devices so why the big to-do about Microsoft? It is a >>>> darn sight better than paying $99 for KNFB Reader in my opinion. >>>> Marie >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Alan Lemly >>>> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 8:51 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: RE: Office Lens, New App >>>> >>>> Marie, >>>> >>>> I have to agree with you. I had great success with Office Lens scanning a >>>> two-page homeowners association minutes document. Granted, the document >>>> contained print with a larger font but I liked the app's ability to scan >>>> it, convert every letter correctly, format it with a similar appearance as >>>> the original, and save it as a Word docx file to Dropbox. I did put the >>>> camera mode on document and those using the app should be aware you can >>>> pick from among business card, photo, document, and white board modes by a >>>> single finger swipe up and down on the camera mode button. Also, the app >>>> was good about indicating left and right needed movement when positioning >>>> my camera before taking the picture. I already have a Microsoft account >>>> set up in my iPhone 7 so I wasn't presented with anything having to do >>>> with that when using the app. And I was presented with a screen allowing >>>> me to save it from Word where I opened it directly to the desired folder >>>> in Dropbox. It was very slick and well done even if not as quick as KNFB >>>> Reader. You absolutely can't beat the free price and if you want to >>>> capture a document on your phone that looks like the original, this is the >>>> app for that. And I'm not worried about Microsoft getting access to my >>>> business any more than those who are Office 365 users should be. >>>> >>>> Alan Lemly >>>> >>>> From: [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>> Of Marie >>>> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 4:01 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Office Lens, New App >>>> >>>> I am amazed that three of you say you did not find this app useful. I just >>>> downloaded it today and am thrilled with what it does and how easy it was >>>> to get started. Strange that our experience would be so different. >>>> Marie >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Richard Turner >>>> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 1:44 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: RE: Office Lens, New App >>>> >>>> I also tried this app and did not find it very good at all. >>>> For free, the iDentifi app set to Text works great if you don’t mind not >>>> be able to easily save the file. >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> From: [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>> Of Sieghard Weitzel >>>> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 1:08 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: RE: Office Lens, New App >>>> >>>> I tried it and found it less than intuitive. I heard about it from a Cool >>>> Blind Tech Podcast after the CSUN where they mentioned how youcould scan a >>>> business card and it would recognize all the text like names, phone >>>> numbers and so on and you could easily create a contact entry from that >>>> and I could not at all figure out how to do this. >>>> >>>> >>>> From: [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>> Of Mike B. >>>> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 12:30 PM >>>> To: VIPhone <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Office Lens, New App >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Got this from Top Tech Tidbits. >>>> 5. Microsoft Office Lens is a free alternative to the KNFB Reader on the >>>> iPhone for reading print: >>>> http://www.rsbc.org.uk/blogs/microsoft-office-lens-review-an-accessible-way-to-read-printed-documents/ >>>> >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>> Mike >>>> Sent from my iBarstool. 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