Doesn't Screen Curtain being turned on save battery, regardless of what the brightness level is set to?
On 7/18/2017 4:56 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone wrote: > just add to what Richard said, remember to up your brightness if, like > me, you keep it at zero for battery saving reasons. > > Sandy > > sent from the dark side of the moon > > On 18 Jul 2017, at 02:50, Richard Turner <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Make sure the screen curtain is turned off. >> >> Then, do a screen shot with the home and power buttons pressed together. >> >> Then, share that screen shot with an app like KNFB Reader, Seeing AI, >> Prizmo Go, and they should be able to get some of the text. >> >> The issue you will have is how clear and crisp the text is. >> >> Digital newspapers are not known for being terribly clear. >> >> >> >> HTH, >> >> Richard >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Flor Lynch >> *Sent:* Monday, July 17, 2017 2:36 PM >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: Scanning and OCR of text on iPhone screen with an >> external scanner? >> >> >> >> With VoiceOver off, sighties can zoom in and enlarge or decrease the >> text size. With VO on, this option apparently disappears. >> >> >> >> I tried scanning such a screen on my PC, and got a blank page. Speak >> Screen doesn’t work either, either with or without VoiceOver on. >> (Siri says, “sorry, there is nothing to read here”. Well there is, >> Siri girl. >> >> >> >> *From:*Flor Lynch <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> *Sent:*Monday, July 17, 2017 5:40 PM >> >> *To:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> *Subject:*Scanning and OCR of text on iPhone screen with an external >> scanner? >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Has anyone ever tried doing OCR from an external scanner where text >> of an article onscreen on the iPhone (or iDevice) cannot be read by >> VoiceOver. I’m thinking of digital newspaper text on the iPhone >> screen that is not/cannot be read by VoiceOver. Would scanning it on >> a CanoScan scanner – used by Kurzweil 1000 attached to a PC - >> potentially do any damage to an iPhone screen? (Of course, would or >> could one get any satisfactory results thereby?) My newspaper app >> can’t be transferred between devices, and I can’t export stuff from >> it to DropBox – there being no facility provided for it (and/or I >> can’t read it. The search boxes read fine, and do the page numbers. >> If I type text into the search box, I’ll get results back, which are >> read by VoiceOver. But that is of course a very tedious way to have >> to get through an article or articles. >> >> >> >> Thoughts on this proposition? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V >> iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. 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