If you have a sighted family member or friend around I'd suggest you ask them to check it out and get them to help you. It can be very helpful to get feedback from somebody who can see what you do and see the screen as you do it when it comes to using the camera. You mentioned you haven't been too successful with KNFB Reader either which means you may just not hold the camera straight, if I put a piece of paper on a flat surface and it is good quality print the result I get with KNFB Reader free hand is usually just as good as if I use a flatbed scanner with something like Openbook and I know many other list members get similarly good results. I also used Seeing AI short text this morning when I brushed against a cardboard sign which somebody had put up on a lamp post at about head height and which was overhanging the sidewalk. I stood about 5 feet in front of it and point my camera at it and the app immediately read out "Detour" and something about "RV's using Riverside Campground". For me that was enough to know that this was obviously an official sign put up by the town so I called the town office, asked them to put me through to their work yard office where they are responsible for stuff like this and told the lady they were lucky this wasn't a metal sign or I may have had a nice scratch on the side of my head. She assured me that she would get somebody there to put it a foot or two higher right away so it would be well above head height. It's a very useful app to sayt the least and I look forward to future improvements. One can hope that since Microsoft is doing this they won't just give up on it like so many other developers have done with apps which started out so promising. It certainly wouldn't be for a lack of funds, server space or whatever.
Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelby Carlson Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 1:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Seeing AI Short Text Function I am holding the camera as still as I possibly can and it still isn't working. My hand isn't moving at all. On 7/25/17, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > What you describe about the app starting to read text over and over > sounds like you are moving the phone/camera. > I am getting very good results as well, this morning I received my > neww government guide dog Id card in the mail and I pointed the phone > at the letter that came with it using the short text function and it > read it out flawlessly. > I just tried it again pointing my iPhone 6S Plus towards my 24 inch > LCD screen from about a foot away with Outlook and this email open and > it read a bunch of the menus and things on the screen and then most of > what I just wrote here. > Also just tried it by holding it over my Apple Watch where it read me > the date, time and the current temperature which are some of the > complications I have on this watch face. Only mistake was that it said > "230 Fair" instead of > "23 degrees Fair", so it recognized the degree symbol as a zero. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Kelby Carlson > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 12:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Seeing AI Short Text Function > > I'll give an example. Let's say I'm trying to view text from a scanned > PDF on my computer. I hold the phone centered on the screen, about a foot > away. > All it will read me is the stuff at the top of the screen, with the > menu bars and such. > > On 7/25/17, Kelby Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am using the iPhone 7. Is there a specific resolution your monitor >> needs to be set at to work properly? Also, I feel like I do a decent >> job of holding the camera still but the text always stops and >> restarts. >> >> On 7/25/17, Dave Mitchel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have had excellent response with the short text both on monitor >>> and menus >>> >>> at a cafe. It has taken practice but worth it for sure. which phone >>> are you >>> >>> using? I'm using the SE version and all functions work fine for me. >>> I used the short text for updating my computer just last night and >>> this morning in >>> >>> fact. >>> Dave >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kelby Carlson >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 9:51 AM >>> To: viphone >>> Subject: Seeing AI Short Text Function >>> >>> I've been playing around with my Seeing AI app the past couple of >>> days. Since I don't have many print documents around the house, I've >>> been trying the short text function. At least when I have tried >>> getting it to read the text on my computer screen I've had almost >>> zero luck. No matter how close or far I put the camera from the >>> screen, I get mostly gibberish and at best just the top of the >>> window. Certainly never the main text of, say, a newspaper article. >>> I can't imagine how people are using this to read fast food >>> restaurant menus as many are claiming. >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. 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