i wish he can also add it to the share sheet so that we can share images directly to it from any app like whatsapp.
> On Jun 15, 2019, at 8:37 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I was asked to allow access to the microphone and speech recognition when I > first ran the app. > I've not had time to try the voice control feature; but I just checked and if > you go to the main Phone settings, and go down to the Voice App, you will > find that it lists what Voice is allowed to access, which is both microphone > and speech recognition, along with the camera of course. > The developer, Shalin Shah I'm sure would love it if you would post your > findings as part of a review in the app store. > In the next update, he will be changing the app's name to say Voice OCR, so > it is easier to find in the app store. > Also he will fix a bug I found that if you are using a bluetooth earpiece, it > switches to speaker. > That will be fixed very soon. > I'll be testing it more tomorrow. > Later, > Richard > > > Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com > “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of > flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack > lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas > Adams, from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59 > > The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have > any." -- Alice Walker > > > On Jun 14, 2019, at 11:19 PM, Tom Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I just love it when new apps come along when I least expect them, and >> tonight’s new arrival was no exception. I was really excited when I saw the >> Voice app announcement, and as soon as I got home from work I downloaded it >> from the app store, installed it, grabbed a quick dinner, turned on the >> baseball game and proceeded to put Voice through its paces. Here are my >> preliminary impressions. I hope you don’t mind. >> The first thing I noticed was that Voice OCR wouldn’t respond to my voice >> commands and I could find no way to enable the mic, either in the Voice >> app’s settings or in the Settings applet. Any tips? >> I had a couple of pieces of snailmail to go through, just scanning the >> envelopes to see what I had. Voice’s edge detection was almost >> instantaneous, and the Capture button was easy to find, along with other >> screen elements. I took pictures of each envelope free-hand, tapped the >> Done button and the images were processed fairly quickly and accurately. >> Next I tried scanning pages from a magazine that I had lying around. Pages >> contain ads and coupons, so I expected print quality to be somewhat >> problematic for scanning, but I have to say that Voice did a very good job >> with each page, even when scanned upside down and with a deliberate >> 45-degree skew. There were some scanning errors, but there was very little >> gibberish. >> The Export feature is very nice. I was able to export scanned pages to a PDF >> document and copy the pdf file to Voice Dream Reader using the Share Sheet. >> The pdf was clean and easily read by Voice Dream Reader. Likewise, I was >> able to export as text, then, using the Share sheet, copy that text to an >> e-mail message which I almost sent to this list. >> Automatic mode could be really handy, especially while using my Fopydo >> scanning stand, but I’d like to be able to increase the time between scans; >> I found myself barely getting pages lined up just right before the next >> shutter click. Results with the Fopydo and automatic scanning were quite >> good as well, but the app bogged down a couple of times, so I’ll try it >> again after rebooting the phone. >> >> I’ll have more to say about this app as time goes on, but for now I’d say >> that Voice OCR is pretty good and well worth spending some time with. >> >> Tom >> >> >> -- >> 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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