Cannot find it here in the UK, is it a better scanner? Is it worth having both in your opinion?
Malcolm Parfitt > On 23 Dec 2020, at 17:00, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > I got it from Amazon, which is his main seller. Try searching for it as one > word on Amazon UK and see if it shows up. There is also a video on youtube > explaining to someone who is blind how to set it up. If I can find that video > I'll send a link. > > Richard > > "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a > Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in > deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I > was young." > "Why, what did she tell you?" > "I don't know, I didn't listen." > -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy > >>> On Dec 23, 2020, at 7:56 AM, Malcolm Parfitt <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> I’ll try and dig out a ruler and have a play. >> >> Incidentally where can you buy the Scanner bin from? I’m in the UK any >> information welcome. >> >> Thanks Richard for all your efforts. >> >> Malcolm Parfitt >> >>> On 23 Dec 2020, at 15:48, Richard Turner <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Yes, Supersense just does its thing when it thinks it is time which is >>> usually correct, though sometimes jumps the gun, or takes a little longer, >>> see below. >>> >>> Seeing AI will say hold steady as soon as I put it on the Scanner bin with >>> a document in the bottom. >>> Try setting your FOPYDO at 11.5 inches above the document if you happen to >>> have a tactile ruler handy and see if that works. >>> That is the height of the scanner bin according to my 54 year old braille >>> tactile ruler. >>> >>> Now, I opened Supersense and put it in document mode with the same document >>> in the Scanner bin. It said move farther away from the document twice >>> before it went ahead and took the picture. >>> >>> Both had 100% accuracy with the Scanner bin Packing list which is what I >>> was using. >>> >>> >>> Richard, in the U.S. >>> >>> "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a >>> Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation >>> in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me >>> when I was young." >>> "Why, what did she tell you?" >>> "I don't know, I didn't listen." >>> -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy >>> >>> I’m not the card shark >>> My web site, www.turner42.com >>> >>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >>> Malcolm Parfitt >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 7:32 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Supersense first impressions. >>> >>> You’re quite right Richard, that’s what I normally do but I was trying to >>> get it to automatically take a picture like Voice Dream and Supersense >>> does. Incidentally in document mode Supersense does not have a take >>> picture button as far as I can tell, it relies on its detection of the page. >>> >>> Malcolm Parfitt >>> >>> >>> On 23 Dec 2020, at 15:25, Richard Turner <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> You need to just ignore that message and activate the take picture button. >>> I think I sent that feedback to Microsoft before, but we both should tell >>> them again. >>> >>> >>> >>> Richard, in the U.S. >>> >>> "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a >>> Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation >>> in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me >>> when I was young." >>> "Why, what did she tell you?" >>> "I don't know, I didn't listen." >>> -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy >>> >>> I’m not the card shark >>> My web site, www.turner42.com >>> >>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >>> [email protected] >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 6:41 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: RE: Supersense first impressions. >>> >>> Hello Richard, >>> >>> I did update Seeing AI this morning and it was the update I used. >>> >>> Strangely enough when I use the stand with Seeing AI it always tells me >>> that not all edges are visible. I’ve tried adjusting the hight of the >>> stand but never got it to work. >>> >>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >>> Richard Turner >>> Sent: 23 December 2020 14:19 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Supersense first impressions. >>> >>> Malcolm, >>> Have you tried the Seeing AI after yesterday's update? >>> >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> "You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a >>> Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation >>> in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me >>> when I was young." >>> "Why, what did she tell you?" >>> "I don't know, I didn't listen." >>> -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy >>> >>> >>> On Dec 23, 2020, at 4:33 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> >>> I have just been trying Supersense with my iPhone XR running the latest >>> release of IOS. >>> >>> Using the app free hand I was able to obtain excellent results on a single >>> page document I had printed with my HP laser printer. OCR was accurate and >>> having followed thee instructions on document placement none of the text on >>> the page was clipped. >>> The only apps to come near to Supersense that I tried freehand were Prizmo >>> Go and Voice Dream Scanner. >>> >>> Next I used the same document with my iPhone using a Fopydo document stand. >>> Having setup the stand and placed my iPhone on the document shelf I used a >>> Bluetooth keyboard to control the iPhone, so as not to disturb it or the >>> document. >>> >>> Using Supersense’s Smart Scanning option it detected I was scanning a >>> document and captured the page. Once again it gave an accurate OCR of the >>> document with no text clipped. >>> >>> Voice Dream performed in a similar manner but there were a couple of errors >>> and some text was clipped. >>> >>> Prizmo Go too clipped some text. >>> >>> I tried Seeing AI, KNFB Reader, Envision AI, Prizmo and Prizmo Go. >>> >>> Out of thee apps Supersense did the best job on the document I used. >>> >>> This is by no means a scientific result and your findings may differ from >>> mine. 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