The other thing is, A lot of restaurant menus are available online. You can just punch it up and start reading right off the web site. I've done that a few times, especially on dates. you want to look capable and confident even if the girl doesn't mind reading off the menu. :)
I find it turns the menu process into a discussion. We can jump around through the menu, compare notes, share likes and dislikes, take turns finding something and ask what the other one thinks of it. It's great fun. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2013-05-15, at 9:46 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hi Krister, > > Theoretically maybe one could read a menu with it, but I think it would be > inefficient at best and painful at worst. If I am by myself meaning not in > the company of a sighted person, I much prefer the interaction with a waiter > or waitress to find out what is on the menu. I think I'd feel somewhat > awkward standing up and hovering over the table trying to take pictures of > the menu to see if I can get some readable text out of it. In many cases the > results are probably bad enough so I end up asking anyways. In any case, > what's wrong with a bit of human interaction? I at least don't feel it > threatens my independence or ability to live my life. > > I feel the same about shopping. I often shop on my way home from work which > means after sometimes a 10 or 12 hour work day. At that point the last thing > I want to do is work my way through the isles with my iPhone in hand using > apps like Digit-Eyes, Talking Goggles or whatever to find what I want. So I > call my local Safeway, I have a little small talk with Scott, Bob, Erin or > any of the other people who answer and whom I know, then I tell them I'd > like to pick up a few things. I tell them what it is because a lot of times > it's easier for them to get the stuff if they have some notice rather than > having to find somebody to shop with me if I show up when it happens to be > busy, and when I get there an hour or so later all I have to do is pay, load > my pack and go home. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Krister Ekstrom > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:14 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Initial thoughts on Prizmo 2. > > Hi, > For me, who never got good results with Prizmo, at least not in the > beginning, the voice feedback is a god send. It's very, very sensitive, and > i haven't gotten any usefl results out of it, but that may depend on many > factors, however i love the voice feedback feature. With this feature, we > truely have a portable ocr solution. Standscan may be good, but it is in > fact a bit limiting, i mean how many of us take the standscan to a > restaurant and try to read the menu? Now with this new voice feedback in > Prizmo we can at least theoretically do just this. > /Krister > > 15 maj 2013 kl. 12:46 skrev Sandratomkins <sandratomk...@googlemail.com>: > >> Hi Fellow OCr Fans! >> >> Like many of us, I downloaded Prizmo 2 yesterday and have played with > it a little. primarily, I have questions about it and, perhaps, some of you > have the answers? >> >> 1. We do seem to have lost the option to give voice commands to take > picture. Am I wrong? >> >> 2. Prizmo now gives feed-back as to the positioning of the phone when > scanning. Now, if you use a StandScan Pro, this is irrelevant, it works > anyway! But, free-hand, how helpful do people find this? perhaps because I > have got quite proficient at using this app free-hand, I actually find these > suggestions off-putting, but that might just be me, old dogs and new tricks > etc. However, after a few attempts at using this new functionality, I find I > am told "no page visible" immediately followed by "ready to shoot" or > something of the sort. I am wondering, is Prizmo now working in the same way > as the KNFB device/software? I like the idea, but am not sure how useful in > real terms it is. >> >> 3. If scanning free-hand, I perfer to use both hands to hold the phone, I > get much better results this way, however, without the speak command, I find > I have to try and double tap while holding the position, which, I think, may > be a definite downside to the new update. >> >> 4. It does seem that, especially when using P2 with the StandScan Pro, > the OCR is better and faster, however, it does seem that we must now > consider the page size options for best results with the SSP. Prizmo seems > to be set to A4, by default, but the base of the StandScan Pro is actually > larger, It might be American Letter size, not sure, but I found that I did > better positioning my document centrally, in the long axis, it is OK to abut > along the back of the box, in order not to lose some of the text in the > scan. >> >> 5. I am delighted to see that we can now add pages to previous scans, > but, thus far, I am finding it to be a rather complex method. Perhaps, it is > just me, has anyone found a method to do this in just one step? >> >> Finally, I would still prefer Text Grabber for my everyday tasks. The > interface is so simple, the OCR equally as good and the speed, comparable. > However, Prizmo 2 does offer us some interesting options, perhaps it will be > most useful for "Power OCR users" I think it a baluable upgrade, but miss > the voice command feature. Only hoping that someone will tell me where to > find it... >> >> Good wishes, Sandy. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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