Hi, I am not sure if you tried Zoom reader, but I have it and I'm not that happy with it. I was hoping it would work much better than it does. The OCR is no better than any other OCR, and the magnifier is not that great. I suggest you check out vision assist. It is only six dollars, and works quite well. Here's a link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visionassist/id502356279?mt=8 Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. On Jun 30, 2013, at 3:31 PM, zoe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi listers, > as the subject says I'm so frustrated, I'm all most in tears. > A while back I was at the university of waterloo in Ontario Canada, and some > one demonstrated the zoomreader app to me to help me read boxes and cans > amongst other things. At the time I thought as soon as I could afford it I > definitely would invest in this app. A few days ago my husband got me an app > store card. By now there was a lot of apps I wanted since I laid my eyes on > zoomreader back in February. Since zoomreader is $20.00 and that was the > full amount of the card, I decided to get some other things I wanted and get > the zoomreader another time. I got the sluzzle game and abbyy text grabber > and translator, and so far I am really happy with the purchases I made. I > also wanted to get a portable cctv in February because that was also > demonstrated to me at the University but they are very expensive, and this > morning I was browsing the via app and I clicked on cctv and magnification > and came across an app called seeit, and after reading the description > decided to get it, here is where my frustration starts. > The app comes with an invert feature which works just fine, it makes the page > black with white text which is the only way my eyes can actually see printed > material. The app is pretty straight forward, there is a flash light button > on the top right hand corner of the screen. At the bottom there is a normal > button, color button, an invert button and a resume/pause button. The app > when you open it basically automatically opens your video camera using the > rear facing camera. Right above these buttons is a long bar that if you > swipe up and down it's suppose to zoom the screen. All buttons work with > voiceover. I placed a cd cover on a white counter background and low and > behold in the middle of the screen there is a black square with white lines > on it. I try zooming it but nothing. When I move the camera close to the > document the white lines become large blurry peaces of text. I let the I > phone stand still for it to autofocus and maybe that will clear up the text, > but nothing. I tried with regular color but nothing, I tried with the flash > light on and off but nothing. I let my fully sighted husband try the app, > and guess what? > he couldn't get the text clear unless he had it at it's smallest zoom level > and even then he had to wear his glasses to read the print. The app has a > problem zooming and auto focusing and it doesn't replace thousand dollar > portable cctv's as the seller describes on the app store. I just wasted > seven dollars from my gift card which could have went somewhere else to give > me accessibility in another app to make my life easier. > I contacted apple and they told me they could not help me with support > because I bought my I phone a year ago and I was not entitled to support > unless I paid $35.00 then I told the lady that it was regarding the app > store, an app that doesn't stand up to it's description, and that who do I > contact about a refund. She told me the only way to get help was to visit > www.expresslane.apple.com So I did, all I got was frequently asked > questions, articles, and tricks & tips, and instructions. Great for other > issues but nothing about refunds. Then I called the toll free accessibility > number and the really nice guy told me to click on to the same sight, and > click on iTunes, then store, then purchases and downloads. I tried this too > but nothing, no where where I could send a request for a refund. I'm so > sorry for the long message but I wanted to be as clear and detailed with my > problem and frustration. Can anyone help? Am I stuck with a six dollar plus > applicable provincial taxes app that I can't use? There must be a way to get > my money back and use it towards an app that will be beneficial to me and my > accessibility needs, instead of an app sitting on my phone that not only I > can't use but even a sighted person can't use. > Thanks for listening, again please accept my apologies for the long message, > and thank you in advance to anyone who can provide me with any feedback or > help. > Regards > the almost in tears Zoe > > -- > 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. > 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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