Thanks for the recommendation. When I have two coins to rub together, I'll definitely buy it. :)
Teresa Visualize whirled peas. On Feb 25, 2014, at 9:53 AM, rubyalphonse <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Teresa, > I just started using stand scan pro, I like it. I am totally blind, I could > not take proper picture of the text without stand scan pro. Sometimes I was > getting full text, sometimes I wasn't. so I thought of buying this bundle of > stand scan pro, it is quite good. I am just using from Four days. Regards > Ruby > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Teresa Cochran > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 12:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: scanning apps > > For me, the process of using OCR apps in iOS has always been a challenge. At > best, I can get a few words, just enough to find out what the object is. I > notice that I've gotten better with practice, but it's very rough going for > me. I don't know how much of my difficulty has to do with never having had > sight, but I'd imagine that generally, it's easier for those who've had > sight, because finding the best visual situation for this task comes more > easily to those who've had sight. Of course, I'm generalizing here, and I > may be wrong. after all, I haven't done a formal study of this issue. :) I > am continuing to practice, and I'm patient, but I have to say, the > experience is certainly not like using a flat-bed scanner with an > application such as Kurzweil 1000 or Open Book. > > Teresa > > Visualize whirled peas. > > On Feb 24, 2014, at 10:21 PM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> TextGrabber and Prizmo both do an excellent job on OCR. If you have a > steady hand and a good understanding of how to ensure that the page is > visible to the app, they can both be used free hand very successfully. > Several of us have posted our results from these apps here to show what can > be done. You need good lighting, and if, like me, you have no light > perception, the Light Detector app is a must as well. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> On 25 Feb 2014, at 04:25, Antonio Guimaraes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I bought text detective and I'm rather disappointed. >>> >>> It is useless enough to leave me skeptical about any iPHone scanning > solution. >>> >>> Based on results, do any of you think I should reconsider, and give > Textgrabber a try? >>> >>> It's not too expensive, which is a noter reason to be skeptical. 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