People spend upwards of $6000 on specialized note takers. The vendors of
these products make a persuasive case for the need for such products. i'm
sure that the case will be similar for this product.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: John Diakogeorgiou
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 8:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [SPAM]Re: KNFB Reader App
Their are only so many OCR engines out there. First of all I doubt
that anyone who is blind is going to be able to point a phone 22 feet
away and have it in the right place to do good OCR. Second, it is
unlikely that the useability of the app will justify such a steep
price difference from other more reasonably priced apps. But as others
have already said we'll see.
On 7/6/14, Feliciano G <[email protected]> wrote:
I do not think that will be the same OCR package just because they have
the
same speed as you say. We shall see.
Regards, Feliciano
Sent from the Super-iPhone
On Jul 6, 2014, at 7:34 PM, "David Chittenden" <[email protected]>
wrote:
The speed is concurrent with TextGrabber run on an iPhone 5S. It is
educated conjecture. Believe or not as you choose.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
On 7 Jul 2014, at 14:22, Feliciano G <[email protected]> wrote:
How do you know this, who is your source?
Regards, Feliciano
Sent from the Super-iPhone
On Jul 6, 2014, at 5:45 PM, "David Chittenden" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Nope, the OCR is the same OCR package that is in TextGrabber. The speed
of the OCR is the same as TextGrabber on the 5S. They were both running
5S iPhones.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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Sent from my iPhone
On 7 Jul 2014, at 11:03, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
I'd normally agree, and honestly I still don't know where I stand on
this. One thing to consider, though, is the cost of development
compared to market size. I'm not talking about just the app itself,
but, as one person pointed out on Twitter, this app has some
heavy-duty
OCR behind it. That probably means commercially licensed OCR engines
and other behind-the-scenes items whose cost we don't know about. Is
$99 a lot for this? Yes, and I probably won't find it worth my own
money. All I'm saying is that, given the technology involved, there
may
be hidden costs that make it a more reasonable price than it first
appears... Maybe.
On Jul 6, 2014, at 6:57 PM, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone
<[email protected]> wrote:
One of the things I really like about Apple, iOS in particular, is
that it has successfully allowed us to escape from the old business
model of paying a lot of money for assistive products. No longer do
we have to pay a high price to access our screens because Apple
included a free access package. No longer do we have to pay a high
price for OCR apps because sighted people, who use and require the
same apps, only need to pay a few dollars for it and, therefore, so
do
we. In my opinion, and this is just my opinion, the marketing
department of KNFB is doing us a tremendous disservice by trying to
bring back the 1980's and 1990's business model of how assistive
technology is distributed.
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On 7/6/2014 6:50 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
All I can say is: there better be a demo version. Offer ten scans,
pop up alerts every minute, limit some functions... Somehow, though,
they need to release a lite version. If I'm going to drop half the
cost of a new iPod Touch on one app, I want to be absolutely sure it
will meet my needs first. If they offer only the $99 app with no way
of testing it, well, that's just a bad idea.
On Jul 6, 2014, at 6:44 PM, Feliciano G
<[email protected]>
wrote:
Other platform OCR applications cost over $200. This is not priced
too high if it competes with the other OCR applications. I am
curious on what it can really do. I hear it can OCR text from 20ft
away.
Regards, Feliciano
Twitter: @Theblindman12v www.twitter.com/theblindman12v
Sent from the Super-iPhone
On Jul 6, 2014, at 3:36 PM, "'David Goldfield' via
VIPhone" <[email protected]> wrote:
In my opinion, the price of this app, if it is indeed $99.00, is
insanely high and it won't be on my phone for that price.
However,
ultimately the market, as it always does, will
decide. I know some will purchase it at this price. If enough
people don't, then the folks at KNFB will have to make some
decisions about the price. If enough people buy it at $99.00,
then
the app will likely remain at that price for some time.
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On 7/6/2014 6:32 PM, Anthony Vece wrote:
These companies just don't get it.
Most people like accessibility off the shelf.
Sent from my iPhone 5s!
On Jul 6, 2014, at 5:32 PM, "Betty Emmons"
<[email protected]> wrote:
for that price it better do tha laundry, wash the dishes and
clean the house. while I'm thinking of it maybe drive me where I
want to go.
Betty Emmons
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Turner
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 4:10 PM
Subject: [SPAM]Re: KNFB Reader App
If it was $30 I might consider it if other demos show equal
results in speed and accuracy, but $99? They must be on some
pretty amazing drugs to think people will pay that much for
something that is only faster by a few seconds than apps like
TextGrabber or Prizmo.
Just my opinion.
Richard
"Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education." -
Victor Hugo
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 6, 2014, at 12:04 PM, "Andy Baracco" <[email protected]>
wrote:
It was announced that the KNFB Reader app for the iPhone will
cost $99 and will be available by the end of August.
Andy
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