Regarding a free trial or lite version, here's a concerning tweet KNFB just sent out: Folks interested in iOS app trials should bring the complaints directly to Apple. The iTunes app store has no mechanism for supporting this.
Of course, that isn't technically true. They could offer a free app with an in-app purchase to unlock the full feature set, or they could offer a free app that is restricted as well as the full-priced (and full-featured) app. There is no trial mechanism, true, but there are ways around it that other apps use. MBraille uses in-app purchases, for example, while Voice Dream takes the two-app approach. Had I not been able to test them, especially Mbraille, I probably would not have bought them. On Jul 7, 2014, at 2:58 PM, Ron Pelletier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sieghard, > > I was using the restaurant menu as an example to make my point only. I don't > scan menus nor do I ask for a Braille menu for the reasons you explained so > well. In a restaurant where I trust the servers, I will even ask them for > their suggestion for today and always seem to get something I like. > > Having said that, I still think that operating freehand will make it or break > it as far as spending the famous $99.00. I guess too many people here are too > young to remember that my first scanner and OCR cost me almost $2,000, so $99 > is not a low price but its not the end of the world if the product is worth > it to the user > > Ron & Danvers > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 12:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: KNFB Reader App > > Hi Ron, > > I agree that one of the big unknowns at this point is how easy it will be to > use KNFB Reader free hand and get really good results. Many of us have spend > $50 or $60 for Prizmo, Text Grabber and the Standscan Pro so that is not so > far from $99 and as you said, the Standscan maybe portable, but I never have > folded it up and carried it around. As far as restaurants I can't see myself > sitting there with headphones on because of the noise and try to decipher a > possibly multi-page menu for 10 minutes. What's wrong with a big of human > contact and asking whoever you have gone out with or, if you are alone, the > waiter or waitress to tell you what's on the menu? They can quickly outline > the categories and any daily specials which normally are not in the menu > anyways but on a different menu or card on the table and then if I feel like > Pasta or Steak I can just ask for what's in these categories and I won't have > to try and go through everything my OCR app may or may not have recognized. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Ron Pelletier > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 7:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: KNFB Reader App > > Sieghard, > > Like you I would get it if there are features that make it much easier to > line-up. I can't see myself bring my StandScan Pro to a restaurant or > anywhere else in public. If that happens, I will be happy to spend the > $100.00. Otherwise, its not worth the big difference in price between it and > Text Grabber or Prizmo. I'm also with you on having a possibility to try it > out before purchasing. This is not like a 99 cent app that you can just > delete if it doesn't work. > > Ron & Danvers > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 3:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: KNFB Reader App > > Hi Andy, > > Thanks for that information, that price means that I would only buy it if it > was absolutely outstanding and much better than Text Grabber or Prizmo in > several areas. For me those would be primarily in ease of use and the ability > to take good pictures and of course regonition quality. > > I hope they offer some sort of way to try out the app, maybe a free version > which allows you to take 10 pictures or something like that. > > While the price is on the high side, it is, however, not as bad as some > people have speculated a few weeks ago when people thought it would cost $300 > or $500 and it's certainly a far cry from the $1,500 it cost when it was > aavailable for the Symbean platform. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Andy Baracco > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 12:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: KNFB Reader App > > It was announced that the KNFB Reader app for the iPhone will cost $99 and > will be available by the end of August. > Andy > I'm not wearing a diaper, so don't try to change me. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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