You are forgetting about lighting. Blind people , especially those who have never seen, have a poor concept of lighting. Many problems that blind people have with taking pictures of any kind is gauging lighting, and knowing how to adjust it.
Andy From: David Chittenden Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 5:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions Actually, both the 6 and the 6+ have features which will help a fair amount for any OCR app. Both new iPhones have special pixels which set the pixels in the area for the lighting/contrast of that particular area. This means the contrast of the page image will improve, which should improve the image for OCR. Second, and more important, is the physical image stabilisation of the 6+ camera. Jitter, or the image blurring because of even slight movement whilst the picture is being taken, is a huge problem for blind people. In fact, the four biggest problems for blind people are distance, jitter, skewing, and tilting of the camera. Physical image stabilisation will automatically correct for the jitter problem if it is minor jitter. This is enough to make a null scan into a partial scan, and a close scan into a good scan. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 19 Sep 2014, at 04:57, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Eileen, If you are going to get KNFB Reader you might as well get it, it is my guess that the optical image stabilization of the 6 Plus will not make a huge difference. KNFB Reader already has a lot of built in help to take the best picture possible and while the 6 and 6 Plus have a new sensor with slightly larger pixel size, it is still an 8 MP camera and much the same as on a 5S. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eileen Misrahi Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 5:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions Hello Jonathan, Your first impressions of the KNFB app is encouraging. At this time, I'm going to have to be on the sidelines until I decide on which iPhone 6 I will purchase. This is my question to this thread. For those who invest in the KNFB Reader app and have purchased either an iPhone 6 or 6 plus, it would be terrific to post on the accuracy of the app in comparison to the phone that they originally installed the app on. Also, if one can also comment on the use of the app with the 6 plus in particular because of the optical stabilization. ANOTHER person read my mind regarding if your use of the app was with the StandScan or with some other type of stand. Thanks so much for your first impressions. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2014, at 4:41 AM, Feliciano G <[email protected]> wrote: It is now available on the app store to download. Regards, Feliciano Like my Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=690649294341327 Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Sep 18, 2014, at 4:19 AM, "BrianMiller" <[email protected]> wrote: Jonathan, So is the KNFB reader app now available in the app store? Also, are you using a stand to take the scans/pics, or are you just holding the phone over the page or item? Thanks so much, this is very encouraging! Brian M From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: KNFB Reader, First Impressions I've spent the last half hour or so playing with KNFB Reader on my iPhone 5s. I couldn't be more impressed. I read my son's school report, which it got word perfect even when it came to reading tables. It read a glossy pizza menu fairly well. It read the page of a book perfectly, and it read a letter I received in the mail. The feedback one gets via vibration to line up the picture is incredibly helpful. You can use the field of view report if you need to for even more information about camera positioning and angle. And, it's fast. Very fast, between taking a picture and getting speech. 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