Just type knfb and not with the reader added and should find it as I did;
but, hadn't bought it yet.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Pablo Morales
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 9:15 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: [Bulk] RE: KNFB Reader, First Impressions

 

Ok guys, but I am searching in the appstore for knfb reader, and appears
something like leo or something like that. It is the only result related
with knfb reader. Any clue searching this app in the app store?

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Ron Pelletier
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 11:13 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: KNFB Reader, First Impressions

 

Sieghard,

 

I found exactly what you did. The company did not let us down. Its really
worth its money.  It sounded a bit expensive at the beginning but, when you
see what it does, its worth every penny.  I'm about to delete all the others
also.

I still would like the vibrator to work in the vertical to position for
documents mounted on the wall or bulletin boards.

 

Ron & Danvers

 

 

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 1:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: KNFB Reader, First Impressions

 

I purchased KNFB Reader this morning and tried it with a few printed
documents including a plain letter asking for a donation, an invoice and
something else. I used the phone in portrait mode and also had the letter
size document in portrait mode. KNFB Reader did an outstanding job on the
letter and I had very good results from the invoice and the other document.
The app is outstanding and I have already deleted Prizmo and Text Grabber
from my phone since I don't see myself using them any more now that I have
KNFB Reader.

 

The tilt feedback via vibrations is very useful and the field of view report
is amazing. The fact that it tells you whether you are holding the phone
even the slightest little bit turned with respect to the page qlong with
which edges are visible is awesome.

As Jonathan already pointed out the recognition is lightning fast and what I
really like is how simple the app is. They have definitely outdone
themselves with that app.

I have yet to put it through its paces in other situations, but I am already
very happy about my $100 investment as I know that it will be of much use in
the years to come.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Les Kriegler
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 11:51 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KNFB Reader, First Impressions

 

I contacted support at KNFB Reader and was advised to use portrait mode if
possible, both for the document layout and with the phone.

On Sep 18, 2014, at 1:48 PM, Kayaker <sea...@me.com> wrote:

 

Hi,

 

I'm no photographer, but I am a math and science guy. If you are saying that
taking a landscape picture of a page that is essentially a portrait improves
results, that makes no logical sense. The number of pixels lost is on the
order of 40%. You lose about 20% on the left and right sides to meaningless
background if a full portrait page is in view in landscape

 

I don't buy it. There must be another factor contributing to the issue.
Unless of course, the OCR engine works better with fewer pixels.

 

 

-k

Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the
questions.

 

 

 

On Sep 18, 2014, at 1:13 PM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote:

 

There's your problem, hold it in landscape mode, you'll get better results.

I recommend Judy Dixon's book, Get the Picture, from National Braille Press.
it does a great job of helping a blind person understand photography.

Jonathan Mosen

Mosen Consulting

Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training

http://Mosen.org <http://mosen.org/> 

 

On 19/09/2014, at 5:01 am, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com>
wrote:

 

I tend to hold the phone so that the camera points towards the top of the
document. The vibration thingy is really a great help, they've been thinking
there. At the risk of sounding stupid again, should i not hold the phone
with the camera pointing to the top of the document but rather as if i had
it in landscape mode?

/Krister

 

18 sep 2014 kl. 18:15 skrev Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org>:

 

Hi Krister, hard to know what you're doing without seeing what you're doing,
but the one thing that comes to mind is, are you holding the phone
lengthways or sideways? I find I get the best results by putting a page of
text on a table, like I would be reading it in Braille or visually. Then
hold the phone sideways a few centimetres above the page. Use the vibration
feedback so that the phone stops vibrating, indicating you have the angle
right, then take the picture. For further feedback before you take the
picture, you might use the field of view report, particularly in the early
stages.

Good luck. This thing really rocks so stick with it.

Jonathan Mosen

Mosen Consulting

Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training

http://Mosen.org <http://mosen.org/> 

 

On 19/09/2014, at 3:53 am, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com>
wrote:

 

What are you guys doing to get good results? Me, i got a lot of gibberish
and some readable text but not much. Is there a technique for this? Does the
reader give some kind of feedback when all text's detected? Anyways now i
know that it's me and not the app that's stupid.:-)

/Krister

 

18 sep 2014 kl. 17:37 skrev Harry Bell <ubupanora...@icloud.com>:

 

I have played a bit today with this app on my iPhone 5S and it really is
pretty good. I just got it to read the instructions on a small bread mix bag
where the text was incredibly tiny and brown on a beige background. The
results were very quick and about 95% accurate! Harry

 


On 18 Sep 2014, at 13:23, Anthony Vece < <mailto:ajv...@gmail.com>
ajv...@gmail.com> wrote:

Eileen;

 

I believe I'm going to try it on my 5s.

 

If and, when I do, I'let everyone know.



Sentence from my AT&T iPhone 5s!


On Sep 18, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Eileen Misrahi <
<mailto:eileen.misr...@gmail.com> eileen.misr...@gmail.com> wrote:

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 <
<mailto:theblindman...@hotmail.com> theblindman...@hotmail.com> wrote:

It is now available on the app store to download.



          Regards, Feliciano

 

 

 

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On Sep 18, 2014, at 4:19 AM, "BrianMiller" <
<mailto:brianrmille...@gmail.com> brianrmille...@gmail.com> 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:  <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> viphone@googlegroups.com[
<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jonathan Mosen
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:05 AM
To:  <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> viphone@googlegroups.com
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.

It's early days but this has actually exceeded my expectations. Certainly
it's possible to use other apps, but I've found nothing this simple, fast,
or accurate without any additional aids. Outstanding stuff.

Jonathan Mosen

Mosen Consulting

Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training

 <http://mosen.org/> http://Mosen.org

 

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