Hi Carrie, I too just purchased the app. I can't get the vibrate the tilt guidance to work for me. But I held the camera straight up-and-down, and the paper in the other hand with the envelope straight up-and-down and it didn't read enough text to let me know whether I wanted to keep the piece of mail or not. Just keep trying, and it should work for you. It takes a lot of patience and practice, but it is a good app. God bless and good luck,wren Langley PS, that was supposed to be it did read enough of the mail to let me know if I wanted to keep it or not. If I can be of any more help to you. Please write to me off list. Sorry for the dictation errors.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 19, 2014, at 11:05 PM, Ron Pelletier <ron.pellet...@sympatico.ca> > wrote: > > Hi, > > Don't get discouraged. If you are not getting good results, first check if > your flash is on. Lighting makes all the difference. Double tap the flash > button until it says flash is on. Then Place the top right corner of your > phone approximately in the middle of the document. Raise the camera about 8 > or 10 inches with the vibrator on. Flick to the field of view report and > double tap. Keep repeating that until it tells you it can see all 4 sides > and that you are rotated only a couple of degrees. Turn if you are rotated > more than that that and change the tilt until you stop the vibration. Than > you can either flick to the take picture and double tap or place 2 fingers > on the left of the screen. When you lift one of your fingers, it will take > the picture and that avoids you moving the camera while trying to double tap > the take picture button. > > Sounds complicated but, its not at all when you do it. This is one of the > cases where explaining it is a lot more difficult than doing it. > > Ron & Danvers > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Kerri Kosten > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 7:10 AM > To: viphone > Subject: KNFB Reader Help? > > Hey Everyone: > > I excitedly purchased the KNFB reader app yesterday. > However, I seem to be having a lot of trouble with it. > I have tried to do several scans but can't seem to get good results. > I tried holding the camera sideways. > I tried holding it straight up and down. > I tried holding it with the camera lens facing down towards the page. > I have the tilted guidance setting on. > Every once in a while, it will stop vibrating and I will try to take a > picture, and sometimes it will kind of read some text but it's very jumbled > and while it gets some words it often doesn't make sense. > However, I keep reading how so many others are getting great results. > Just last week, I was able to witness a demonstration of this app, and it > worked great. > I don't have much printed material around at the moment, so have been trying > to scan a random page from a paperback book. > Does lighting make a difference? > How do you hold the phone to get the best results? > For those who got great results on their first try, what did you do and how > did you hold the phone? > I even listened to the Applevis podcast. > I was just initially so excited about this app when I heard the > demonstrations of how well it worked and it's not seeming to work very well > for me. > What am I doing wrong? > Thanks, > Kerri > > -- > 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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