Hi Have any iPhone 5 users experienced the phone shutting off when you have the KNFB reader opened and on battery power? Mine has shut off at least three times since I bought the app. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 Work email:matt...@blindaccesstraining.com Personal email: matt.dierck...@gmail.com
On Sep 20, 2014, at 11:04, Jenine Stanley <dragonwalke...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been using it on a variety of things and have found the app to be much > more reliable in terms of getting good pictures initially, than my attempts > with other OCR apps. > > I'd like to pride myself on being able to take fairly good pictures for OCR > purposes but for some reason, I never had good luck or consistency with the > other OCR apps. > > Last night, just for fun and to prove to my husband that the app worked, I > took a picture of our television screen from about 8 feet away. It's a 42 > inch TV. There was an add on for one of those legal services that sues if you > have had some disease or other. > > The app read most of the text on screen accurately including a phone number > and web address. It faltered near the end of the text but I suspect it was > scrolling or stylized. It did make an attempt though. > > To say I was in shock is an understatement. Now I wish I'd saved the scan. > Jenine Stanley > dragonwalke...@gmail.com > > > > On Sep 20, 2014, at 9:39 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > >> See my last post. Basically, the app comes with features that give you very >> good feedback while your positioning the camera. >> Best, >> Donna >> On Sep 20, 2014, at 7:44 AM, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> wrote: >> >>> HI! >>> ONE THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW WOULD ONE KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO HOLD THE >>> CAMERA OVER a paper. >>> Anyone? >>> /A >>> 19 sep 2014 kl. 16:28 skrev 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>: >>> >>>> Apparently the app is $100. >>>> >>>> CB >>>> >>>> Baltimore, Maryland (September 18, 2014): The National Federation of the >>>> Blind, the nation's leading advocate for access to print by the blind, has >>>> applauded the release of KNFB Reader, a new app for the iPhone and other >>>> Apple iOS devices, which uses the phone's camera and state-of-the-art >>>> optical character recognition (OCR) technology to give the blind instant >>>> access to the contents of print materials. Members of the National >>>> Federation of the Blind have worked with K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc., >>>> which developed the app along with Sensotec, Inc. KNFB Reader is now >>>> available in the iTunes app store. >>>> >>>> Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: >>>> "The National Federation of the Blind has been involved for forty years in >>>> the development of technology that helps blind people to acquire access to >>>> the various print materials that we all encounter from day to day. Ever >>>> since our first collaboration with Ray Kurzweil to develop the Kurzweil >>>> Reading Machine, which was the size of a household appliance, we have been >>>> interested in the development of better and more portable reading >>>> technology. Print on office documents, flyers, letters, menus, labels, and >>>> throughout our environment is still a part of everyday life, even with the >>>> increased electronic transmission of documents. Now revolutionary >>>> technology that resides on the phones that many of us carry each day >>>> provides instant access to the printed word. We can hear our mail or the >>>> menu at our favorite restaurant spoken with the iPhone's built-in >>>> text-to-speech technology, or read it in Braille with a refreshable >>>> Braille display. This app will fundamentally change the everyday lives of >>>> many blind people, helping us to get the information we need and live the >>>> lives we want." >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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