I will give it a try but not sure when I'll have a chance. I also have zoom reader and looking forward to trying that.
Just spent 3 hours with wife buying new dress for birthday dinner :( Sent from my iPhone On 19/03/2012, at 12:39 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I just realized that what we should do is have a low-vision user who has the > new iPad with the camera that is as good as the iPhone 4's, and who also has > the Prizmo OCR app, try using VisionAssist. They can take a screen capture > by simultaneously pressing and then releasing the sleep/wake button (at the > top) and the home button. Then they can try to run Prizmo using the last > image stored in the camera roll instead of taking a picture through the > camera. After selecting "Text" on the main Prizmo screen, they would flick > right past the "Camera" button to the "Album" button and double tap that. > Then, on the "Photo Album" screen they would double tap "Camera Roll". On > the "Camera Roll" screen, they would do a four finger tap on the bottom half > of the screen to go to the last element on the screen -- or alternatively > touch the bottom of the screen just above the "Home" button -- to hear "7 > photos" (or however many there are) announced. Then they would flick left to > the last photo, which will be announced as "Photo IMG <some number>, image, > double tap to open", and double tap the screenshot. I'm not sure how well > the default OCR works if the contrast scheme is reversed -- there's an > adjustment control called "white picker" that lets you adjust this, but it > requires vision. In any case, this would be an interesting exercise. > > Some low-vision user with a new iPad could check this out, Any takers? > Garth, are you interested? > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Mar 18, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi David and Others, >> >> Interesting information. Just for clarification, there are two apps with >> similar names in the App Store. You want to type in "VisionAssist" with no >> space between "Vision" and "Assist". The "Vision Assist" app with the space >> between the two words is $0.99, for iPhone only, and is supposed to be an >> ambient night vision aid. The app that David mentioned is universal binary, >> works for people who have low-light difficulties, such as age-related >> macular degeneracy, glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetic retinopathy. It also >> advertises support for VoiceOver and can be used to improve contrast as well >> as magnification. This does quite a bit more than most magnification apps, >> and may be of considerable interest to low-vision users on the list. (It may >> go beyond what Mike's doctor was asking for, however.) >> >> This app will work on every Apple device that has a camera, and also has the >> ability to be used wirelessly with an Apple TV to magnify an image and >> display it on a large-screen TV or monitor. It sounds like a great addition >> for a low-vision user who has an iPad with a camera. However, the current >> price is $5.99. It's been bouncing around from an initial price of $6.99, >> then reduced for a period to $3.99, then raised again to $6.99, and most >> recently dropped to $5.99. I've quoted the current price (as of this moment) >> in the description below, >> >> Here's the App Store link: >> • VisionAssist ($5.99) by Slinkyware: >> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visionassist/id502356279?mt=8 >> >> I had to do a Google search to learn about the Ruby Handheld Video Magnifier >> from Freedom Scientific. Even at $5.99 the price of this app is much less >> than the $545 price of the dedicated magnifier. Here's the link to the Ruby >> product page for those who are unfamiliar with this device, as I was: >> http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/lv/ruby-product-page.asp >> >> Thanks for the heads up, David. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Mar 18, 2012, at 3:48 PM, David Tanner wrote: >> >>> One of the low vision folks in our tech department told me about Vision >>> Assist. It is $3.99 and thus far everyone I have shown it to thinks it is >>> nearly as good as Ruby, which is very popular with low vision folks. >>> >>> >>> David Tanner - Host >>> MainMenu >>> Technology from a blindness perspective! >>> www.mainmenu.acbradio.org >>> www.twitter.com/mainmenu >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 6:46 PM >>> Subject: Re: Can the iPhone be used as a Magnifier? >>> >>> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> Yes, there are a number of apps that will let you use the iPhone camera as >>> a magnifier. Some of these were mentioned in discussions by low-vision >>> users. Here's one that has gotten a lot of recent publicity (but I don't >>> know whether it works with VoiceOver -- some of them do): >>> >>> • Lumin Turns Your iPhone into an Illuminated Magnifier by Adam C. Engst, 4 >>> January 2012, TidBITS article: >>> http://tidbits.com/static/html/TidBITS-1108.html#0 >>> >>> Here's the App Store link: >>> • Lumin ($1.99) by Mahboud Zabetian >>> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lumin/id480343142?mt=8 >>> >>> Some other apps that should work with VoiceOver: >>> • Spectacles ($0.99) by Mach One Mobile >>> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spectacles/id380054681?mt=8 >>> Bryan Jones can tell you more about this one, since he posted questions >>> about this some time ago. See "Re: Using the iPhone 4 as a video magnifier >>> with illumination": >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg28434.html >>> • Over 40 Magnifier and Flashlight ($0.99) by TLA Investments, LLC >>> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/over-40-magnifier-flashlight/id381663967?mt=8 >>> >>> There's an ad-free version of the "Over 40 Magnifier and Flashlight" app >>> for $2.99 that may have other features. The $0.99 version was a free >>> download at one time. >>> >>> Most of what I know about zoom and low-vision magnification comes from >>> supporting Mac setups for older relatives who want some magnification of >>> their screens, but are not really low-vision users. Still, magnification >>> apps like the ones I've listed are helpful for them. >>> >>> The Lumin app lets you increase the magnification of the image you've taken >>> beyond the maximum set by the camera, by using the pinch-to-zoom gesture to >>> enlarge the image. All of these apps can turn on the LED flash of the >>> iPhone 4 and 4S cameras. >>> >>> HTH. Maybe Bryan can suggest other apps that he finds useful. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> >>> On Mar 18, 2012, at 1:04 PM, Mike Busboom wrote: >>> >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> I am totally blind, so this wouldn't help me. I was asked by a physician >>>> whether or not there was an App for the iPhone that turned it into a >>>> magnifier. The idea is that you point the rear camera at some print that >>>> is then magnified and displayed on the front screen of the unit for >>>> viewing. Does such an App exist? >>>> >>>> My best to all, >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
