To spaek frankly, I am not impressed either. Text Detective doesn't get me much better results either. The only conclution I can come to is that no matter what I try, I'm just not aiming the camera lense quite right. Maybe that scan box thingy might be a good idea, at least as a learning tool until I get it straight.
Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Jul 23, 2013, at 12:22 AM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: > It sure doesn't work well on an iPad Mini. I gave it a try and even while > holding it really still, it kept vasalating between "No page detected" or > "Ready to scan" but most of the time if I got anything at all, it was a total > mess! I don't think this app will get much use from me. I'm not impressed at > all. > > On May 16, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It usually says "no page visible" within a split second of saying "page >> detected". >> >> Some of the scanning results have been far better than before whereas >> others have been equally bad.Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 16, 2013, at 3:40 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> When you get the iPhone above what you're scanning, have you been double >>> tapping the screen, being very careful to hold it as level as possible when >>> it says it's detected the page? If it doesn't make that picture taking >>> sound, you haven't done the picture. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gigi >>> >>> On May 15, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Mika Pyyhkala <pyyhk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I have still not been able to get it to fully work with the update, >>>> but it may just be I'm not doing something right. >>>> >>>> I get the text prompts about orienting the page, and once its right, I >>>> press Take Picture. >>>> >>>> Usually it doesn't do anything or just gives tones, and I'm not sure >>>> what the tones mean. In most cases, it hasn't made the shutter sound >>>> as if its actually taking the photo. >>>> >>>> I have read people have gotten it to work so am hopeful there is just >>>> a bit more of technique needed. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Mika >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/15/13, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: >>>>> Does prism work on an iPhone 4? At the risk of sounding cheap, I don't >>>>> want >>>>> to utilize something that is going to be inferior on my old phone. >>>>> On 2013-05-15, at 12:41 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm going to try it later as I've never been successful with it but this >>>>>> update might help. >>>>>> >>>>>> Kawal. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 15 May 2013, at 01:21 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I tried the new Prizmo update. I like it a lot. I was never successful >>>>>>> at >>>>>>> getting Prizmo give me good text until they came out with this update. I >>>>>>> know other people of been able to get it to work without that, but not >>>>>>> me. >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Gigi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On May 14, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Maccessibility <nore...@maccessibility.net> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Maccessibility has posted a new item, 'Prizmo OCR App for iOS Enhances >>>>>>>> VoiceOver Support' >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Prizmo, a scanning, OCR, and speech application for iPhone and iPad, >>>>>>>> has >>>>>>>> been updated with enhanced support for VoiceOver. From the release >>>>>>>> notes: >>>>>>>> Prizmo is made for everyone, and is thus fully compatible with >>>>>>>> VoiceOver. 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