> Note: in the user guide they call the profile “Stand Picture mode” instead of > “Document Stand mode”. I have had excellent results with stands with no > lights, in spite of what it says below. > > From the 2.0 User Guide: > In stand picture mode the KNFB Reader app will take a picture automatically > when no movement is seen by the camera and text is detected. For best results > a stand with lights for the viewing area should be used. The typical workflow > when using a stand is: Double-tap the Select Profile button. Choose Stand > Picture in the profile picker. Then you get the message First place device on > empty stand and tap OK. You will get this message every time you move the > device while in Stand Picture mode. Make sure there is no document in the > stand and place your device on the stand and tap on the OK button. Now the > camera calibrates for best performance. This is indicated by a short double > beep. Once you hear this beep you can place the document you want to read > within the viewing area of the camera on the stand. When the camera detects > that a document is being placed in the viewing area a continuous tone is > provided to let you know that the document is being seen. this tone stops > when movement stops and text has been detected, then, after a short silence > while the presence of text is confirmed, KNFB Reader will say: text found as > the picture is taken automatically. > Switching KNFB Reader to batch mode while using a stand is especially useful > for capturing and reading multi-page documents such as magazines and books, > With batch mode switched on and your device placed on a stand, approximately > 12 inches from the reading surface you can then place pages in the camera > viewing area while the picture is taken automatically. Note that automatic > text detection from a stand also works when flipping pages of a multi-page > document placed in view of the camera as well, but be sure to hold pages down > at the edge so as not to block the camera from seeing all of the text.
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