Yes, I have an iPhone 11, and I've been able to use the camera app to recognize text and things around me for at least a year. On my work iPhone, which comes in a big chunky case, I've stood the iPhone up in front of my work laptop and used it to monitor my boot process.
-- Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ Chaltain at Outlook, USA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mohib Anwar Rafay Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 12:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why should I upgrade? Hey Christopher, this camera feature with out magnifier thing available in standard models with out LiDAR or is that something specific to pro searies? On 9/28/23, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd suggest try using the Camera app. Bring up the camera app, touch > the top of the screen to put focus in the view finder and then start > pointing the phone at things. You can sweep it around and hear things > like there's a sign on the wall with text and then it'll read the > text. Obviously it'll depend a bit on how quickly you're sweeping the > phone around and how steady your hand is, but this seems more responsive to > me than the Seeing AI app. > > I'm also interested to know how text detection in the magnifier works, > and how it's different or better than just using the camera app. > > -- > Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ > Chaltain at Outlook, USA > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Mohib Anwar Rafay > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 1:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Why should I upgrade? > > I feel the most importent thing which should be done by detection mode > in pro searies is instant recognition or recognition of the text > while on the move. If i am visiting any office, i should be able to > take help from my phone for recognising the office doors and the short > describtion written on the doors of the offices! or the name and the > specialisation of the doctor in a hospital or the name of the lab etc. > Some time I face difficulty in identifying the gate number, entry > points and relevant section for our use, seeing AI and Envision AI > doesn't help much in these cases. > > On 9/27/23, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: >> The normal camera app will also do text recognition, so I'm not sure >> what's different in the magnifier and LiDAR. >> >> I'm not upgrading from my iPhone 11. The action button and the USB-C >> are the features that interest me the most, but they'll still be >> there when I get around to upgrading. >> >> -- >> Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ >> Chaltain at Outlook, USA >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf >> Of Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 1:24 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Why should I upgrade? >> >> It will give you door detection and there is a new instant text >> recognition feature which is part of Magnifier, but I am not sure if >> it's really all that much better than what you can already get with >> Seeing AI. >> I don't think Be My Eyes and the new Be My AI feature which is part >> of Be My Eyes relies on LiDAR in any way. >> I bought a 13 Pro last year and decided to go with a Pro and not a >> regular >> 13 because of this, but I must say that except for playing around >> with it, I have never used door detection even once in the real world. >> My advice is to stick with your 13 Mini and get an iPhone 16 Pro next >> year, some of the new stuff in the 15 Pro will then be in its second >> generation so to speak and may get useful improvements. I have >> definitely no intention to upgrade this year from my 13 Pro to a 15 >> Pro, the action button might be the most tempting new feature, but >> it's not worth that much money and even if I don't want to spend the >> big bucks next year for a 16 Pro, I can get a better deal on a 15 pro >> once the 16 phones have been released. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf >> Of Jenifer Barr >> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 4:26 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Why should I upgrade? >> >> Hi all. I'm contimplating upgrading to the 15 pro. I have a 13 mini now. >> One of the main reasons I want to upgrade is the lightar. 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