Hi Wil, Sorry I missed your post. I'm reading this list in digest mode. I did try to search the Mail Archive first before I posted, but didn't find the entry. I usually try to put the details about the date and "free" into the subject line following Raul's recommendation, along with a few details about the way the app works to answer potential questions about usage. I'll add that TextDetective can work with any iOS device, but is designed for an iPhone or iPod Touch screen, and is harder to align with an iPad, but it does work. The main difference is the lower resolution quality of the camera on the iPod Touch and early model iPads that will give less good results.
Thanks for bringing it to the attention of the list, and it probably doesn't hurt to get more than one alert about apps like this! Cheers, Esther On Friday, March 14, 2014 3:28:40 PM UTC-10, Wil James wrote: > It is an awesome app. I posted about it about 12 hours prayer to the poster > that posted this news. Funny how things work on the Internet. :-) > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Mar 14, 2014, at 5:26 PM, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > This app was still free as of a minute ago. Thanks for sharing. > > > > > > -- > > > Twitter: @ScribblingJoe > > > > > > Visit my blog: > > > http://joeorozco.com/blog > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of Esther > > > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 1:59 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: TextDetective iPhone app for OCR is free today (March 13, 2014) > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > TextDetective, the iPhone OCR app, is currently free. It usually lists for > > $8.99. A quick description of how this differs from apps like TextGrabber > > and Prizmo is that it works for English only, and you have to hold the > > iPhone in landscape mode, so you don't usually get an entire letter- or > > A4-sized page OCRed in one shot. However, it works in video mode (like > > Talking Goggles), so it's relatively fast. Before the VoiceOver specific > > improvements to TextGrabber and Prizmo made in Spring of last year, many > > blind users found it easier to use TextDetective to get results in freehand > > use (without a supporting stand) than to train themselves to use > > TextGrabber or Prizmo. And you can use TextGrabber to read some text off > > your computer monitor in a pinch. > > > • TextDetective by Blindsight (currently free for limited time, usually > > $8.99) > > > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textdetective/id541494875?mt=8 > > > > > > Note that this version runs under iOS 7. If your iPhone is running an > > older version of iOS, you can purchase the app under iTunes on your > > computer, and then download the latest version of TextDetective that is > > compatible with the version of iOS on your iPhone. > > > > > > HTH. Cheers, > > > > > > Esther > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > > Google Group. > > > > > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > > > > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > > > > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > > [email protected]. > > > > > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > > [email protected]. > > > > > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > --- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "VIPhone" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > > Google Group. > > > > > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > > > > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > > > > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > > [email protected]. > > > > > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > > [email protected]. > > > > > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > --- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "VIPhone" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
