That's good to know about Android, Steve. Will that just work the same?
Cheers
Barry
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Hi,
It doesn't need immersive reader on Android, it is supported by Talkback
natively.
Nowhere near as good as KNFB though. IOt doesn't have such good deskewing
etc, and it doesn't have really good field of view reporting. It's not bad
for fere though.
All the best
Steve
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Subject: [access-uk] A free alternative to KNFB reader on the iPhone
Just come across a review of Office Lens that includes these instructions
for an apparently decent OCR:
How to use Office Lens
Although Android has Office Lens, it doesn't have Immersive Reader (which is
needed for documents to be read out loud) unfortunately, so this tutorial
will be on the iPhone and other iOS devices only.
* Once downloaded, open up the app and go through the welcome screen.
* Allow access to the camera.
* Point the back of the phone towards some text.
* If you are using VoiceOver, Frame Guide will help you capture the
best shot, it will tell you to move back if you're too close or go
left/right or up/down to get the whole document in the frame.
* Double tap the red capture button at the center bottom of the
screen, to take a picture.
* When it finishes processing, it will give you the option to edit it,
or add another picture, useful if you're scanning multiple documents such as
a book.
* You don't need to edit anything, just tap on the done button to
export the picture you've just taken.
* From the list of apps where you can export, select Immersive Reader.
* It will then ask you to log into your Microsoft account, if you have
an Outlook.com, Live or Hotmail email you can sign in, if not go and create
one.
* Then it will scan the image for text.
* Once scanned, the written text from the document will now be on your
screen, you can read it using VoiceOver by placing a finger on the screen,
or there is a play button to use one of their voices to read the whole
document.
* Once you are done listening you can tap close, which will give you
the option to save it by exporting to another Microsoft app such as Word or
OneDrive. If you don't want to save it, just tap close again, and it will
take you back to the capture screen so you can scan a new document.
I like the Frame Guide. Perhaps KNFB could adopt something similar.
Here's the full review:
http://www.rsbc.org.uk/blogs/microsoft-office-lens-review-an-accessible-way-
to-read-printed-documents/
Cheers
Barry
