[access-uk] Re: Advice on choosing a scanning app
- From: "Michael Moore" <mikeis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 23:00:41 +0100
Hi,
I usually put the iPhone onto the page or book, so the camera is in the
middle, then slowly lift it vertically about 9 - 12 inches up off the page,
then snap the picture.... Works well...
Regards,
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Georgina Joyce
Sent: 10 May 2013 22:48
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Advice on choosing a scanning app
Hello,
Rather than using sighted help. You could try using a cardboard box about a
12 inches or 30cm tall like the stand scan. Ensure it has enough light. You
could shine a light into it.
The standscan has helped a lot of visually impaired understand the basics of
OCR. Going by the discussion on various email lists.
Gena
On 09/05/2013 20:44, Christopher Maule-Oatway wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Two apps which are mentioned on the Eyes-free e-mail list are:
> Androcr
> and
> abbyy Textgrabber
>
> Androcr is free, and Abbyy Textgrabber cost £3.32 last time I looked.
>
> Some users from the Eyes-free list have been successful in using
> these, but others, including me, have not! Abbyy did not seem to pick
> up any text at all, and Androcr gave me a lot of rubbish! Admittedly,
> I have not tried hard enough since my first attempts and could
> certainly do with sighted help to judge distance and angle of phone, etc.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christopher
>
>
> At 10:50 09/05/2013 +0100, you wrote:
>> Hi group
>>
>> I've heard in the past that there's an app, well there's probably
>> lots, that can read out a document etc using the camera. I've looked
>> on the playstore but there's oodles of them, some say they convert to
>> pdf, lots of bar code readers (which I don't want), but I can't find
>> one that will read out what has been scanned. . Just wondered if
>> anyone can reccomend one or two for me to try out.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Martin
>
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