Hi All
If you need OCR on an IPhone and you don't want
to pay for KNFB reader I suggest you try Prizmo.
I forget how much it costs now, but it's a lot
less than KNFB. Like any OCR package the distance
from the material being photographed and the
stability of the device is really important. I've
got some good results with Prizmo and some pretty
poor ones too, probably dependent on the print
quality, font size, lighting etc.
Hope this helps, John
At 22:23 21/08/2016, you wrote:
I keep talking about purchasing the KNFB app but
the cost puts me off, especially as my husband is
sighted so I only occasionally need help with
print. I liked the price of this but the general
feedback doesnt seem that positive.
Alison
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Hi Alison
Yes I bought this app the other week. It is ok,
but requires time and patience. What it does
that K-NFB Reader doesnt is allow you to move
the phone around in a live situation for
information. I dont think that when it finds
what you want, it reads it that well, but this is
where practice comes in handy. The bleeping
frankly irritates me, but I find it does less if
you turn it off, or rather it gives me less feedback than I need!
I have kept it for the occasions when I might
need something read out quickly without having to
constantly take pictures. Is it worth the
dosh? Probably not, but then that is subjective
as it really depends on how much time and effort you want to give to it.
Kind Regards,
Jackie Brown
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[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of CJ &AA MAY
Sent: 21 August 2016 11:47
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Amedia
I was reading in this months edition of Access
IT about an OCR app called Amedia which only
costs £22. Apparently it has many similarities to
the KNFB app. I just wondered if anyone had any experience of this?
Alison
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