[access-uk] Re: K-NFB Reader app question

  • From: Eleanor Martha Burke <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 17:00:11 +0000

I did hear a demo but the demo did notScan and Visa card.



> On 6 Jan 2015, at 16:51, Carol.Pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Eleanor,
> 
> I have tried two cards with no success this end, but remember I'm using an 
> IPhone 4S and not the latest!
> 
> I do know that demos have been done of cards being scanned and able to read 
> the numbers.  I'm not clear whether the demo just had a photo picture taken, 
> but I think that may be the case.  (I heard the demo podcast just once and 
> didn't take too much notice as I wasn't going to do it at the time.)
> 
> The demo came from AppleVis, but I'm not sure which one it was.
> 
> I hope this might jog someone's memory and you'll get the help, but I'll try 
> another route also and let you know if I hear anything useful.  I do know 
> that it was being done accurately and usefully.
> 
> Carol P
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Martha Burke" 
> <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 11:44 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: K-NFB Reader app question
> 
> 
>> has anybody had success with the KNFB reader Recognising the text on our 
>> Visa debit of the sex cardI cannot get it to recognise it.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4 Jan 2015, at 16:40, Ibrahim Gucukoglu <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Jackie.
>>> 
>>> KNFB will start to read a document as soon as it has recognised text using 
>>> the default voice for that language.  In the case of UK English, it will be 
>>> Daniel, irrespective of which dialect you choose by default or whether you 
>>> are using Alex.  The pause/play button is in the middle of the screen at 
>>> the bottom adjacent to next/previous sentence, and you can turn off the 
>>> automatic reading of text in the settings screen of the app's main window.
>>> 
>>> All the best and I hope this answers your question.
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Brown
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 12:21 PM
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] K-NFB Reader app question
>>> 
>>> I have always been aware of two voices speaking whenever I use the K-NFB
>>> Reader app on my iPhone.  I have Alex as my default voice, but when I load
>>> the app and take a picture, Alex and Daniel speak.  Alex will say something
>>> like "pause" or "play", and Daniel does the reading of whatever I have
>>> scanned.  But Alex can pipe in as well, and I do find it irritating at
>>> times.  I have tried using the app with Daniel as the default voice for
>>> VoiceOver, but I then get two Daniel voices, and one is quite definitely
>>> enough where he is concerned! (smile).  Is there anything I can do to change
>>> this sequence, or is it just one of the things the app does?
>>> 
>>> Kind regards,
>>> 
>>> Jackie Brown
>>> Emails: jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx
>>> thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> jackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Website: www.thebrownsplace.info
>>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>>> Skype: thejackmate
>>> 
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