Cheryl,
No, I agree with you. I probably wouldn't want to scan an entire book with my
iPhone, which is why I was saying that depending on what he needs at for it
might be more or less useful. I have heard of some devices that one can use to
hold a sheet of paper or a book correctly so that you always get a perfect
picture. I wonder how those work!
In my experience results with KNFB reader are consistent when pictures are
good. For example sometimes people have sent pictures to me of newspaper
articles etc., and I have been able to read them that way with no problem at
all. I am traveling most of the time, so this app has saved my life in multiple
occasions reading restaurant menus, and all kinds of other printed Materials
that I find all over the place.
Sent from my iPhone
On 13 Feb 2017, at 17:09, Cheryl Homiak <cah4110@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yeah, I've kind of given up on iPhone and related devices and scanning apps
using cameras. I know they work fine for lots of people but I always find the
results inconsistent no matter what I do and certainly never do I use them
well enough to actually scan a book and get the results I need throughout.
Not at all doubting those of you who find them wonderful; this just doesn't
work for me or rather, it's very inconsistent even with instructions. So I'll
stick to my flatbed scanner until they are no longer available and/or until I
find something I can say works consistently for me.
On Feb 13, 2017, at 2:43 AM, Ignasi Cambra Díaz <ignasicambra@xxxxxx> wrote:
I don't use a scanner often at all, but I understand that there are several
iPhone apps that are very good for this. I do have the cayenne FB reader app,
which is of course very accessible. It allows you to scan documents, and you
can create PDF files with all pages together. Depending on what your needs
are this might be a good alternative for you, especially if you have an
iPhone with a good camera. Text recognition on the cayenne FB reader app is
very good, and it helps you with page orientation etc. to make sure you take
a good picture.
Hope this helps!
Sent from my iPhone
On 13 Feb 2017, at 09:01, Cheryl Homiak <cah4110@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I still use a Canon: 120 at this point though this is not the newest ones. I
think the most portable ones of that type are the ones that have "canon
Canoscan lide" title. The portable mobile ones I know nothing about but
could be really neat if they were accessible. I will be watching this thread.
On Feb 12, 2017, at 9:35 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Might be looking for a scanner again, first tiem since I enetered the Mac
universe. I used to rely on the Cannon line of portable flatbed USB
scanners, but I’ve been reading about those portable/mobile scanners that
you roll over the page. Does anyone have experience with these? Ay thoughts
from both a Mac accessibility perspective and/or their usability without
sight?
LLooks liek some of them come bundled with Iris OCR software, some with ABBY
Finereader, any thoughts either way?
Thanks,
Ian>
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