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Is there an app that will use an iPhone’s camera to recognize and speak text in real-time?

By Charlie, 19 February, 2017

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Is there an app that can read text to me in real time, by pointing my phone camera at it, for example, restaurant menus? Using Voiceover. IOS10.2 and IPhone 6S Plus.

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There are several of them

By Mani

6 years 9 months ago

You can find a plethora of apps. Names that come to mind are Text Detective, VoiceCam, Voice, KNFB Reader and many others. And I think KNFB Reader is by far the best.
I hope this helps.

Realtime

By Tangela

6 years 9 months ago

Hi,

I've also been looking for something like this. I don't think any of the apps you mention work in real-time. I'm thinking more of something like google goggles, which seems to be defunct now, that scans and reads detected text in realtime but doesn't stop the scan to process or after it detects text.

What about Identifi or Text Grabber?

By Jeff

6 years 9 months ago

I haven't actually used these apps, but I'm thinking Identifi and Text Grabber claim to do what you want.

Talking Goggles

By Esan

6 years 9 months ago

The app Talking goggles will do that. It used to be a lot faster than it is now though. There is a paid and a free version. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talking-goggles-a-camera-with-speech/id602999586?mt=8. Follow Blind_iPhone on Twitter.

I deleted goggles from my

By Justin

6 years 9 months ago

I deleted goggles from my device. I find that Identifi does what I need to do, plus tap tap see works well most of the time

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