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[Updated] Our 5th Birthday Celebrations have Come to an End; All Giveaway Entries Now Closed and Winners Notified

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, July 20, 2015
… 5. [Prizmo 3 - Scanning, OCR & Speech for Mac OS … s-competitions/applevis-birthday-giveaway-prizmo-3-scanning-ocr-speech-mac) 6. [King of Dragon …

Apple Releases Updated iPod Touch, Shuffle, and Nano Models

Blog Post by mehgcap on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
… iPod Touch 6 is perfect for anyone wanting a way to use OCR apps but who doesn't have an iPhone. Students who need a …

QardioArm wireless blood pressure monitor

Hardware or Accessory Review by Elena Brescacin on Wednesday, June 10, 2015
… multi-lingual and can be read with KNFB reader or similar OCR apps quite easily; the entire user manual stands inside …

AppleVis Unlimited: What's New in Accessible Apps for August 2015

Blog Post by AppleVis on Tuesday, September 1, 2015
… & Have Them Read/Spoken In Many Languages with Fast OCR (Free) > Take a picture of anything that has words on it, … photo library now is compatible with VoiceOver. * Made OCR processing faster. * Better automatic photo capture. * … oice-take-pictures-have-them-readspoken-many-languages-fast-ocr) [Visit Voice's page on the App …

Scanner for iPhone

Forum Topic by Diego on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
… today only. ScanBee is a business scanning app, but has no OCR functionality. http://siteesi.getapp.cc/app/799355420 You might try SayText, if it is OCR you want. Kind regards, Niall … Hello. If looking for a … as well though. … Hello everybody! I wonder scanners with OCR, which is free. … Hello. I think say text might do the …

KNFB Reader dilemma

Forum Topic by AliceP104 on Wednesday, August 5, 2015
… the fact that you already have Prizmo (which is a decent OCR app btw), I would suggest not buying KNFB Reader unless … That $99 can buy more enjoyable and useful things than an OCR app that probably won't work much better for me than … you can successfully use Prizmo for the majority of your OCR tasks, and $99 would be a significant expense for you …

Accessing pdf image files with speech output using VoiceOver or Zoomtext for Mac?

Forum Topic by Eckhardia on Saturday, October 3, 2015

Recap of Apple's 'Hey Siri' Event (September 2015)

Blog Post by mehgcap on Thursday, September 10, 2015
… what I have. … This is either going to improve or ruin OCR. Some background: I used to be lead tech support for OmniPage, a commercial OCR package, whose engine is still used in both OpenBook and Kurzweil. One important thing I learned about OCR is character recognition is based on how the characters …

Questions for choosing my first Iphone

Forum Topic by Ben on Wednesday, November 18, 2015
… kind regards Ben … In my view, better camera equals better OCR, etc. I've got the 5S, have had it for 2 years now, and …

What’s the best choice for a blind user, an iPad or iPad Mini?

Forum Topic by jdiakiw on Thursday, February 26, 2015
… one. I have an iPad Mini and an iPhone 5s. When using OCR apps such as KNFBReader or TextGrabber, there is almost … such as TapTapSee or Be My Eyes may be more forgiving but OCR is so useful... If phone service is not required you can …

Trouble with Mac mail and reading PDF file

Forum Topic by Allan on Tuesday, September 22, 2015
… are not properly formatted and require a third party OCR App, such as Prismo, to access. HTH, even just a little. …

KNFB Reader free trial

Forum Topic by Janice Crosby on Tuesday, September 8, 2015
… to the KNFB reader? … Hi Janice You can try VOICE OCR AND SCANNER This app is free and works good. the results …

can you recommend video recorder for my iphone please

Forum Topic by zdenek on Saturday, March 28, 2015

What is the best option on the Mac for reading textbooks in .docx format?

Forum Topic by Brie96 on Friday, January 23, 2015
… files. The only way that I know of to do this is to use an OCR program, and if you don't already have such a program I … use the office of disabilities services I have to have an OCR program, and I would recommend something like fine reader …

Two New Apps Offer To Be The Eyes Of Blind iPhone Users

Blog Post by David Goodwin on Monday, January 12, 2015
… now have KNFB reader and have used several less effective OCR apps in the past. Even the quality of KNFB reader may not …

What are your “must have” iOS apps?

Forum Topic by Sunshine on Wednesday, July 8, 2015
… podcasts Dark sky- weather TextGrabber plus translator- OCR documents and translate on the fly Dropbox- cloud storage … information RedLaser- bbar code scanner Taptapsee-identify OCR pictures Rev voice recorder- great recorder that syncs to …

Will you buy an iPhone 6s if you have an iPhone 6 for 9 months

Forum Topic by Fiona on Friday, September 11, 2015
… are useless. e.g better cam will make no difference to ocr etc there comes a point where apps like knfb reader could … of available cam pixels to deliver speedy accurate ocr results. anything higher would have the reverse effect. … …

what do you use your iPhones for?

Forum Topic by John Holcomb II on Saturday, February 28, 2015
… music, email, games, health, news,weather, GPS, podcast,OCR, Tap tap see, texting, hotspot, and so much more. It is … makes reading articles easier. lol, the last time I used OCR on anything was Kurzwiel 1000 version 7 maybe. I thought … music text and iMessage. I also use for gps navigation OCr. I also use off course the phone app too. … I use my …

Voiceover With 3D Touch On iPhone 6S/6S+

Forum Topic by Charlie on Thursday, September 10, 2015
… new iPhone has a higher resolution camera, which may allow OCR and bar code reading apps to operate more effectively and …

Evernote Scannable

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by alex wallis on Thursday, January 15, 2015
… in the screen. So I have no idea if this app will actually OCR text or if it just takes a picture and saves it. I …

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