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Seeking the Best OCR Scanning App for the Mac

Forum Topic by That Blind Canuck on Tuesday, February 19, 2019
… the scan not being that easy to or make sense. I know that OCR is not perfect and results can vary on the complexity of … I've only used DocuScan Plus, I was curious what other OCR scanning applications others use and find pretty accurate … with scanning and converting documents or books, the best OCR application is ABBYY Fine Reader. I am using it on …

Free OCR App Voice – MASSIVE Update after 2 years

Forum Topic by Shalin Shah on Friday, June 14, 2019
… Hey guys! MASSIVE Update to the Free OCR App Voice. For those of you guys who don't know me or … the summary. Four years ago, when I was 15, I built an OCR app called Voice. I made it completely free, posted lots … mode, and image autocorrection, etc. to offer the best OCR reader experience to you guys for free (compared to very …

OCR App Voice – Another Update (Version 4.1)

Forum Topic by Shalin Shah on Wednesday, June 19, 2019
… do all the reading. 3. Automatic language detection! The OCR will automatically find and detect the language of your …

Take Command in Using Your Voice: OCR Document Reader for iOS

Podcast by AppleVis on Saturday, June 22, 2019
… In this podcast, Thomas Domville revisit the Voice: OCR Document Reader for iOS. Take a picture of anything that … in a matter of seconds. ‎Voice: OCR Document Reader on the App Store: … Voice has performed better than expected in terms of the OCR accuracy as well as in other parts of the app. …

Issues with Prizmo and Fine Reader on the Mac

Forum Topic by Becca on Thursday, December 5, 2019
… and downloaded Prizmo for the Mac because I wanted to use OCR software. I'm confused as to why Fine Reader has you save … exports is blank. Can someone also explain how Prizmo's OCR software works and the steps to start OCR? Thanks. … Hi Becca -- Regarding your blank PDF output in …

VDScan

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by turner42 on Sunday, March 31, 2019
… or additional charges. State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor … - Manual image rotation - Automatic image enhancement OCR - Fast: about a second on the latest iPhone - Offline: … - Change speech rate - Option to start reading as soon as OCR is complete - Spoken word is highlighted in the text or …

New VOCR Released For Catalina

Forum Topic by Chi Kim on Tuesday, October 8, 2019
… that lets you take screenshot of your mac screen, apply OCR, navigate the result, and move the mouse. It's similar to … on JAWS and NVDA. MacOS Catalina finally included the OCR capability in their VisionKit that take advantage of … recommendation about VOCR installation. I want to install OCR on High-Sierra. I try to read through your manual but I …

[Announcement] Release of Prizmo 5 for iPhone & iPad

Forum Topic by rsebbe on Wednesday, August 28, 2019
… Prizmo comes with two new OCRs, we call them on-device OCR and Cloud OCR, the same as in Prizmo Go. The former runs entirely on … in Prizmo 5 with iOS 13, as we are integrating Apple's new OCR (English only, for now), hopefully on day one. Prizmo's …

Please recommend me a scanner to use with macOS Catalina

Forum Topic by Craig D on Monday, October 28, 2019
… isn’t going to work anymore. I am using docuscan for my ocr. Thanks for any ideas! …

Which iPhone: XS, XR or XS Max?

Forum Topic by Remy on Monday, February 4, 2019
… ... I like many of you like to use magnification apps and OCR recognition. Has anyone noticed a big improvement in this … for taking portrat shots and the like, but in terms of OCR etc they don't make any differemce at all. not that the …

latest version of seeing AI crashing

Forum Topic by Troy on Thursday, July 11, 2019
… this app has become because it was once truly the best OCR app out there in my oppinion. Anyone else having these …

Fast and Accurate Scanning with Voice Dream Scanner for iOS

Podcast by AppleVis on Thursday, April 4, 2019
… a recently released OCR app for iOS from the developer of the popular Voice Dream … or additional charges. > State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor … that, that I haven't paid for, that's my primary use for Ocr. apps. I import my photos from my gallery after saving …

SE to XR: benefits from a VoiceOver perspective?

Forum Topic by Brian Giles on Thursday, February 21, 2019
… matter to me, unless it would give me better results with OCR apps. Has anyone found that to be the case? My SE and 5S … have to pay a bit for it. I can't speak to the better OCR since I actually haven't used it much, but I will say for … the XR works much better than the 6S Plus. I imagine OCR will work better also. Hopefully someone can confirm. …

[CLOSED] Cast Your Vote Now for the AppleVis Golden Apples of 2019

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, December 9, 2019
… * [Voice: OCR Document … eader](https://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/productivity/voice-ocr-document-reader) * [Voice Dream …

RetroArch 1.8.2 – making games more accessible for blind people

Forum Topic by Libretro on Thursday, December 26, 2019
… menus and selection screens are becoming accessible using OCR, and more will be possible through the hard work of … for the user interface, and an AI service to perform OCR on video games, allowing blind users of all three major … to dream. … I grew up with older games. I didn't have OCR with them when I was growing up, of course, but now that …

AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for June 2019

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, July 1, 2019
… #### Voice: OCR Document Reader (iOS, US$4.99) > Take a picture of … along, word-by-word. > Key Features: > - New and improved OCR quality! Be amazed with how accurate the app will read … and smart column-based reading- ex: newspapers - Better OCR quality and technology than most other expensive paid …

AppleVis Unleashed June 2019: Just Lost My Mind

Podcast by AppleVis on Sunday, June 30, 2019
… * [Free OCR App Voice - MASSIVE Update after 2 … (https://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-ios-app-discussion/free-ocr-app-voice-massive-update-after-2-years) * [Backgammon …

The AppleVis Community Inducts Voice Dream Scanner and Microsoft Soundscape into its iOS App Hall of Fame

Blog Post by AppleVis on Sunday, June 30, 2019
… or additional charges. > State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor …

AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for March 2019

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, April 1, 2019
… or additional charges. > State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor … 2019) ##### Changes in Version 4.8.0 > VOICE DREAM DOES OCR! > OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition, which is the …

[CLOSED] Vote Now for the 2019 Inductees into the AppleVis iOS App Hall of Fame

Blog Post by AppleVis on Tuesday, June 25, 2019
… around you with the help of artificial intelligence and OCR. Envision is carefully designed with the help of the … or additional charges. > State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor …

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