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App to ID Credit and other Cards

Forum Topic by Linda on Friday, June 30, 2017
… got a labeler, I'd put a label on it. Also, I'd try the OCR Converts text into photo app. It's free, and it has pretty good OCR. That way you can take a pic and either store it in your …

Messed up my new Apple TV and now Voice OVer will not start

Forum Topic by Barefooted Ray on Wednesday, November 26, 2014
… TV didn't switch the HDMI input automatically? Could you OCR the screen to make shure it doesn't display any error … … Hi, Tried all that just like you said. I did attempt the OCR of the screen and all I got was the single word …

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 …

Recommended apps and workflows for digitally archiving printed documents?

Forum Topic by Pilgrim Pete on Wednesday, May 11, 2022
… for any pointers ☺️ … There are plenty of apps for doing OCR, and plenty of apps for making PDF's to preserve the …

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. …

Scanning Software Suggestions

Forum Topic by MESample on Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Seeing AI vs Envision AI vs KNFB reader

Forum Topic by shanti on Monday, January 6, 2020
… but only that really. It's fast and you can do Offline OCR so it's a bit more secure. Beyond that though it's not at … I have Seeing Ai. as my primary use app, I do have other Ocr. apps on my ipad. And I think every app has it's strong & … but remember that this was one of the first really good OCR apps that came to smart phones. Back in the day, the …

Apps freezing on status bar since installation of iOS 14.6

Forum Topic by Doll on Wednesday, June 30, 2021
… where you can make some apps work with it on, screen OCR? … Hi, This is Screen recognition. Two ways to fix. 1 …

Problem with some pdf files

Forum Topic by Diamond tears on Saturday, August 20, 2022
… to extract text out of the document, or use a third-party OCR app like [Voice Dream …

Introducing Find - an app to find text in real life, like Command+F but for anything printed

Forum Topic by Zheng on Thursday, April 8, 2021
… on reading your description of the app, it sounds like an OCR. app. Is this true? Can you use it on say, memes for …

Safari STILL not responding

Forum Topic by Unregistered User on Wednesday, July 13, 2022
… is not responding, i took a picture of the screen and OCR it, the page loaded just fine. so safari was responding …

Twitter posts embedded in news articles β€” navigation strategies?

Forum Topic by Justin_B on Monday, August 30, 2021
… is the accessibility can vary depending on how well VO can OCR them. If the entire Twitter post could be presented in a …

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 easiest to learn, fastest to use, A I scanning app for the blind?

Forum Topic by Bruce Harrell on Saturday, December 30, 2023
… Regarding your keys, the Camera app now has a really sweet OCR system now, and could potentially help with finding … with sensitive info like bank account details etc. The OCR options like Short Text in Seeing AI are much more …

Audubon apps vs ibird apps

Forum Topic by Yiskalyn on Sunday, September 30, 2012
… "button". Β If you do a screen capture and send this to an OCR app like TextGrabber, you can find out that these buttons …

Introducing Navidys and Scandys iOS / macOS; and seeking feedback

Forum Topic by MichaΓ«l Dardol on Monday, April 5, 2021
… Voice Over, but when you have a paper document you need an OCR scanner. To be able to use it, Scandys is fully usable …

running android apps under mac os

Forum Topic by Niklas on Monday, November 21, 2022
… download android accessibility sweet and a tts Using NVDA OCR i was able to do it but it was vary difficult … Is that …

Need some help from gamers

Forum Topic by Lennon on Tuesday, January 7, 2020
… else to check out is the new RetroArch, which builds some OCR functionality into a games emulator. Your brother could …

which ios native apps do you still use?

Forum Topic by LaBoheme on Friday, September 21, 2018
… then select them. And I've got apps that do other things OCR. related with my photos if needed. And to create more …

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