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exploring career options related to the use of Apple products

Forum Topic by Daniel Angus MacDonald on Tuesday, August 17, 2021
… as JAWS, NVDA, Talkback, braille displays and more (think OCR apps or devices or other items used for identification). …

reading a normal scale with an Iphone?

Forum Topic by Exodia on Wednesday, June 29, 2022
… uses the phone's camera to capture real time video and OCR any text as you move the camera. Hope that helps. --Pete …

Using Parallels for Mac (2022)

Forum Topic by Matthew Whitaker on Saturday, June 18, 2022
… VM down without VOCR. This shouldn't scare you though, the OCR is really good and not hard to use at all. About 2 screen … MacBook air. Regarding Parallels 18, I did end up using VO OCR to set things up, which works quite well up until you get … have to click accept. Hitting accept with the aid of VO OCR yielded nothing, so I had to have sighted assistance for …

Apple Previews New Accessibility Features Coming This Year, Including Expanded Image Recognition Capabilities for VoiceOver Users

Blog Post by AppleVis on Wednesday, May 19, 2021
… us to use them. … I'm really excited about the ability to OCR a receipt and navigate it as a table. This has been a long-standing OCR issue and I'm glad to see Apple step up and fix this … to be navigated as tables reminds me that we also need OCR enhancements to improve navigation of restaurant menus. …

Using macOS voiceover for academic study

Forum Topic by White Stick Bloke on Saturday, July 3, 2021
… reading. It may also be necessary to invest in a "proper" OCR program like Fine Reader or IRIS Reader, which would … for casual reading. However, I still end up using OCR software like Kurzweil 1000 or Jaws convenient OCR on just about every PDF document, because of the font …

Envision AI is now free!

Forum Topic by KE8UPE on Thursday, July 21, 2022
… kinks. It will get better, be patient. … When it comes to OCR. apps lSeeing AI and Envision, etc, I think it's always … be document scanning or image analysis and description and OCR. I don't think you can have too many OCR. apps on your device. Because some work great with some …

Braigo - New free web app to parse text on images

Forum Topic by IV Productions on Monday, August 22, 2016
… example, KNFBReader for iOS which uses a mobile variant of OCR technology also used in FineReader for the Mac. • The …

HuggingSnap: On-device Visual Assistant

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Matt M on Wednesday, March 19, 2025
… and even Siri integration, if applicable • Have OCR functionality in multiple languages and scan PDFs • Have …

Let's Explore How AI Can Make Our Tech More Accessible

Blog Post by Lysette Chaproniere on Wednesday, January 31, 2024
… Before Be My AI, I would have had either to scan this with OCR, or do a google book search for the content on the page, … and finereader on Windows are well and truly gone. Even OCR on Windows 11 doesn't come close. I haven't properly … between me scanning a PDF on Windows with JAWS and NVDA OCR versus Be My Ai is unbelievable. It's like night and day. …

iPhone SE 2nd Generation

Forum Topic by Tejas V Karanje on Monday, November 8, 2021
… apps like Seeing AI, Voice Dream Reader/Scanner, Voice OCR, Maps for navigation, BARD Mobile, Kindle, an app to … very much, as I don't take photos, I find it works well in OCR apps such as SuperSense and Seeing AI. … so the official …

Accessing what's on a medication label: is there an app for that?

Forum Topic by Brian Giles on Sunday, July 2, 2017
… OTC. or not. I know that I could probably use any OCR. app such as OCR Converts Photo Into Text, or Braigo, or Be My Eyes. But, …

Once again, looking for a game like those in the Legend of Zelda series that's accessible on iOS

Forum Topic by Ashleigh Piccinino on Wednesday, February 10, 2021
… like to see where Nate goes next. … You can use the screen OCR thing on IOS if you have the phone but that still won't …

What is the latest on accessible exercise equipment?

Forum Topic by Unregistered User on Wednesday, July 19, 2023
… out, but I'm wondering if Seeing AI or one of the other OCR apps would work on any exercise machines. I've used a few …

NFL Football Games for Voice Over Users

Forum Topic by Sports Lover Dave on Saturday, June 15, 2019
… and it has more memory in the system for that. I used my OCR from NVDA, it seems to work better than Jaws. I am able …

Seeking tips for taking and editing selfies

Forum Topic by Kelsey on Saturday, January 2, 2016
… aren’t really for blind people, unless you’re doing OCR. I’m sorry, but that is honest truth … Why not for blind …

If someone asked you to show me why mac is amazing, what would you do/show them?

Forum Topic by Brad on Thursday, October 26, 2023
… users could do without. Natively, NVDA has a basic OCR by pressing NVDA + "r". However, there are a number of OCR add-ons that blow anything else, on any other system, out … I use in reaper never once have I needed to rely on ocr or a third party addon to access the pluggin as far as …

Whats better, Windows with JAWS or a Mac with VO?

Forum Topic by Khafsa2015 on Sunday, May 27, 2012
… guy showing me one screen reader, one notetaker and one OCR software package. I work in the field now and I would … be checking out multiple screen readers, the Mac/PC issue, OCR options, book reading and note taking options, and … only raved-about feature JAWS can clame for an update is OCR support, then something is way wrong. They should have …

Looking at creating an IOS app, any ideas?

Forum Topic by Tristo on Tuesday, November 22, 2022
… that would read those segmented digital displays. Current OCR apps can read printed and handwritten text very well, but … be a quite challenging task, as we all know that kind of OCR hasn't been accomplished yet. Doesn't mean maybe it can …

Are there any apps that make it easier to use electronic appliances?

Forum Topic by Emre on Tuesday, June 4, 2019
… doesn't necessarily mean the app will work with voiceover. OCR apps on phones like Seeing AI can help. If it's a … I have to get assistance from a sighted person because an ocr app wouldn't help. I avoid buying unusable appliances and …

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 …

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