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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 …

AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for February 2018

Blog Post by AppleVis on Thursday, March 1, 2018
… #### Prizmo Go - Instant Text OCR (iOS, Free With In-App Purchases) > Aim at text. Shoot. … and a new, more powerful, built-in neural network-based OCR in more languages. [Read Prizmo Go's AppleVis App …

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 …

How to copy text from Safari

Forum Topic by Parham Doustdar on Wednesday, August 3, 2016
… there is not really anything you can do about it, short of OCR'ing it. … very strange, but wish we have a solution for …

Accessible Audio and EBooks For Free

Guide by Deborah Armstrong on Wednesday, May 15, 2019
… only as pictures of pages, you might be able to use OCR software like the free Seeing AI to read a page at a …

VMWare fusion issue

Forum Topic by JamesPotter on Sunday, May 19, 2024
… it is now trying to use AI to scan the screen instead of OCR. If I press it again it tells me to select a model for … do this on a physical pc and... Good luck. You won't have ocr there. I'm not going to lie, this is laughable. And they … work in the first phaze via changing soundcard etc? Or is ocr the only solution? Not going to lie, part of me wants to …

macOS 14, new VoiceOver features, bugs, etc

Forum Topic by Levi Gobin on Wednesday, June 7, 2023
… Will see if it's better in the next days. … As of yet, V OCR doesn't work for me. I might have to reset VoiceOver. … …

From an iPhone 6S to an iPhone 12; What Should I Expect?

Forum Topic by tunmi13 on Friday, November 19, 2021
… make inaccessible apps more usable with VoiceOver through OCR and machine learning but I haven't tested it yet so I'm …

Productivity on a Mac

Forum Topic by Firebird on Sunday, November 6, 2022
… Advance for your answers. … You'll need either VoiceOver OCR or some sighted assistance to set it up initially, but …

fav news apps for geting news

Forum Topic by Applerocks on Monday, November 2, 2020
… slimmed down version of the NFB Reader app for performing OCR from the camera or documents on your phone. There are …

Is there any software to read text without subscription?

Forum Topic by Sabrina on Wednesday, August 23, 2017
… anyway because they're free. You could try Seeing AI. or OCR Converts Photos Into Text. Here's why I'm unsure about it …

Study tool apps: need your tips

Forum Topic by Shajey on Thursday, February 23, 2012
… such as Epub and PDF, and could provide at least basic OCR features. These would make it a fabulous product for each …

Voice-over having trouble navigating ads in safari in iOS 11 .2

Forum Topic by Ipadman on Wednesday, January 24, 2018
… on the page?! I can think of 1 app that does this & that's OCR. Here's what I do a lot of times. First, I try the scrub …

looking for easy to use faxing app

Forum Topic by carlos on Monday, August 29, 2016
… The scanns were tiff and you could just run them through ocr to read them. I don't use them anymore as I don't fax …

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 …

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