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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 …

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 …

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 …

switching from SE to SE 2nd generation

Forum Topic by Lou Kolb on Friday, September 3, 2021
… stand which makes positioning the camera easier for OCR is a problem though. Its slot for placing the phone is … turned off the camera is greatly improved great for OCR apps just a few of the updates over the original SE enjoy …

OneStep Reader

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by AnonyMouse on Thursday, September 18, 2014
… speech also fails sometimes when attempting to actually OCR things. Sometimes it works itself out, and sometimes you … iPhone 5S. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a good OCR app. … Tried it on the off chance as I have one, works … accuracy with which KNFB Reader handles most of my daily OCR tasks is a relief. Where I used to schedule a block of …

A Preview of New Accessibility Features Set to Come Later this Year in iOS 11, watchOS 4, tvOS 11 and macOS 10.13 High Sierra

Blog Post by AppleVis on Wednesday, June 7, 2017
… the ability to set in accessibility a print screen to OCR feature. Essentially you could take a screenshot, and, if … enabled, instead of saving it to your camera, it could use OCR to read text and just say it back. This would be very … invisible. I know I can copy the image and drop it into an OCR app of one sort or another, but that is a pain. If I can …

Curious on peoples experiences with using the envision assistant beta.

Forum Topic by Emily Chia on Thursday, May 2, 2024
… amazing but my aim isn't, lol. I've found with all these OCR apps, that one has to more or less be able to point the …

Any Suggestions or Recommendations For Delta Emulator?

Forum Topic by Hannah Main on Friday, May 31, 2024
… was a really sweet addon/extension that gave the emulator OCR capability ingame. I am not sure about the iOS version, …

Lidar, is it worth it?

Forum Topic by DPinWI on Friday, July 2, 2021
… own to help with things like focusing on cameras, better OCR for things farther away, etc. It's not gonna replace a …

will augmented reality replace the iPhone?

Forum Topic by molly on Tuesday, June 13, 2017
… such as NVDA, Voiceover, on-screen Braille keyboards, and OCR software. There are blind folks working for major …

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