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Am I alone in preferring Windows?

Forum Topic by Chamomile on Wednesday, August 9, 2023
… fun of them just because of their choice. … I know Windows OCR may not be as functional as the image description feature … Scivener. @Enes Deniz : As far as I'm concerned, Windows OCR doesn't do image description and I don't think there's … there.... yet. At least not for the sightless. Regarding OCR for Windows.. NVDA has you covered: Screenshot Wizard: …

Reaper or Logic Pro

Forum Topic by Unregistered User on Sunday, November 28, 2021
… you use an audio interface, you earn access to sibiac, ocr and other stuff that will make your workflow better and … being much more responsive than on Windows. Regarding OCR, it's true that there is no Sibiac or LDL for Mac, so if … by what I read on a mailing list. However, the Mac OS OCR works much better than either the Microsoft OCR uses or …

AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for April 2020

Blog Post by AppleVis on Friday, May 1, 2020
… Using the iPhone camera, smart artificial intelligence and OCR, Envision is designed and tested with input and support …

ZDSR screen reader: questions

Forum Topic by Tara on Wednesday, January 29, 2025
… quite capable for otherwise inaccessible situations. In OCR mode you can click accurately to the level of characters. … hear "graphic" with no alt text. Just press that combo. OCR works that way too, in fact image descriptions are considered a special mode of OCR. - super simple chat AI dialog with Vivo language model: …

Summary of Apple's 2021 Worldwide Developers Conference Keynote Presentation

Blog Post by AppleVis on Tuesday, June 8, 2021
… anywhere. … Most features in this category (such as VO OCR and Live Text), require a device with the A12 Chip or …

Introducing Envision Glasses

Forum Topic by Karthik Mahadevan on Monday, April 6, 2020
… etc. people forget how far we have come, but things like ocr and simple accurate face recognition are abundant and … I love the Envision app. I use it more than any other OCR app 0 and I've got a fair number of them. I also love the …

Envision's Summer Sale and Extended Free Trial

Forum Topic by Karthik Mahadevan on Thursday, August 1, 2019
… … Envision has taken over as my primary OCR app of choice, and I've got quite a few at this point. … … While one highlight of Envision AI is it's fantastic OCR, that's not the only thing it can do, and while Seeing AI …

Exchanging Iphone 13 pro max with basic 15, will it worth doing this?

Forum Topic by Ramy on Thursday, January 9, 2025
… Also, I'm not sure how much a single camera will impact OCR/AI field of view. Are all cameras wide angle now? I've … my iPhone once. And I do quite a bit with my iPhone. I use OCR services such as Be My Eyes, and Seeing AI. I listen to a … people saying how the pro model phones have much better OCR capabilities than the single camera devices. I say nay. …

God has failed him and Windows has failed me

Forum Topic by Maldalain on Wednesday, May 8, 2024
… Another thing that was a nightmare with macOS, was the OCR lack of thing. With JAWS (i don't like NVDA even when I use it for certan ocations) I have an OCR tool with it since like 5 years ago, so when ever I have … I just start the JAWS built-in tool to convert pdf with OCR, and I have just to wait some seconds, maybe 2 minutes if …

All the XCiting News from Apple's September 12 Event

Blog Post by mehgcap on Wednesday, September 13, 2017
… I'm wondering how much better using a magnifying app or an OCR app will be with a better camera! I am very concerned … improvement for the iphone x positively effect OCR. Of course, this will depend on developers trying to take … of it, but is it a possibility? I have never don much ocr with the iphone, so I am asking the question as someone …

Accessible washing machines

Forum Topic by Fredrik Andersson on Thursday, October 26, 2023
… wondering if any of you have had good luck with any of the OCR apps? I'm planning to try out the ones which I currently …

Talking goggles app

Forum Topic by touch in action on Saturday, May 4, 2013
… that much affect. Thanks … Impressed with this app and the OCR. I am still yet to get more use to being able to detect …

New betas are out for iOS, tvOS, watchOS, macOS, and visionOS.

Forum Topic by Levi Gobin on Wednesday, February 7, 2024
… opinion almost mor importent than the screen recognition ocr for apps on ios. Thanks all! :) 3 feedbacks in 1 days …

Next iPhone upgrade

Forum Topic by Evermore2020 on Friday, March 17, 2023
… the better sensor on the pro will make much difference in OCR apps or Aira calls, we've already kind of hit bottlenecks …

Recommendation about buying of new iPhone after the Apple event 2018

Forum Topic by Anders Boholdt-Petersen on Saturday, September 15, 2018

Apple Crunch February 2025: The Most Expensive Cheap iPhone Yet

Podcast by AppleVis on Friday, March 7, 2025
… you're going to have some issues with that performing OCR on certain documents. It just depends on the distance. If … a look at other options in order to get, for example, your OCR example done. I would imagine for people who have some … absolutely. It's a major concern for those of us who use OCR as blind people. You have to know going in that that …

What's New in iOS 11 Accessibility for Blind, Low Vision and Deaf-Blind Users

Blog Post by Scott Davert on Tuesday, September 19, 2017
… text, where iOS will sometimes recognize text and perform OCR on it. It is not, however, a function that works across …

AppleVis Unlimited: What's New in Accessible Apps for June 2016

Blog Post by AppleVis on Friday, July 1, 2016
… (Traditional), Japanese and Korean. * Employs an excellent OCR technology powered by ABBYY. > How to Use: > 1. Open the …

Quick Tip: Setting Up Your iPhone For Use With Apple Pay

Podcast by AppleVis on Wednesday, October 22, 2014
… is an inconvenient for me, especially at times that the OCR is not reading the information correctly. Overall, as …

EchoVision by Agiga.ai

Forum Topic by kevinchao89 on Friday, October 4, 2024
… people descriptions, live AI assistance, and word-by-word OCR reading. Of course, we also received valuable feature … features. I also like the idea of live scene description. OCR would be useful to me as well. They aren't perfect, but … have convinced me. Loving the demos of facial recognition, OCR, and live scene detection. More than that, I love how you …

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