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iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Robert Kingett on Tuesday, January 28, 2025
… you will not know what the book is unless VoiceOver OCR reads the cover. Reading a book is impossible. VoiceOver …

Captcha Solving apps and voiceover explanation

Forum Topic by the grumpy apple on Friday, February 21, 2014
… in the towel. Thanks for your suggestions. … try some OCR websites … Hello. You could if you had a mac or windows …

Screen Recognition

Forum Topic by Misty Dawn on Tuesday, July 11, 2023
… almost always makes accessibility worse. It’s designed to OCR the screen and turn items it recognises into usable …

What are the differences between the iPhone 6 and 6s Plus; and is it worth the upgrade?

Forum Topic by Andy B. on Thursday, April 21, 2016
… 3RD Camera 8 vs 12 megapicsels. huge differences when use OCR scanners. 4TH better touch ID sensor second vs 3RD …

Voiceover With 3D Touch On iPhone 6S/6S+

Forum Topic by Charlie on Thursday, September 10, 2015
… new iPhone has a higher resolution camera, which may allow OCR and bar code reading apps to operate more effectively and …

iPhone 6 Or iPhone 6 Plus?

Forum Topic by Daveed Mandell on Monday, September 29, 2014
… it is very possible that that will give us even better OCR results with apps like the KNFB Reader. The 6 by the way … about the battery life. I would be more interested in OCR or image capture. Thanks! … Hello all, Well I now have …

Artificial Intelligence: Which should I choose?

Forum Topic by Brian on Wednesday, November 6, 2024
… that you can actually read. Unlike straight forward OCR which tends to mix up the content on a page. GPT and … or Gemini to analyse images and screenshots and help me OCR stuff, maybe I should give those a shot too. ChatGPT is …

WWDC 23 Keynote: Apple Unveils Platform Updates and Introduces Apple Vision Pro Headset and New Macs

Blog Post by David Goodwin on Monday, June 5, 2023
… the door when I get there, maybe use a cheeky bit of OCR to tell me what signs are, then I get inside and get a … that can do some of the things my phone can do, like the OCR or be my eyes etc. But the envision is cheaper for that …

Anyone here still using Seleste?

Forum Topic by Louise on Saturday, October 26, 2024
… is exactly that. Look and read. … Okay, still no proper ocr though. Hopefully Be My Eyes will resolve this in the …

Exciting Update for Tech Enthusiasts: ARx AI Wearable Camera Now $200 Off!

Forum Topic by Unregistered User on Monday, May 27, 2024
… world has moved on a little. But I would still really like OCR in my Meta glasses please. … While I absolutely agree …

What is Everybody Looking Forward to From Apple's September 12 Event?

Forum Topic by Applerocks on Saturday, September 1, 2018
… said, iOS 12 for me. I'd love to see a greater use for OCR technology with VO, similar to the feature that NVDA can …

Mac for musician - yes or no?

Forum Topic by Patryk M. on Friday, July 5, 2019
… of the time the interface will not be keyboard-accessible. OCR can help in this situation, which is unfortunately not as …

How to Use Live Text on iOS to Extract Text From the Camera and Photos App

Podcast by AppleVis on Wednesday, September 15, 2021
… use of them. … I like having options, so now I have a few OCR apps and will have this function available. … Does this …

Apple Vision Accessibility: The 2024 AppleVis Report Card

Blog Post by AppleVis on Wednesday, February 26, 2025
… alternatives on Windows in terms of features, particularly OCR, screen / image recognition, and performance within … VO. For mac we are still waiting the equivalent of native OCR for documents and apps.” – TheBllindGuy07 β€œI think my … described automatically using Siri or ChatGPT. A good OCR is also needed on Mac. A better way of navigating Mac …

Amazon Echo Frames, Third Generation. A Review from a blindness perspective

Hardware or Accessory Review by DrewWeber on Monday, January 1, 2024
… it have? I mean does it have a screen reader? Book reader? OCR? AI? Face recognition? Could you please expand further on …

A Beginner's Guide to Using iOS with VoiceOver

Guide by Tyler on Monday, October 12, 2020
… and [Voice,](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voice-ocr-document-reader/id903772588) all with their unique … [Envision AI](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/envision-ai-ocr-and-more/id1268632314) have added a new style of …

JAWS to macOS

Forum Topic by Rosie Keast on Monday, August 8, 2022
… office. Also the last versions of JAWS include a very nice OCR which solves almost every reading problems with pdf … with, and transition that way. Also, somebody mentioned OCR in Jaws, but there's an add-on called VOCR that's free …

Rounding Up the "Gather Round" Keynote

Blog Post by mehgcap on Thursday, September 13, 2018
… magnification apps quite frequently, as well as various OCR apps. I'm wondering if better cameras will make text easier for those OCR apps to recognize. Particularly on screens. … Thanks for …

Introducing Eye of Providence, a new iOS app to help the blind identify objects, text and colors

Forum Topic by Eye of Providence on Thursday, November 3, 2016
… aford $100 on an application. On to the results Text/ocr this app bate knfbReader reader,hands down. I didn't take … any in this app. So, if you are like me,and have to use a ocr app to read notices and the like, this app would suit you …

Please read this and help me send it to apple

Forum Topic by Jessica Brown on Saturday, September 7, 2013
… we are making our christmas List, we may as well ask for OCR on graphic controls. This would help us, particularly …

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