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iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Enes Deniz on Monday, November 20, 2023
… own styles to offer descriptions. The app also supports OCR functionality, and can scan images or PDF's for text. …

Upgrade to the IPhone 7 or wait for the IPhone 8?

Forum Topic by Nancy on Friday, September 30, 2016
… lens. The 7 plus has two. So, image stabilization for OCR is improved. This is just my opinion, so take it how you …

any new third party speech synthesizer or voices will be released soon

Forum Topic by ming on Tuesday, November 1, 2022
… actually be nice to be able to use picture smart on iOS, OCR on iOS, (come on apple add that) as well as many other …

Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 13.1.2 With Camera, iCloud Backup, Flashlight, Shortcuts Fixes and More

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, September 30, 2019
… dev about it already & so far no word. I'm using another Ocr. app for the time being. It'd be nice 2 know if that call …

LetSeeApp

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Muhammad Gagah on Thursday, February 7, 2019
… amount of info off of my plastic cards. All the other OCR options that are good enough to have any chance of doing …

What do you wish developers knew? (straight from you to their ears next week)

Forum Topic by Duncan Babbage on Monday, August 26, 2019
… long explanation.) " Virtual screen (member function): The OCR recognizes the content on the screen, displays the result …

Windows on Mac: A Couple of Questions

Forum Topic by Joseph Westhouse on Thursday, February 12, 2015
… maybe because I use Windows in Bootcamp to do intensive OCR stuff. Still I am wondering why it is totally different …

AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for April 2017

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, May 1, 2017
… account subscribers will also enjoy higher quality OCR and be able to upload tracks from physical worksheets and …

Ideas on home screen layout, various tips and tricks, etc?

Forum Topic by shakyJake213 on Monday, December 9, 2024
… shortcut is the new Quick Describe with Speakaboo, and OCR type of application similar to Be My AI. The latest …

Purchased a Google Pixel 9 Pro and have a few questions

Forum Topic by Victor Dima on Saturday, February 1, 2025
… quality. … I really like google lookout as a purpose built OCR and food label reader, think Seeing AI although they may …

Apple Disappoints, As Do Other Companies..

Forum Topic by Siobhan on Thursday, March 28, 2024
… trouble pointing a camera just the right way to get good OCR or AI. I’ve gotten a lot better but I’m still not great. …

Apple Releases iOS 12; Bringing New and Enhanced Features and Performance Improvements

Blog Post by AppleVis on Friday, September 14, 2018
… you can do with apps such as Seeing AI. and other assorted OCR. apps? Thanks in advance! … I’ve just updated my iPhone …

macOS with VoiceOver Versus Windows with JAWS Screen Reader

Forum Topic by Brandon X on Friday, November 9, 2018
… to use them with VoiceOVER this includes productivity to OCR I hope this answers your questions n … As previous …

Meta's Smart Glasses Gain Live AI and Live Translation

Forum Topic by Oliver on Tuesday, December 17, 2024
… to use the video function? … One more question… has the OCR functionality improved with the video? … Hello guys! So I … for me. And they may just be for you too! Regarding OCR, I find it can indeed detect and speak text. It's tricky …

Should I Switch to a MacBook After 10 Years of Using Windows?

Forum Topic by Kyrylo on Wednesday, October 9, 2024
… If you can find some way of doing that, or create an OCR program kind of like VOCR, which I still have issues … papers. So do keep this in mind. Also there are more OCR tools on Windows, including Be My Eyes for PC as well as …

Apple Arcade Anyone?

Forum Topic by ming on Friday, September 20, 2019
… an XBox being able to play games ‘decently” via the use of OCR with a Windows screen reader, and folks are also trying … to play sighted games via an Android screen reader with OCR (I won’t mention its name here for the 3rd time), why …

What enhancements or features would you like to see integrated in iOS 19, MacOS 19, iPad, and iOS 19?

Forum Topic by Dennis Long on Saturday, February 1, 2025
… and this is sometimes really helpful at giving me the OCR of an image, but pretty useless for anything else. And it … we don't want. Magnifier with door detection is nice, the OCR is okay… But it seemed to have more value for promotional … users. We have Seeing AI which does a far better job of OCR. But, again, this isn't accessibility specific. Apple …

Introducing Envision Assistant Beta

Forum Topic by Karthik Mahadevan on Wednesday, April 17, 2024
… the Envision AI app can be technically be defined as an OCR wrapper. However, the interaction and application around … answers. So when you need to read a text, we call upon our OCR model, when you need to recognise a person, we call our …

iPhone 16 pro camera features: any benefits for blind users?

Forum Topic by Alana on Sunday, September 15, 2024
… with other features like those built into the phone or OCR in other apps I don't know. Also, I wonder how much …

No sound when attempting to install Windows 11, VMware Fusion-13.5.0

Forum Topic by overflowed buffer on Sunday, February 25, 2024
… Windows 11 on his M1 MacBook Pro. If you don't want to use OCR, try connecting a USB audio device directly to the …

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