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AI-powered Screen Reader for Mac

Forum Topic by kchro3 on Wednesday, January 3, 2024
… they are dreadful for us. This would go far beyond OCR, it would be able to create objects we can interact with … used on NVDA to see if you can get more info, there's also OCR for both platforms I believe but NVDA's is better as you … screen and update it if it got clicked, like how NVDAs' OCR does it but better. No we'd not be able to play games …

Giving accurate opinions when A.I. is involved

Forum Topic by Siobhan on Monday, June 17, 2024
… I would say it is comparable to some of the more advanced OCR add-ons for Nvda or what is included with Jaws. I would …

Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.1; Bringing both Improvements and New Bugs for VoiceOver Users

Blog Post by AppleVis on Monday, October 28, 2024
… although still some problems in nested lists, and this ocr I mentioned on another thread I don't exactly understand …

Be My Eyes for Windows has launched

Forum Topic by blindpk on Tuesday, May 21, 2024
… if you press certain keyboard shortcut. NVDA's Advance OCR, NAO addon is able to interprit the selected file from …

Basic and advanced iPhone usage, do I need a new phone?

Forum Topic by Khomus on Monday, March 3, 2025
… go for the pro like I'm going to do. I was worried about OCR because I need that, and people were telling me that even …

Is macOS fully accessible for visually impaired?

Forum Topic by Ron s on Monday, February 22, 2021
… But here are some more vantages of windows. NVDA OCR is better. Some laptops have touch strings. But here are …

Why would you get an iPad?

Forum Topic by Mani on Tuesday, October 9, 2018
… AI will work better for me than my flatbed scanner and OCR. I do sound recordings with Audacity, but I'm not a power …

Apple Releases iOS 11.2; Bringing Many Fixes for Braille and VoiceOver Users

Blog Post by AppleVis on Saturday, December 2, 2017
… an unlabeled button in an app VO will automatically do OCR on it and read out any text it finds. This obviously …

What I miss most about iOS, and why I’m still not going back

Forum Topic by Holy Diver on Thursday, June 1, 2023
… do light and money through Seeing AI, along with all the OCR etc. … So android has way more apps like this than iOS … he's put hours into mastering that app. As far as basic OCR, reading food labels/currency and the like I find google … for reading inaccessible PDF stuff, well as great as any OCR app can be. … I actually just got my hands on a Galaxy …

Ethical questions of Speech Central marketing

Forum Topic by Labsii on Thursday, April 27, 2023
… experience. Supersense and Envision even let you perform OCR. As far as I know, VoiceDream Reader used to perform OCR as well but now it no longer does that either, so you …

Could Apple now be rivalled by Google. Google pixel eight improves updates with seven years of android updates, seven years security updates in seven years of features drops

Forum Topic by Dominic on Wednesday, October 4, 2023
… up the Commentary coverage lately. And if you really want OCR throughout the system for now, well... I don't need to …

Introducing WinManager - Utility for easier windows and applications switching and closing

Forum Topic by Adam Samec on Saturday, May 4, 2024
… key always lands JAWS on silence and performing JAWS OCR detects nothing. The other settings listing when …

Microsoft teams

Forum Topic by Siobhan on Wednesday, September 8, 2021
… image in browser and then I can copy it and throw it at my OCR. And for the link I just copied the whole message and …

Introducing Be My Eyes' Virtual Volunteer: A Demonstration of Some Game Changing Real-World Use Cases

Podcast by AppleVis on Thursday, May 4, 2023
… many years and I think it's a wrong take to have. … Both OCR before passing to Open AI and saving photos are on the … confidence and its a problem Be My Eyes are very aware of. OCR is going to help in the short term but in the longer term … dates and anything else given to us especially in the OCR area. It doesn't seem to be able to read text documents …

Why I don't use an iPhone

Forum Topic by Piotr Machacz on Sunday, November 3, 2013
… a portable device. GPS, podcasts, object identification, OCR, color identification, interfacing with a lot of devices … days - WEChat and Viber or w/e. then again, I have some OCR apps, an app to mesure my heartRate and stress, and …

Why users/posters complain so much

Forum Topic by Enes Deniz on Monday, February 3, 2025
… interact with the device. I also do not have issues using OCR-related tools such as Be My Eyes, Seeing AI, Speakaboo, …

Discussion and ideas, How to tell companies like EnVision to G.T.F.O. here with their predatory pricing models.

Forum Topic by Andy Lane on Saturday, September 30, 2023
… the screen shots if you want them and can be bothered to OCR them. The subscription does offer to repair broken …

Reading Bilingual Books on iOS is An Albatross, and Something should be Done about It

Blog Post by Amir Soleimani on Monday, January 29, 2018
… them to readable text via off-the-shelf or specialized OCR apps is a mind-numbing challenge. Of course, the …

We Deserve Better from Apple: Why I Can No Longer Recommend a Mac to Fellow Blind Computer Users

Blog Post by David Goodwin on Sunday, October 8, 2023
… as they are on mac, so prepare to either use a shit ton of ocr and addons to make stuff accessible... but I digress. I'm … You could try JAWS in its demo mode to see if the OCR works for the programs. Would you be able to try a …

Should I Switch to a MacBook After 10 Years of Using Windows #2?

Forum Topic by Kyrylo on Tuesday, October 22, 2024
… now, and since sequoia we seem to have some automatic ocr but I am struggling to trigger it since yesterday but you …

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