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iOS 14

Forum Topic by Blackadder on Thursday, April 8, 2021
… hesitant because the only thing that I seem to like is the OCR recognition of the webpages. My questions are as follows: … that some things are read automatically. However when OCR recognition is turned on specifically, I understand that … answer that question. secondly, I'v an IPhone 6s so no OCR capabilities either. yes sometimes there are a lot of …

KNFBReader for IOS - tricky crash on multi pages PDF documents

Forum Topic by Martin Kirchner on Sunday, September 28, 2014
… happen without any problems. So lets put than on the OCR recognition process. The first - lets say - 20 pages …

prismo vs finereader

Forum Topic by Piotr Machacz on Tuesday, December 23, 2014
… Prismo is currently on sale, I'm considering getting an OCR app for my Mac. I have some experience with fine reader … of Prismo for the mac. I will primarily be using it to OCR pdf files, and extract the text from them. … I have never … make a final decision for you and spoon-fed you which OCR app is better because their have too be taken into …

Recognize with VoiceOver the text from an object

Forum Topic by Kostadin Kolev on Friday, October 11, 2024
… object. Is there a way to force VoiceOver to do an OCR on such inaccessible objects? Is it possible to do it? …

Accessible Website/App for Photography?

Forum Topic by Ekaj on Saturday, October 28, 2023
… Hi all. We've talked at length on here about all the OCR apps that are available, and I for one am finding them …

iOS 16.0.2 Text recognition error in screenshot

Forum Topic by HΓΌseyin on Sunday, September 25, 2022
… and makes text recognition very difficult without using ocr. I am using iPhone 13. … The process for recognizing text …

update on Braigo

Forum Topic by Dawn πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦― on Wednesday, May 17, 2017
… a photo and that was successful! While I'll still keep the OCR. app on there as backup and also to use for other stuff, …

prizmo for mac

Forum Topic by Ahmed Hamdy on Saturday, December 12, 2015
… Prizmo on iphone better? i don't know, when i perform the ocr on a photo to export its content fo a txt file, the words …

Apple Highlights 25th Anniversary of the ADA with New App Store Collection

Blog Post by AppleVis on Thursday, July 23, 2015
… * [Prizmo - Scanning, OCR, and … (http://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/lifestyle/prizmo-scanning-ocr-and-speech) * [LookTel Money … Be My Eyes - helping blind see MBraille Prizmo - Scanning, OCR, and Speech ColoredEye Color Identifier Light Detector …

New app for vocalizing text in images

Forum Topic by Nick B on Wednesday, July 15, 2020
… you copy to your clipboard will be scanned via the new OCR on macOS and any text will be read aloud. I think VO does … as a lot of the user interfaces are not text based. With OCR you could navigate around and as long as there is text, …

Considering switching to a mac

Forum Topic by Vireak on Thursday, April 7, 2016
… effectively and productively. Moreover, I heard that the OCR app on the Mac platform is lag behind its window … needs just fine. I really haven't played around with any OCR software, but I understand Abbyy FineReader is … without even installing the driver. There are some free OCR apps and I found them quite accessible. For the editing …

does the latest version of windows work well with bootcamp?

Forum Topic by The Evil Chocolate Cookie on Wednesday, September 9, 2020
… do. I already dread installing an OS with a camera and an OCR app because my camera skills are the absolute worst, but …

Question about plugins in GarageBand

Forum Topic by Alexandra Moldovan on Saturday, April 17, 2021
… it when I pressed VO F2 twice. I even scanned it with OCR, but it didn't show me the prompt again. How can I check …

Le Chat by Mistral AI

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Enes Deniz on Wednesday, August 13, 2025
… certified journalistic sources - Real-time news - Document OCR with multilanguage support - Deep research and advanced … screen that can be toggled are enabled or disabled. The OCR feature sounds promising but I've not tried it yet. … No …

Which iPhone: XS, XR or XS Max?

Forum Topic by Remy on Monday, February 4, 2019
… ... I like many of you like to use magnification apps and OCR recognition. Has anyone noticed a big improvement in this … for taking portrat shots and the like, but in terms of OCR etc they don't make any differemce at all. not that the …

Ally Solos smart glasses

Forum Topic by Tara on Friday, August 15, 2025
… summaries), identify objects around you, will be able to OCR text including signs, will be able to have video … do this. This is what I've been waiting for too, a good OCR feature, and not just summaries. Apparently these glasses … talking about offline capability which I presume to mean OCR for example. This would be a big deal if it worked well …

LAPS - Local Administrator Password Solution: Screen reader do not talk

Forum Topic by Elena Brescacin on Thursday, March 21, 2024
… readers do not talk any longer. JAWS, NVDA, Narrator. JAWS OCR helps a little then, but no feedback is available if …

Image recognition in iOS15

Forum Topic by PinkCupcake5 on Monday, July 19, 2021
… on this? If this is true, this could be huge. Often with OCR apps, I can get the text of things like receipts, but in …

A more positive spin on things

Forum Topic by Brad on Thursday, March 14, 2024
… their research first and don't just rehash the same old OCR app. SO we have new apps with AI functions, awesome! What … a fansy smartboard connection to that device. A local ai/ocr do the text transcription as needed but this will mainly …

Envision AI

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by AnonyMouse on Saturday, November 25, 2017
… Envision is the fastest, most reliable and award-winning OCR app that speaks out the visual world, helping blind and … intelligence (AI) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR). _____________________ What Envision users say about the … text. Our document text recognition is measurably the best OCR currently available. 5. The text recognition tab also has …

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