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Cannot share KNFB reader with Family Sharing?

Forum Topic by Blind Adrenaline on Wednesday, January 21, 2015
… more than me. The app is fantastic, hands down the best OCR I've used. However, I am not seeing it in the list of …

ABBYY FineReader automatically convert files

Forum Topic by Dennis Westphal on Monday, August 22, 2022
… to be converted into another file format and performed OCR on. The files should be saved under the same name into …

latest version of seeing AI crashing

Forum Topic by Troy on Thursday, July 11, 2019
… this app has become because it was once truly the best OCR app out there in my oppinion. Anyone else having these …

Some questions on ZoomReader

Forum Topic by Shersey on Sunday, February 26, 2012

KNFBReader iOS App Announced for $99

Blog Post by Michael Hansen on Sunday, July 6, 2014
… PowerPoint slides, from up to 25 feet away. - Scanning and OCR for PDF documents. - A "Field of View" report for … demo was impressive...and that's putting it mildly. The OCR was very good, even on the PowerPoint slide scanned at 25 … languages" and translation between them, as well as OCR of PDF documents. … if it was 2010. Things have moved on …

scanning to PDF

Forum Topic by Lola on Wednesday, December 6, 2017
… document scanned and emailed ASAP. I'm not bothered about OCR, just need a PDF. I'm using an epsom scanner with mac …

Talking Camera Pro for visually impaired/blind,

Forum Topic by MarkSarch on Thursday, August 9, 2012
… this new app! I didn't purchase because I do have all of OCR and scanners apps on my iOS device, I couldn't have … that, it looks very similar to what we have scene in other ocr apps and in the camera app. When you are taken into the …

several IPhone questions

Forum Topic by lovable rogue on Monday, December 30, 2013
… only read one line of text. Does anyone know of a better OCR app for a blind user? I am trying to use digit-eyes, …

Announcing our most Predictable Editorial Team Pick of the Month to Date

Blog Post by AppleVis on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
… an honorable mention this month is TextDetective , an OCR scanning application developed specifically for the … users are saying that this is the most usable and accurate OCR app currently available. Again, this will be another app … app went to very inaccessible. And the "most accurate" OCR app is not even talked about anymore. …

Simple Scan β€’ Quick Scanner

iOS and iPadOS App Directory by Scruffy Ted 🧸 on Friday, March 22, 2024
… thanks to automatic Optical Character Recognition (OCR) * Built for simplicity. Just scan and send -- no … feature. The app does not allow the user to listen to the OCR version of the scanned image before saving it. Viewing of …

iPhone 7 plus vs. 8 plus

Forum Topic by Owen7668 on Thursday, September 21, 2017
… for the visually impaired including voice dream reader, OCR scanners, and Blindsquare which iPhone do you believe …

Coming to macOS from Windows

Forum Topic by user26335377 on Saturday, September 10, 2022
… user configuration. 4) Is there something like built-in OCR on intel-based models? Something similar to NVDA+R on … on the web. Thanks in advanced. … there is no build-in OCR on macOS. there is VOCR, but i haven’t used it in a while …

[CLOSED] Vote Now for the Next Inductee into the AppleVis iOS App Hall of Fame

Blog Post by AppleVis on Friday, August 8, 2014
… Room MBraille Newsify Papa Sangre II Prizmo - Scanning, OCR, and SpeechΒ  Seeing Eye GPS Solara The Inquisitor …

Scanners What to look for when buying one

Forum Topic by blindgator on Friday, February 22, 2013
… have never had a scanner, and don't find any of the Iphone OCR apps work to my liking. I am looking to get a scanner …

Seeking recommendations for a good and accessible wireless printer/scanner

Forum Topic by Faceless1 on Tuesday, February 9, 2016
… price premium to pay for having it. Fast and accurate OCR scanning for use with Prizmo is essential. Also important …

Most suitable Mac Book for no vision/blind user?

Forum Topic by JayBlind on Thursday, December 17, 2015
… P.S. recommendations for any ACCURATE (crescendo) OCR software like Kurzweil will be greatly appreciated!!! …

Be My AI, a scanning app, something else?

Forum Topic by Khomus on Wednesday, March 27, 2024
… so I'm wondering if a scanning app would be better for the OCR part, to deal specifically with the text. So I'm not sure … in a grid and they are so close together I would say any OCR scanning software would have a hard time defining each …

Fast and Accurate Scanning with Voice Dream Scanner for iOS

Podcast by AppleVis on Thursday, April 4, 2019
… a recently released OCR app for iOS from the developer of the popular Voice Dream … or additional charges. > State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even in poor … that, that I haven't paid for, that's my primary use for Ocr. apps. I import my photos from my gallery after saving …

Accessible midi keyboard

Forum Topic by TheBlindGuy07 on Monday, March 4, 2024
… accessibility rating on both windows and mac with any ocr I've tried. I know that daw like GarageBand and reaper …

Returning to an iPhone: need to clarify a few things

Forum Topic by Pranav Lal on Friday, September 17, 2021
… 4. A little face time. 5. Very limited browsing. 6. OCR mainly of sign boards and sometimes of paper stationary. …

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