[blindlaw] KNFB Reader iOS App Now Available for Only $49.99

[Sy Hoekstra]

There's no other charge. It's just an app you buy on the App store. The KNFB
reader is a really high-quality portable piece of OCR equipment that snaps
pictures of documents or other printed text and turns them into readable
text, but now they have an iPhone app, so your iPhone becomes the hardware
you use instead of some other device you need to purchase.  The app is
normally $100. I can't figure out how long the $49 deal is from some quick
google research. And I'm sorry, I don't know if it is available
internationally. You can just search for it in the app store.

All the reviews I have read say it is superior OCR quality to other iPhone
apps, particularly the free ones. But I have not personally compared them
because I have never used OCR apps on my iPhone before.  I have now used it
in the last 24 hours or so to read a number of printed documents, business
cards, and food labels with remarkable accuracy. It can also do OCR on pdf
or image files you get on your phone in an e-mail attachment or something
like that.

There is no net-based saving of documents or anything like that, though you
do have the option to upload any docs you scan in the app to dropbox if you
want, or just save them in the app itself.  And obviously, if you're a cloud
user, the documents will end up there unless you go and exclude the KNFB
reader from the stuff you have that is saved to the cloud.

Here is a lengthy demo from the apple vis people.
http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/demonstration-knfbreader-iphone

Sy

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerard Sadlier [mailto:gerard.sadlier at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 1:07 PM
To: Sy Hoekstra; Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] KNFB Reader iOS App Now Available for Only $49.99

Can you please give some more details, such as:
1. Are there any further charges apart from the 49.99 cost? e.g. Does
one need to purchase a subscription?
2. How documents are processed (over the net or on the phone) and are
there any security concerns with that, given the need to preserve
confidentiality of legal documents?
3. Is this worth getting as against other OCR software and if so, why?
4. How long is the offer on for (why is the offer being made) and is
there a link to it?
5. I'm outside the US and wonder if this would be applicable to me?

Thanks a mill

Ger

On 1/31/15, Sy Hoekstra via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. I was on the fence about buying this.  I just bought
it
> though. It's great.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michal
> Nowicki via blindlaw
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 6:52 PM
> To: 'Illinois Association of Blind Students List'
> Cc: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> Subject: [blindlaw] KNFB Reader iOS App Now Available for Only $49.99
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> If you haven't yet purchased the KNFB Reader iOS app but are interested in
> getting it, now is the time.  For a limited time, the app can be bought
for
> only $49.99.  I got it myself less than five minutes ago.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Michal
>
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