[Blindtlk] A Useful App that may have been Forgotten

[Mike Freeman]

The two apps have different purposes. Talking goggles is good for reading computer screens and other  such materials or you're just trying to figure out what's going on. The reader works better for real formatted text documents.

Mike Freeman


> On Aug 23, 2015, at 01:17, justin williams via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for the talking goggles update.  Does anyone know how it works on
> the iPhone campaired to the KNFB?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sherri via
> blindtlk
> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 4:14 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] A Useful App that may have been Forgotten
> 
> I really didn't understand how to use Talking Goggles. So it wlil
> automatically read the text? You don't have to take a picture? That's cool! 
> I'll try it again. Thanks.
> 
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Szostak, Christine via blindtlk" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: <acb-l at acblists.org>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Szostak, Christine" <szostak.1 at buckeyemail.osu.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 1:57 AM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] A Useful App that may have been Forgotten
> 
> 
> Hi All,
>  I know that when the KNFB Reader app came out, for those with devices, 
> this was fantastic. Prior to this, many of us used things like Text 
> Detective... which were not optimal options for the blind as you needed to 
> be really good with the camera and knowing where the text was located.
> 
>  One app that also came out before the reader was that of Talking Goggles. 
> When I got the Reader, this app sort of went off of my radar as likely, it 
> did for many of you.
> 
>  However, of late, I have found myself getting a little frustrated with the
> 
> Reader, especially as I use it on an iPod instead of an iPhone and thus it 
> is slower and can mess up a bit more.
>