[Electronics-talk] New reading machine and new OCR softwareforiPhone

Mon Dec 15 03:57:56 UTC 2014

Hi,

IOS8.1.2 is fine!  It is more problem free!

Jim

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 14, 2014, at 6:43 PM, George via Electronics-talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> You shouldn't have acessibility problems with this application, because Amedia develops software and hardware for the visually impaired and this application is compatible with VO. However I can't tell for sure if it will work ok on all the new IOS 8 versions, since many bugs have been reported about these new versions.
> 
> It might be a little difficult to properly focus the page with the camera of the iPhone if you are totally blind, though. However I think the same thing might happen with the KNFB reader.
> 
> By the way, has anyone of you updated to IOS 8.2?
> If so, how's your impression of the newest version?
> I saw the message of the new update on my iPhone and the message emphasizes that Apple tests the versions before launching them (I suppose that there might be some problem with the testing methods, or staff, then) and, next, they tell you how to recover the sounds that might have been deleted when you used Apple Store or iTunes with previous versions.
> That message, supposed to make me confident, scared me and I decided to press the cancel button.
> Has anyone updated?
> 
> 
> HTH
> George
> 
> 
>> On 2014/12/14 10:42, wmodnl wmodnl via Electronics-talk wrote:
>> Good evening,
>> I have been able to request a refund for an application as long as I stated that, this was due to an accessibility problem.  Most times, funds were returned to my account within 72 hours. Hope this helps, have a good evening.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On Dec 12, 2014, at 9:55 PM, cheez via Electronics-talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've never heard that about the Google Store relating to the 2 hour window for apps.  That's cool.  Hopefully Apple will apply the same practice some day.
>>> Vince
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 6:26 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New reading machine and new OCR softwareforiPhone
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>>> 
>>>> I'm not sure if this will ever change in Apple, but you can return anything you purchase from the Google Play Store within two hours and get a full refund. This is obviously especially nice if you want to check out an apps accessibility before getting stuck with the bill. BTW, Apple does allow a similar option in countries where the law requires merchants to accept returns for a full refund within a certain time frame.
>>>> 
>>>>> On 12/12/2014 05:53 AM, cheez via Electronics-talk wrote:
>>>>> If there's one drawback with apps its, most don't have trial periods.
>>>>> Perhaps that will change some day.
>>>>> Vince
>>>>> 
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George via Electronics-talk"
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>>>>> "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
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>>>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] New reading machine and new OCR software
>>>>> foriPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi, sorry for cross-posting.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I would like to announce two new products:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1. An iPhone application to read printed material in English, Japanese,
>>>>>> Chinese and Korean; it uses VoiceOver voices.
>>>>>> I haven't bought KNFB reader, so I haven't compare them.
>>>>>> You can buy this application for less than USD30 from the AppleStore.
>>>>>> https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/iyomube/id774360278?l=en&mt=8
>>>>>> 2. YMB, A reading machine that reads printed materials in English,
>>>>>> Japanese, Chinese and Korean. It scans the text and reads with a clear
>>>>>> voice.
>>>>>> Price: USD 2,600
>>>>>> http://www.amedia.co.jp/english/ymbint.html
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>> George
>>>>>> 
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