[il-talk] Fwd: KNFB Reader App $74.99 TODAY

[Denise Avant]

Denise R. Avant
President, National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois
Live the life you want



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> Date: December 23, 2014 at 9:44:07 AM CST
> From: Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors <icbv at sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors <icbv at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: KNFB Reader App $74.99 TODAY
> To: "icbv at sbcglobal.net" <icbv at sbcglobal.net>
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> I just received an e-mail from one of the groups that I am on.  They said that the KNFB Reader App is only $74.99 today.  I verified it, it's usually $99 so if you have thought about getting it now's the time.  This is a great tool to be able to take a picture of anything written in standard text and it will read it back to you.
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> Here is the description of the app:
> The highly anticipated KNFB Reader converts printed text into high quality speech to provide accurate, fast, and efficient access to both single and multiple page documents with the tap of a button on the iPhone. Picture accuracy is facilitated by a Field of View Report, Automatic Page Detection, and Tilt Control. Our app allows users to capture pictures of virtually any type of printed text, including mail, receipts, class handouts, memos and many other documents that you may encounter. Proprietary document analysis technology determines the words and reads them aloud to the user with high quality text-to-speech and Braille access. Individuals with print disabilities will benefit from the synchronized speech and text highlighting capabilities. KNFB Reader will revolutionize access to print materials for the mobile professional and busy student by providing advanced state of the art mobile reading technology in a single hand-held device.
> Features: • Fast, accurate, and efficient mobile text recognition that delivers near instantaneous results. • Reading modes for books, articles and labels, bills and memos. • Synchronized text highlighting with high quality speech and Braille output. • Field of view report to assist with aligning the camera relative to the document. • Tilt guidance feature to assist with capturing the perfect picture of a document. • Automatic text detection to enable hands-free operation. • Ability to import, OCR, and read image-based pdf and jpg files • Export txt and html formatted text files to cloud storage services including Dropbox and Google Drive. • Batch scan mode to process and read multiple pages. • Recognize and read text in multiple languages; please visit our website for details. • Tap and read function. • Additional features including language translation, text editing, and more coming soon.
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> Here is a link on the app:
> http://youtu.be/cS-i9rn9nao <http://youtu.be/cS-i9rn9nao> 
> Thank you, 
> Kathy Ungaro
> 
> Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors 
> 53 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 502 
> Chicago, IL 60604 
> (630)234-4444 
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