[Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: KNFB Reader App

[jill]

Hi,

Did anyone get a chance to see a demo of this app at convention?  Sounds
very cool.

Jill

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Issac Beavers [mailto:Beavers.Isaac at aidb.state.al.us] 
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 1:52 PM
To: Glenda Anderson
Cc: Jennifer,Lewis
Subject: KNFB Reader App

 

KNFBReader iOS App Announced for $99 

Submitted by Michael Hansen on 6 July, 2014 - 16:15 and last modified on 7
July, 2014 - 13:06

 

 

K-NFB Reading Technology has today announced a wealth of information about
the upcoming KNFB Reader ions app.

 

The KNFB Reader iPhone app, which is expected to be available to the public
in late August for $99, was demonstrated at the 74th annual convention of
the National Federation for the Blind (NFB), a membership organization of
blind people in the United States.

 

Some of the features of the KNFB Reader iPhone app include:

 

*Recognition of PowerPoint slides, from up to 25 feet away.

*Scanning and OCR for PDF documents.

*A "Field of View" report for documents.

*A book scanning mode for quickly scanning many pages.

*The ability to navigate text by word, sentence, etc.

*The ability to save in a variety of file formats, including PDF.

*The ability to scan business cards and save to contacts

*Recognition and translation between different languages.

 

 

Issac Beavers,  M. Ed., CRC 

Director,

AIDB Huntsville Regional Center

600 Saint Clair Ave. Bldg #2

Huntsville, AL 35801

256-539-7881

Case Manager for Blind

AIDB Shoals Regional Center

256-383-3503