[Nfbmo] I-Phone could take the win out of KNFB Reader.

[Bryan Schulz]

i didn't exactly hear that tone in this thread.
the creator and direction of the profit and a segment of people may be a 
controversial topic though.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shelia Wright" <sbwright95 at att.net>
To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] I-Phone could take the win out of KNFB Reader.


>I am all for options and for affordability. If the Apple's OCR program is
> comparable or even better than the KNFB Reader that is great. However, the
> fact that the NFB and Kurzweill  has developed the technology through many
> years of work, has in and of itself led to making it possible.
>
> The tone of the posts that the KNFB Reader is a rip off is a bit niave and
> annoying given the years of work I have witnessed. Bravo for the work 
> Apple
> is doing; Bravo that technology is advancing and becoming more affordable;
> Bravo to the pioneers who led the way!
>
> Shelia Wright
>
>
>
>     --Original Message-----
> From: nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Bryan Schulz
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:25 AM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] I-Phone could take the win out of KNFB Reader.
>
> hi,
>
> any chance these phones have an option for not having to pay 30-60 bucks a
> month?
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Olver" <goodfolks at charter.net>
> To: <Blindad at babel-fish.us>; <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: <msb-alumni at googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:17 AM
> Subject: [Nfbmo] I-Phone could take the win out of KNFB Reader.
>
>
>> the I phone will have an OCR  app soon.  thus no need to pay two grand 
>> for
>
>> the kurzweil reader , phone , and talks or moble speak.   the 3 g as well
>> as the new 4g phone will work with  this OCR software. and the I phone 
>> has
>
>> it's own speech software which is FREE. So  go and listen to the file
>> below and see for yourself.
>>
>> SayText is an app designed especially for the visually impaired and by 
>> the
>
>> way, it's free! In a few words to describe it's use, you need to place 
>> the
>
>> iPhone on the center of a document. There's a big button for starting the
>> tool, tap it. ?Slowly elevate the i Phohne upwards from the document 
>> until
>
>> you hear a beep sound - this indicates, that the document is now fully in
>> frame and the camera will shoot automatically, when the picture is stable
>> / focused. ?Now only thing you have to do, is to wait for a few seconds.
>> (You can tap the screen to hear the OCR progress, e.g. OCR 35%). ?When 
>> the
>
>> OCR is ready you can start the voiceover to read the document out loud.
>> The app should come to Appstore in a week or so. There is a website for
>> SayText:
>> http://www.docscannerapp.com/saytext/
>>
>> There's also a video, where Mr. Heikki Ekola, a totally blind person uses
>> it. He's representing the Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired -
>> You can find the video here:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlWJF27IdX4
>>
>> This video is also at the SayText homepage.
>> http://www.docscannerapp.com/saytext/
>>
>>
>> Fred Olver
>>
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