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<b><i>Award-Winning Text Recognition App that Gives the Blind Access to
Print Now Available on Android<br>
</i></b>We are happy to announce the release of the new KNFB Reader app
for Android. The 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. First
released for iOS in 2014, the app is now available for purchase in the
Google Play app store. It offers a “try before you buy” option of
25 scans free of charge. Additionally, to celebrate the Android
release, the KNFB Reader app will be available for a very limited time on
both iOS and Android platforms for $74.99, a savings of 25% off the
regular price. <br>
Why this app? The KNFB Reader is an easy, fast, accurate, and
efficient text recognition mobile app that delivers near instantaneous
results. Tired of being unsure what’s been charged to your credit
card? Want to know who sent you that package? Need nutritional
information from a food label? Find a book that’s not available on
NLS? Buy a new appliance and want to access the user’s
manual? KNFB Reader is your go-to: it has reading modes for
books, articles and labels, and bills and memos. Worried
about getting a good photo of your text as a blind
person? KNFB Reader provides a field of view report and
tilt guidance for more accurate capturing of print in the photograph, as
well as automatic text detection. You’ll get the right photo; KNFB
Reader will help you. The app allows for high quality digital
output to speech or connected Braille displays. The scanned
material can be imported as .jpg or .pdf, or exported in .txt and .html
formats. Not much space on your phone? No problem. Use
cloud storage for your files via Dropbox or Google Drive! The app
also has a batch scan mode to process and read multiple page documents
such as manuals or books. Don’t let print be out of your reach ever
again. <br>
Visit the Google Play app store
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/KNFBReaderGoogle">
http://tinyurl.com/KNFBReaderGoogle</a> or <br>
the iTunes app store
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/KNFBReaderiOS">
http://tinyurl.com/KNFBReaderiOS</a>. The reduced price of $74.99, which
is 25% off the regular price, is available ONLY from October 30, 2015 to
November 1, 2015. <br>
<br>
Scott White<br>
Director of Sponsored Technology Programs<br>
National Federation of the Blind<br>
Phone: 410-659-9314 ext. 2231<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:swhite@nfb.org">swhite@nfb.org</a><br>
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The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.<br>
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