[NFBSATX] Tech tip from today's meeting

[Kevan]

Hi!
Envision AI is another app similar to Seeing AI. It's not free, but it does a very good job. There is a free trial.
I'm not sure if this is on Android, but the iOS link is: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/envision-ai/id1268632314
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 20, 2020, at 5:43 PM, wendy Walker via NFBSATX <nfbsatx at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Tech tip from today's meeting:
> 
> How to read scanned images of your mail after you sign up for Informed
> Delivery on the USPS.gov website.
> 
> With mail theft, Covid 19, and extreme heat this service is helpful to
> know what is supposed to be in your mailbox every day without leaving
> your home and knowing when a piece of your mail disappears.
> 
> USPS Informed Delivery on  an iPhone:
> (Be sure to have the app Seeing AI downloaded before doing this)
> 1. Open informed delivery daily email
> 2. Swipe until you hear “scanned image” (be sure to keep track of
> which one you are on if there is more than one mail piece for the day)
> 3. Double tap on the image (and this is important) then double tap on
> the image a second time.
> 4. A screen will then open and double tap on “Share”
> 5. Another window will open and swipe right all the way down the
> screen past “more” and keep swiping right until you are on “Recognize
> with Seeing AI” (I’m sure other apps could read the image but Seeing
> AI does it in one step while others require additional steps)
> 6. It will take only about 5 seconds to process and will read your
> scanned image of your mail.
> 7. Click “close” on this window then click “Done” on the remaining
> window which will put you back in your original email.
> 8 Repeat steps 3 through 7 for as many scanned images as you have in
> your daily email.
> (You will not get a daily email if no mail is being delivered to you
> on that day.
> 
> It is also possible to read your scanned images on your computer
> (I’m using Windows 10 build 2004, JAWS 2020 and Google Chrome
> 
> 1.    Open USPS Informed Delivery daily email
> 2. While in the email, press the letter G until it is on the first
> scanned image of a mail piece.
> 3. Press “Shift” + “F10” to open the context menu and select “”Save
> Image As” and press enter
> 4. Go into the folder in which the file was saved (it will display the
> file name before you save it and it is usually a bunch of numbers)
> 5. Arrow down to the file name but do not press enter!
> 6. Again press “Shift” + “F10” and select “Convenient OCR” and press enter
> 7. It will take a few moments but JAWS will then read the scanned image.
> 8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 for each scanned mail piece.
> (It has been my experience that the iPhone recognition of the scanned
> image is much more accurate than the computer and it is much quicker.
> 
> For some reason, it has been my experience, when you are signed up for
> this service, USPS originated packages are not listed in the packages
> section of the Informed Delivery email and will usually be in a
> separate email by itself. Other small packages that originate from
> other delivery services like UPS and DHL that are handed off to the
> Post Office for final delivery are usually in the Informed Delivery
> "packages" section however.
> 
> It's a useful tool to have and even if you don't go through the steps
> to read the scanned images, if you get an email that contains scanned
> images you know there is mail in your box that day.
> 
> If you want me to cover a particular tech tip, please let me know and
> I will do my best to include it in one of our meetings. Stay safe
> everybody.
> 
> Wendy Walker
> Vice-President
> San Antonio Chapter
> 
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