[Promotion-technology] I-Phone 4

[Mike Freeman]

Linda:

Check out the following two websites:

<http://www.AllWithMyiPhone.com>

And

<http://www.applevis.com>

The former has podcasts about various iPhone apps, most of which are quite
accessible.  The latter has comments on various accessible and inaccessible
iPhone apps as well as some hints and kinks for working with the iPhone.

Most apps for scanning and converting text aren't very useable by the blind
because there is no hint that the camera is properly oriented to the page.
In fact, there was a scanning app that came out a couple of days ago but it,
too, has problems for a totally-blind person in that it shows a view of the
page on the iPhone screen so someone with a bit of sight can center the
camera properly but a totally-blind person cannot.

In general, this is the problem with barcode scanning apps also although a
relatively new one, called DigitEyes, apparently works quite well.  I've
bought it but haven't used it much as it seems rather impractical to try to
scan store shelves with an iPhone when it's just as easy to ask a sighted
person for assistance (and much faster) and I can always label stuff for
myself when I get home.

Mike Freeman
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[mailto:promotion-technology-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Linda
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 5:36 PM
To: Committee on the Promotion, Evaluation and Advancement of Technology;
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Subject: Re: [Promotion-technology] I-Phone 4

I just purchased the I-phone 4 a couple of days ago.

Two apps that I downloaded are Money reader and the light censor.

Two questions.  Besides Anna Dresner's manual, are there any tutorials you 
can point me to?

Also any especially good apps for a blind person?

Is it true that there is an app which will read an entire page of text by 
snapping a picture of it?

The Money reader was less than two dollars and seems to be quite accurate. 
I remember when they cost  seven hundred dollars.

And, there are a few bar code apps to choose from.  Which one would be the 
best for a blind person?

Is it true that there is an app where you can snap a picture of a page and 
it will read it to you, like menus in a restaurant, etc.?  Someone told me 
there was, but don't know the app's name.

Thanks for any helpful hints you can share.
Linda

www.SafeCandlesKy.com


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