[nfbcs] AT&T Navigator on the iPhone

[Mike Freeman]

Part of the problem with OCR apps for the iPhone is that iOS doesn't allow enough control over the camera.

Mike Freeman


On Dec 21, 2011, at 15:23, nancy coffman <nancylc at sprynet.com> wrote:

> I kmow people who like immage to. Text & I have had some luck with Prismo. 
> 
> nancy coffman
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 1:20 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] AT&T Navigator on the iPhone
> 
> Navigon will tell you what cross street you're aproaching, if you
> flick to the right field on the screen.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 01:54:20PM -0500, Liz Bottner wrote:
>> Hi,
>>    I do not believe that Navigon will announce street names as you cross
>> them; Ariadne GPS, however, will do this and is, in my opinion, worth the
>> $2.99 or so for the app.
>> 
>> Take care.
>> 
>> Liz Bottner
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Louis Maher
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 1:51 PM
>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] AT&T Navigator on the iPhone
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have Navigon; however, it does not seem to have a users' manual.  Can
>> Navigon tell which street you are crossing as you cross it?  This would
>> allow Navigon to warn you about bus-stops when you are riding a bus.    I
>> have the Sendero LookAround application which is very useful, but it is not
>> fast enough to be used on a bus.
>> 
>> Also, does anyone have an Optical Character Recognition IPhone application
>> recommendation?
>> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> Louis Maher
>> 713-444-7838
>> ljmaher at swbell.net
>> http://www.nfbtx.org/localchapters/houston  
>> 
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