Using a WiFi connection speeds up the recognition process considerably. But I admit, that requiring some sort of connection to the internet would be a big limitation indeed. That's one of the reasons I don't like WayFinder Access as well.
Regards, Kiran On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:50 PM, dinesh thole <dineshth...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello friends, > Today I tried the text scout mobile reader which has been newly launched as > a competitor to KNFB reader. > I tried this on my nokia n82 phone. > I took pictures of pages of a book, and found that the recognition was > good. > The software reads the recognized text quite well. > We can also use mobile speak or talks for reading the text. > A totally blind person has the option of turning off the display for saving > battery power. > This software is compatible with nokia 6220 classic, n79, n82, n85, n95, > n95 8gb. > Text scout uses the internet for sending the image for recognition, to the > server. > I found that this process took time. > If we have to use the software, a high speed internet connection will be > required > It has been mentioned that the software transmits 30 to 50 mb data per > month. > This can be expensive as well. > Personally, I do not like the idea of using the internet for processing of > image because of the time taken to process it. > I shall further write my experiences with the product as I use it. > Note that these are my personal views. > Others may have other views. > I request others to correct me if I am wrong anyware. > Thanking you all. > Warm regards. > Dinesh thole. > Email: dineshth...@gmail.com > Mobile: 9922942801 > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.inwith > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
