Oops, hit send before I finished. You can use the s&c wizard to take still
shots, but there is a problem with that: focus. You won't know if your shot
is lined up well enough to get a clear picture of the item in question. That
is the main problem I have with all these items like the KNFB Reader and
similar devices. You won't know if you are focused well enough to the item
to OCR it until you hit the button to begin recognition, get garbled text,
move your camera and try again. Big waste, and you paid 2 grand for this? So
you have to keep moving and adjusting and moving and adjusting and for what?
Sometimes items just aren't capable of being OCR'd, and you won't know that,
so you keep trying until you just give up and ask a sighty for aid. No, I
don't see the value in OCR apps or cameras.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Hudson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: Dream App, OCR for digital displays
You can use the scanner and picture wizard to take still shots with your
webcam.
----- Original Message -----
From: "M and L Dorn" <[email protected]>
To: "Post to GW-Info List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 7:14 PM
Subject: Dream App, OCR for digital displays
I'd love to have an OCR app that could take a picture of a digital
display, such as the time left on the microwave or washer or dryer, and
read it to me. If it could go beyond numbers, it would be handy for so
many digital displays. How about the VCR, yup I still have one, or the
DVD player or satellite TV receiver? How about the numbers on the radio,
electric blanket control, caller ID display? I know there are some of
these items that can be bought that talk, but some of the stuff we
already have doesn't talk. It could be an all purpose thing. Of course,
you'd need a way to get the camera to the device, but maybe with a phone
or even the web cam on a laptop. Since Skype is going to provide access
to the video aspect of their service so that GW can add it to GW Connect,
I'm going to need a web cam anyway. Do any of these cameras take still
photos as stand alone cameras already that might be able to be then taken
to the computer for the app?
TTFN,
Marilyn
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