I'd agree with Buddy here. I don't recall what resolution this is set to use but I know that I get vastly better results on my flatbed scanner using a higher resolution and the time it takes is imho negligible.
I have found things it won't read, very stylized labels, T-shirts and work shirt logos, yes I did try these just for fun. My other issue with the less expensive apps was lighting. I never knew just what the right lighting was save for a direct light shining right on the document. That didn't even work at times. The other thing that frankly is useful about the app is that it speaks the scan right away. When I'm scanning something using a mobile device, I' usually checking it for Id purposes. If I want to scan and save, yes I can do that from the app but usually I'll label whatever it is in braille for more detailed processing later. When I travel, I just want to know shampoo from hand lotion and decaf coffee from regular. This in combination with TapTap See is a must-have for travel imho. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Sep 20, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Buddy Brannan <bu...@brannan.name> wrote: > To my mind, there are several magic thingies. > > First, field of view report. Pretty handy as you learn the right distance and > alignment for your pictures. Add the tilt sensor, so you can learn when your > phone is flat relative to your document. > > Second, the KNFB people know that we're pretty lousy at taking pictures. Or, > well, "variably talented", perhaps. So they've done a lot of work to optimize > pictures to account for all the stuff we can't account for, in as much as is > possible. I don't think the less expensive apps do either of these things as > well. > > Of course, if you can find something for less that works for you, by all > means use that. For my part, I've tried a couple of less expensive > alternatives and have found them wanting. > > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: 814-860-3194 > Mobile: 814-431-0962 > Email: bu...@brannan.name > > > >> On Sep 20, 2014, at 11:47 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: >> >> All right. Yes, it's all very wonderful >> >> The question is: why? Why have all the other apps failed? What's the magic >> sauce? You know me--well, you do now, anyway--that I'm not going to be >> happy unless I've established that £69 was worth paying. I'm still not >> quite convinced that it is, yet. £69 is a lot of money for an iOS app, and >> my first thought while reading the description was, "Yeah, highly >> anticipated and bloody expensive!" Anybody have answers, or even hypotheses? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
