[AI] revue of the textscout mobile reader
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.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
Re: [AI] revue of the textscout mobile reader
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 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
Re: [AI] revue of the textscout mobile reader
further our gprs connections are slow ranging from 144 to 225 kbps I.E 20 to 30 KBPS , they are also very costly and these might be major limitations. On 8/13/09, Kiran Kaja wrote: > 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 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 > 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
Re: [AI] revue of the textscout mobile reader
dinesh, thanks for reviewing the software text scout, i haven't yet tryed the same in my n96, but i'll soon do it. however, i having several queries based on the review you have posted, please provide your inputs on them for me to decide further. you are requested to please give your inputs soon as possible, as my curiosity is mounting. here are the question that i found worth asking: 1. which internet technology you are using, I.E. gprs, or 3g? 2. any idea, how much time it has finally taken for whole process from scanning to reading? 3. can you tell how many mb of data it has burnt in sending and receiving the results? 4. which synthesiser it uses to read the text, is it understandable enough? 5. is it possible to read the same with different commands, like previous phrase, next phrase, next line, etc? 6. finally, does it provide the process to save the page for later reading? if yes, in what format it saves it, whether .txt, .doc, or any specific format of it's own? i'll waite for your inputs soon as possible. visit my blog for whole new refreshing experience. rush hurry on http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com regards, prateek agarwal. skype: prateek_agarwal32 website: http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com best solution for all your softwares/websites development needs. you tell, i'll build. -- Original message -- From: "dinesh thole" To: Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:20:53 +0530 Subject: [AI] revue of the textscout mobile reader 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.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
