Hi Steve, I would bet, that it checks for a camera before you perform an action. Joseph Hudson
Email jhud7...@gmail.com I device support Telephone 2543007667 Skype joseph.hudson89 facebook https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404 Twitter https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 FaceTime/iMessage jhud7...@yahoo.com > On Nov 28, 2017, at 5:44 PM, Steve Jacobson via Talk > <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > > Robert, > > Maybe you already know this, but the strength of the KNFB reader is to take a > picture of a document and turn it into text. It was originally designed to > be used on smart phones offering an extremely portable reading solution. It > is now available in Windows, but the idea was to be able to use the cameras > that are built into many laptops and tablets to allow reading of text. > Although I have not used it this way, it can apparently perform Optical > Character Recognition on PDF documents and other internal files which does > not involve using a camera. However, I do not know if the KNFB Reader checks > for a camera or not. It seems to me that back near the beginning of this > thread, you asked about whether it can read PDF's. Before you buy it to read > PDF's that don't contain text, check out the option in JAWS to do that now. > If you are on JAWS 18 or JAWS 2018, it is possible that you already have > something that will do what you need. > > Also, I don't have experience using it with an external camera as some of > mentioned here, but the experience has been that there is a resolution limit > that will really help OCR. I have heard a number somewhat lower than Josh > gave of 8MB, but his number is probably fine. The point is that it is not > the case that the higher the resolution the better the results. A point is > reached where there is more information provided than is useful. > > I hope this answers the question you were really trying to get at. Sometimes > we go all around the answer and never hit it directly. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk > [mailto:talk-bounces+steve.jacobson=visi....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf > Of Robert Ringwald via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 11:23 AM > To: Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> > Cc: Robert Ringwald <r...@ringwald.com> > Subject: Question About KNFB and camera. > > I do not have a smart phone. In order to use the KNFB program to just read > PDF's on the computer, do I need a camera? Or can it be done internally > within the computer? > > Windows 10. > > > > > Bob Ringwald piano, Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartet, Quintet > Fulton Street Jazz Band (Dixieland/Swing) > 916/ 806-9551 > Check out my performing schedule: www.ringwald.com/schedule.php > Amateur (ham) Radio Station K6YBV > > “If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, > if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.” -- Mark Twain > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/steve.jacobson%40visi.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/jhud7789%40twc.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
