I am holding the camera as still as I possibly can and it still isn't working. My hand isn't moving at all.
On 7/25/17, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > What you describe about the app starting to read text over and over sounds > like you are moving the phone/camera. > I am getting very good results as well, this morning I received my neww > government guide dog Id card in the mail and I pointed the phone at the > letter that came with it using the short text function and it read it out > flawlessly. > I just tried it again pointing my iPhone 6S Plus towards my 24 inch LCD > screen from about a foot away with Outlook and this email open and it read a > bunch of the menus and things on the screen and then most of what I just > wrote here. > Also just tried it by holding it over my Apple Watch where it read me the > date, time and the current temperature which are some of the complications I > have on this watch face. Only mistake was that it said "230 Fair" instead of > "23 degrees Fair", so it recognized the degree symbol as a zero. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Kelby Carlson > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 12:05 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Seeing AI Short Text Function > > I'll give an example. Let's say I'm trying to view text from a scanned PDF > on my computer. I hold the phone centered on the screen, about a foot away. > All it will read me is the stuff at the top of the screen, with the menu > bars and such. > > On 7/25/17, Kelby Carlson <kelbycarl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am using the iPhone 7. Is there a specific resolution your monitor >> needs to be set at to work properly? Also, I feel like I do a decent >> job of holding the camera still but the text always stops and >> restarts. >> >> On 7/25/17, Dave Mitchel <dbmitc...@centurylink.net> wrote: >>> I have had excellent response with the short text both on monitor and >>> menus >>> >>> at a cafe. It has taken practice but worth it for sure. which phone >>> are you >>> >>> using? I'm using the SE version and all functions work fine for me. I >>> used the short text for updating my computer just last night and this >>> morning in >>> >>> fact. >>> Dave >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kelby Carlson >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 9:51 AM >>> To: viphone >>> Subject: Seeing AI Short Text Function >>> >>> I've been playing around with my Seeing AI app the past couple of >>> days. Since I don't have many print documents around the house, I've >>> been trying the short text function. At least when I have tried >>> getting it to read the text on my computer screen I've had almost >>> zero luck. No matter how close or far I put the camera from the >>> screen, I get mostly gibberish and at best just the top of the >>> window. Certainly never the main text of, say, a newspaper article. I >>> can't imagine how people are using this to read fast food restaurant >>> menus as many are claiming. >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V >>> iPhone list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >>> or if >>> >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>> owners or >>> >>> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> mk...@ucla.edu. 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