Correction! The XR has something similar to 3D touch. It may not feel exactly like 3D touch, but it is like what the Home button on the 7 and 8 model is.
Devin Prater Assistive Technology Instructor certified by World Services for the Blind JAWS certified > On Sep 14, 2018, at 11:07 AM, Malcolm Parfitt <malc...@parfitt1.org.uk> wrote: > > If we are looking at OCR alone then many of the features on newer phones like > Smart HDR may negatively impact the recognition process. > > > Just like with a traditional scanner going above a certain resolution while > generating larger files does not improve the results of the OCR process. So > we have what economists call The Law of diminishing Returns. > > Not sure about the AI side of things but the cleaner the image the better I > would have thought. > > There comes a point where all this power and technical advances become > redundant for us. > > Just my thoughts. > > Malcolm > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 14 Sep 2018, at 16:57, Cris Ali <filasti...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks Mary, >> You are raising some of the many questions going on in my mind. >> >> Cris >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mary >> Otten >> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 11:51 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: What are the advantages of XS over XR for a blind user? >> >> The problem with the notion of the S having a better camera, so you should >> buy it instead of the R if you want to use OCR, the question: does all that >> fancy stuff on the dual lens camera etc. etc. really do anything for you? I >> would say no. I don’t see how it could. The single lens camera is plenty >> good enough for any OCR you might want to do. Now if you are going to use >> aIRA, a lot, then you might be able to justify the fancier thing, because >> maybe the AIRA agents can use it. That particular service is not in my use >> case scenario, it’s too expensive for what I need. Also, keep in mind that >> if you purchased the XS, not the max, you would actually have poorer battery >> life than you will with the XR. And if you get the max, the price difference >> is even more than 250. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 14, 2018, at 8:45 AM, Jessica Dail <jldai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Do you like 3D touch? >> >> If so, get the device that still has it. >> >> Do you feel you’d use OCR apps, like KNFB reader, and/or seeing AI? In that >> case, go for the device with a better camera. >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> Thanks, >> Jessica >> >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> From: Cris Ali >> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 11:33 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: What are the advantages of XS over XR for a blind user? >> >> Hello folks, >> This is a question for the tech savvy iPhone users. What are the advantages >> of buying iPhone XS over iPhone XR for a totally blind user? Clearly iPhone >> XS has 3D touch and the XR does not. The XS has dual camera, and the XR has >> a single camera, and the display is different. 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