Hi Mary, Have you done that successfully since the 3.x update? It stopped working for me when they did their update and even the latest 3.1 or whatever the heck it is, it will not import a PDF and do squat.
Richard “Definition of an expert: An ex is a has-been and a spirt is a drip under pressure.” – Bruce U. Utah Phillips -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2018 10:27 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Some blindness aps and games devs, disappoint in their attitudes towards I agree about the cost for KNFB reader being too high. But it does have one other thing that you can do that seeing a I can’t. You can import an image based PDF file and get a decent text. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 13, 2018, at 10:23 AM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > Frankly, KNFB Reader isn't worth the $100 US it costs and would certainly not > be worth the 1884.70 in Mexico. > > The only advantages it has over Seeing AI is that you can do multiple pages > and save them as one document. > I suppose also that you only have to be about 12 inches or so above a > document with KNFB Reader, and while you can manually take a picture at that > height with Seeing AI, it won't do its automatic scan until you get about 18 > inches or so above the page. > > Seeing AI costs nothing. > > Just my 37 centavos worth. > > Richard > > > > “Definition of an expert: An ex is a has-been and a spirt is a drip under > pressure.” – Bruce U. Utah Phillips > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Gerardo Corripio > Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2018 9:28 AM > To: iPhone List <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Some blindness aps and games devs, disappoint in their attitudes > towards > > As some of you guys might already know, I’m the person responsible for the > “Ciberaprendiendo Tutorials and Tech” pocast which airs Tuesays at > https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eiberoamerica.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C0e617039ede34d80bb7608d631310a1e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636750484016141468&sdata=CpEJ1Z6ilar6rY1ms4sURFxVxgmvZtzYwVBR0%2B8bc04%3D&reserved=0, > and whenever I find an app that I personally feel would benefit the blind > (especially those here in Latin America and other Spanish-speaking blind > folks) I send an EMail to the devs of these aps, with generally interest in > me featuring their apps in the before-mentioned podcast, which has an average > listenership of between 800-1600 monthly, depending on the apps or services > featured. However I’ve encountered two or 3 blindness devs whose attitudes > leave to be desired. It’s as if ey all seem to think that we blind folks live > in the same economic situation, in which usd$1.99 independent of where we > are, is the same; here in Mexico, for instance, a USD$2 app or game would be > almost Mxn$40. Yes I know I could buy these games. As long as I have the > funds for these, but or more-expensive aps? Among the promo codes I’d like to > get to record “Ciberaprendiendo” episodes on are KNFB Reader, and the Knight > Commander recently-released game, which I could probably buy, but not until I > have enough funds for.kn > > Gera > Enviado desde mi iPhone SE de Telcel > > -- > 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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