Richard, I am very interested in this, especially, since K NFB reader seems to be foundering… however, I am no good as a beta tester. I just get in a mess with it all. so, when this is finalised and arrives in the App Store, will you please let us know on this list?
thanks for keeping us posted, Sandy Sent from The dark side of the moon > On 14 Mar 2019, at 17:16, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote: > > For those who have not heard, Winston Chen, the developer of Voice Dream > Reader, is developing an OCR app called Scanner. It is in public beta, so > anyone can test it and give him feedback. > If you also install the Voice Dream Reader beta, you will be able to choose > Scanner from the Add dialog in VDR. > > Here is the latest info from Testflight which you have to have installed in > order to use the betas but it is free in the app store. > I've tested the app quite a bit in the two days I've known about it and it > blows everything else out of the water. > There is one very annoying thing in beta 3 that I've asked him to disable, > but if Edge Detection is on, there is a constant tone playing that is truly > annoying. > It doesn't say below, but you can use the up volume button to capture the > image. > Saving as PDF is not only fully accessible, but it retains any images in the > document. > At this point, unless I can convince him to charge more, he is thinking of > charging $5.00 for the app. > I think it is worth much more. > Here is the info from TestFlight. > > From Testflight > Here's the high level stuff: > > - State-of-the-art A.I. for OCR and text recognition: Fast and accurate, even > in poor lighting conditions. Works entirely on device: No need for internet > and your data stays private. > > - Export scans as plain text or PDF with embedded text to another app, or > save them on your local device, iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Drive. > > - Works with Voice Dream Reader. You need to download the latest beta version > of Voice Dream Reader, version 4.8.0. If you haven't signed up for beta, you > can do it here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/5amQM57U. After downloading > the latest Reader Beta, you will be able access the scanner directly from > Reader and add scanned documents to your Reader library. > > Additional Features: > > - Automatic detection of document edges for stretching and cropping > - Automatic detection of document orientation > - Automatic image enhancement > - Batch mode for scanning multiple pages quickly > - Spoken words are highlighted in the text or the image > - Select text-to-speech voice and change speed > - Uses premium voices purchased in Voice Dream Reader > > Beta 3: > - Auto Scan (if an page is detected and phone is held steady for 2 seconds) > - Audible tone for page detection. VoiceOver only. Should there be a way to > disable this? > - Capture Button is now the entire video preview window > - No longer read content again after enhancing image > - Minor bug fixes > > Beta 2: > - Improved orientation detection > - Added option to automatic read text after capture > - Fix crashes > > Beta 1: > This new app let you scan paper documents with the camera and recognize text, > listen using built-in text-to-speech, and save and export. > > Limitations: Only languages using Latin alphabets are supported. For example, > Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Russian, and Arabic are not supported. > > As with all Voice Dream beta tests, we're interested in every kind of > feedback: nothing is too small or too insignificant. 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