I'd suggest try using the Camera app. Bring up the camera app, touch the top of the screen to put focus in the view finder and then start pointing the phone at things. You can sweep it around and hear things like there's a sign on the wall with text and then it'll read the text. Obviously it'll depend a bit on how quickly you're sweeping the phone around and how steady your hand is, but this seems more responsive to me than the Seeing AI app.
I'm also interested to know how text detection in the magnifier works, and how it's different or better than just using the camera app. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ Chaltain at Outlook, USA -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mohib Anwar Rafay Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 1:41 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Why should I upgrade? I feel the most importent thing which should be done by detection mode in pro searies is instant recognition or recognition of the text while on the move. If i am visiting any office, i should be able to take help from my phone for recognising the office doors and the short describtion written on the doors of the offices! or the name and the specialisation of the doctor in a hospital or the name of the lab etc. Some time I face difficulty in identifying the gate number, entry points and relevant section for our use, seeing AI and Envision AI doesn't help much in these cases. On 9/27/23, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@outlook.com> wrote: > The normal camera app will also do text recognition, so I'm not sure > what's different in the magnifier and LiDAR. > > I'm not upgrading from my iPhone 11. The action button and the USB-C > are the features that interest me the most, but they'll still be there > when I get around to upgrading. > > -- > Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ > Chaltain at Outlook, USA > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 1:24 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Why should I upgrade? > > It will give you door detection and there is a new instant text > recognition feature which is part of Magnifier, but I am not sure if > it's really all that much better than what you can already get with Seeing AI. > I don't think Be My Eyes and the new Be My AI feature which is part of > Be My Eyes relies on LiDAR in any way. > I bought a 13 Pro last year and decided to go with a Pro and not a > regular > 13 because of this, but I must say that except for playing around with > it, I have never used door detection even once in the real world. > My advice is to stick with your 13 Mini and get an iPhone 16 Pro next > year, some of the new stuff in the 15 Pro will then be in its second > generation so to speak and may get useful improvements. I have > definitely no intention to upgrade this year from my 13 Pro to a 15 > Pro, the action button might be the most tempting new feature, but > it's not worth that much money and even if I don't want to spend the > big bucks next year for a 16 Pro, I can get a better deal on a 15 pro once > the 16 phones have been released. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Jenifer Barr > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 4:26 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Why should I upgrade? > > Hi all. I'm contimplating upgrading to the 15 pro. I have a 13 mini now. > One of the main reasons I want to upgrade is the lightar. 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