It is an awesome app. I posted about it about 12 hours prayer to the poster that posted this news. Funny how things work on the Internet. :-)
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 14, 2014, at 5:26 PM, "Joe" <jsoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This app was still free as of a minute ago. Thanks for sharing. > > -- > Twitter: @ScribblingJoe > > Visit my blog: > http://joeorozco.com/blog > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Esther > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 1:59 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: TextDetective iPhone app for OCR is free today (March 13, 2014) > > Hello All, > > TextDetective, the iPhone OCR app, is currently free. It usually lists for > $8.99. A quick description of how this differs from apps like TextGrabber > and Prizmo is that it works for English only, and you have to hold the iPhone > in landscape mode, so you don't usually get an entire letter- or A4-sized > page OCRed in one shot. However, it works in video mode (like Talking > Goggles), so it's relatively fast. Before the VoiceOver specific improvements > to TextGrabber and Prizmo made in Spring of last year, many blind users found > it easier to use TextDetective to get results in freehand use (without a > supporting stand) than to train themselves to use TextGrabber or Prizmo. And > you can use TextGrabber to read some text off your computer monitor in a > pinch. > • TextDetective by Blindsight (currently free for limited time, usually > $8.99) > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textdetective/id541494875?mt=8 > > Note that this version runs under iOS 7. If your iPhone is running an older > version of iOS, you can purchase the app under iTunes on your computer, and > then download the latest version of TextDetective that is compatible with the > version of iOS on your iPhone. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
