If an app works with Speech, in most cases it also works with a braille display. The OCR apps all work with Braille displays.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 10 Jul 2014, at 3:57, Chris Chaffin <cchaf...@twcny.rr.com> wrote: > > Now since I do not have a braille display myself, I can not say whether or > not apps like text grabber or prizmo work good with a braille display, but it > has been stated that the KNFB Reader will work with a braille display. > I personally think that they are hoping the reputation of their previous KNFB > Reader will help sale the app, but for me, it will just simply be how the app > performs versus the already existing apps. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 9, 2014, at 9:31 AM, "Scott Duck" <l...@csdconsulting.biz> wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone, >> I have been following the thread about the KNFB app. I have no problem with >> their pricing. People will either buy it or they won’t. So, this is not a >> slam of the company at all. My question is what is the advantage of a >> specialty OCR app like this? I frequently use Prizmo and have no problem >> with it. I occasionally take pictures of documents for OCR and I very >> frequently use it to recognize PDFs that people E-mail to me that have no >> text. I even once used it to OCR a picture that was sent to me in a text. >> What can you do with KNFB Reader that you can’t do with something like >> Prizmo or Text Grabber? Like most blind people, I do sometimes have issues >> when taking pictures free hand for OCR because of everything not being lined >> up quite right but that is going to be an issue regardless of the OCR >> package that is being used. If you only have half the document in the shot >> then there is nothing that the app can do to compensate for that. Please >> understand, I am not trying to bad mouth the app or the company but I truly >> don’t understand what the advantage is supposed to be. >> Thanks, >> Scott Duck >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list >> can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> --- >> 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. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > 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. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- 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. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
