Hi Jonathan, I know you used to use Nokia phones. Did you have the the reader for that?
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 18, 2014, at 4:18 AM, "BrianMiller" <brianrmille...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jonathan, > So is the KNFB reader app now available in the app store? > > Also, are you using a stand to take the scans/pics, or are you just holding > the phone over the page or item? > > Thanks so much, this is very encouraging! > > Brian M > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Mosen > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:05 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: KNFB Reader, First Impressions > > I've spent the last half hour or so playing with KNFB Reader on my iPhone 5s. > I couldn't be more impressed. > I read my son's school report, which it got word perfect even when it came to > reading tables. It read a glossy pizza menu fairly well. It read the page of > a book perfectly, and it read a letter I received in the mail. The feedback > one gets via vibration to line up the picture is incredibly helpful. You can > use the field of view report if you need to for even more information about > camera positioning and angle. > And, it's fast. Very fast, between taking a picture and getting speech. > It's early days but this has actually exceeded my expectations. Certainly > it's possible to use other apps, but I've found nothing this simple, fast, or > accurate without any additional aids. Outstanding stuff. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > -- > 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.
