My partner and I played with the 6 and 6+ in the Apple Store yesterday. As a sighted person, she found that physical stabilisation helped only marginally when taking pictures of a printed page. She said it was easy to blur the image, though the 6 was even easier to blur the image.
As someone who is quite good at prismo and TextGrabber freehand, I have been blown away by the ease that I have with KNFB reader using the balance vibration system. I can snap a very readable scan in one to three seconds. I am reading documents almost as easily as with the Stand Scan Pro. The OCR engine is definitely the same as in TextGrabber. However, the ease of use and speed of operation has caused me to change my opinion to an unreserved recommendation of the product. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 24 Sep 2014, at 11:33, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hi Keith, > > In my opinion it won’t make much of a difference if you have a steady hand. > Maybe if you don’t it could help. I also like the idea of the 6 Plus in terms > of battery life, but I’d have to hold the phone to see if I liked it. Anyhow, > not a consideration for me until at least next year since I’m definitely not > upgrading from a 5S to a 6 or even 6 Plus. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 6:25 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: KNFB seems to be working so well, is the physical stabilization > feature in the 6+ relevant anymore? > > Hi, > > I’m still debating 6 versus 6+. > > I’d love the much longer battery life, but the KNFB app seems to be working > so well on 4s, 5, 5c, 5s phones, that I’m starting to wonder if the physical > stabilization feature really matters for blind folks wanting optimal OCR, > making the smaller 6 a stronger consideration. Maybe the size of the 6+ > requires the additional physical stabilization to get good photos. . > > I’m curious to learn what others are thinking about this. > > Best, Keith > -- > 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.
