[access-uk] Re: K-NFB Reader app question

  • From: Saqib Hussain <saqibh23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 09:18:08 +0000

Hi. The reason why it won't scan a card properly is because of the
contrast and the card is shiny.

On 06/01/2015, Eleanor Martha Burke <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I did hear a demo but the demo did notScan and Visa card.
>
>
>
>> On 6 Jan 2015, at 16:51, Carol.Pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Eleanor,
>>
>> I have tried two cards with no success this end, but remember I'm using an
>> IPhone 4S and not the latest!
>>
>> I do know that demos have been done of cards being scanned and able to
>> read the numbers.  I'm not clear whether the demo just had a photo picture
>> taken, but I think that may be the case.  (I heard the demo podcast just
>> once and didn't take too much notice as I wasn't going to do it at the
>> time.)
>>
>> The demo came from AppleVis, but I'm not sure which one it was.
>>
>> I hope this might jog someone's memory and you'll get the help, but I'll
>> try another route also and let you know if I hear anything useful.  I do
>> know that it was being done accurately and usefully.
>>
>> Carol P
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Martha Burke"
>> <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 11:44 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: K-NFB Reader app question
>>
>>
>>> has anybody had success with the KNFB reader Recognising the text on our
>>> Visa debit of the sex cardI cannot get it to recognise it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 4 Jan 2015, at 16:40, Ibrahim Gucukoglu <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jackie.
>>>>
>>>> KNFB will start to read a document as soon as it has recognised text
>>>> using the default voice for that language.  In the case of UK English,
>>>> it will be Daniel, irrespective of which dialect you choose by default
>>>> or whether you are using Alex.  The pause/play button is in the middle
>>>> of the screen at the bottom adjacent to next/previous sentence, and you
>>>> can turn off the automatic reading of text in the settings screen of the
>>>> app's main window.
>>>>
>>>> All the best and I hope this answers your question.
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Brown
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 12:21 PM
>>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] K-NFB Reader app question
>>>>
>>>> I have always been aware of two voices speaking whenever I use the
>>>> K-NFB
>>>> Reader app on my iPhone.  I have Alex as my default voice, but when I
>>>> load
>>>> the app and take a picture, Alex and Daniel speak.  Alex will say
>>>> something
>>>> like "pause" or "play", and Daniel does the reading of whatever I have
>>>> scanned.  But Alex can pipe in as well, and I do find it irritating at
>>>> times.  I have tried using the app with Daniel as the default voice for
>>>> VoiceOver, but I then get two Daniel voices, and one is quite
>>>> definitely
>>>> enough where he is concerned! (smile).  Is there anything I can do to
>>>> change
>>>> this sequence, or is it just one of the things the app does?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jackie Brown
>>>> Emails: jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> jackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Website: www.thebrownsplace.info
>>>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>>>> Skype: thejackmate
>>>>
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