[vicsireland] Re: another interestingIPhone application
- From: "Noreen Meagher" <noreenmeagher@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:01:43 +0100
Hi Joan Ann,
Heard this evening on Drive time Technology slot that when available here it
will be available across all providers which could mean a better price owing to
competition. Only 1 phone per person allowed for those who queued in the
North. It was also said that it is smaller and better battery life and also a
better processor which means less crashing.
Noreen
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From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joan Ann Brosnan
Sent: 24 June 2010 22:24
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] another interestingIPhone application
Hi all
I came across this on another list and thought some might find it interesting.
Talk of these applications is making my decision about what new phone to buy
much easier.
SayText is an app designed
especially for the visually impaired and by the way, it's free!
In a few words to describe it's use, you need to place the iPhone on
the center of a document. There's a big button for starting the tool,tap it.
Slowly elevate the iPhohne upwards from the document until you
hear a beep sound - this indicates, that the document is now fully in
frame and the camera will shoot automatically, when the picture is
stable / focused.
Now only thing you have to do, is to wait for a
while (You can tap the screen to hear the OCR progress, e.g. OCR
35%).
When the OCR is ready you can start the voiceover to read the
document out loud.
The app should come to Appstore in a week or so.
We're happy to give you more info about SayText. There is a website
for SayText:
http://www.docscannerapp.com/saytext/
There's also a video, where Mr. Heikki Ekola, totally blind person
uses it. He's representing the Finnish Federation of the Visually
Impaired - You can find the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlWJF27IdX4
This video is also at the SayText homepage.
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