Empowering Technologies

Enter a search term  

 

« Back a level
Product News : 11/07/2010


SayText: a Free, Accessible OCR App for Blind iPhone Users

Capture a picture and have it read back to you - may suit may users especially those with reading difficulties.

This news comes thanks David Banes 'Access Technology, Today and Tomorrow Newsletter 10/15'

"SayText reads aloud the text in the image that it creates with the iPhone. It is intended for visually impaired users. It is a free spin off product from the DocScanner team.

    [1.] Place the iPhone in the center of a document and double-tap the 'Take picture' button.
    [2.] Slowly elevate the iPhone upwards from the document, until the whole document is in picture. A beep sound indicates, that the document has been detected. The camera will shoot automatically when focused.
    [3.] While the OCR is running, tap the screen to hear the progress status.
    [4.] When the OCR is ready, swipe right on the screen to listen to the document.


Support for the program is available from DocScanner






Font Changer
Google Search
Google
EmpTech
Web
       
Amazon Search