| 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 |