First released in september 2014, KNFB Reader continues to receive high marks from reviewers and users alike.
This fabulous, life-changing technology was first demonstrated by James Gashel, Vice President of Business Development at KNFB Reader, LLC and Secretary of the National Federation of the Blind, at the NFB's National Convention before a presentation of Ray Kurzweil, Director of Engineering at Google Inc.
From october 2015 on, KNFB Reader is available for iOS and for Android.
The KNFB Reader is a joint development effort of Sensotec nv and KNFB Reader, LLC.
Learn more at AppleVis or listen to an interview with James Gashel.
With the touch of a single button, read virtually any type of printed text, including mail, receipts, class handouts, memos and many other documents.
Accuracy is facilitated by a field of view report, automatic page detection, and tilt control.
Proprietary document analysis technology determines the words and reads them aloud to the user with high quality text-to-speech.
The features below make the KNFB Reader an excellent choice for capturing and reading documents on the go wherever you are. To read more about the technical specifications, see the Quickstart Guide and Manual.
Place your device on a recommended stand and have pictures of text taken automatically; works especially well for use with batch mode to quickly capture and read books.
Turn on link to dropbox so all files saved in your Reader will also be saved in a knfb folder automatically created in your Dropbox directory; files remain in Dropbox even if deleted from your device; also allows backup and restore files from Dropbox and easy file sharing.
Reading modes for single and multicolumn formats.
Synchronized text highlighting with Braille and high quality speech output.
Text navigation by line, sentence, word and character.
Viewfinder for live field of view. Tilt guidance and report to assist with aligning the camera relative to the document.
Automatic text detection to enable hands-free operation or touch-free operation.
Ability to import, OCR and read image based PDF and JPG. Export HTML and TXT files to cloud storage including Dropbox and Google Drive.
Capture and read documents, brochures, pamphlets, and books.
The KNFB Reader can recognize and read printed materials in a variety of languages including: English, French, German, Dutch(Belgium), Dutch(Netherlands), Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Norwegian, Russian, Finnish, Ukrainian, Estonian, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek.
The features below make the KNFB Reader an excellent choice for capturing and reading documents on the go wherever you are. To read more about the technical specifications, see the Manual.
Place your device on a recommended stand and have pictures of text taken automatically; works especially well for use with batch mode to quickly capture and read books.
Turn on link to dropbox so all files saved in your Reader will also be saved in a knfb folder automatically created in your Dropbox directory; files remain in Dropbox even if deleted from your device; also allows backup and restore files from Dropbox and easy file sharing.
Initial download of KNFB Reader is free to let new users test the app before buying the unlocked version; test period allows processing of 25 documents with all features of the full app enabled; full version unlocked with an in-app purchase.
Reading modes for single and multicolumn formats.
Synchronized text highlighting with Braille and high quality speech output.
Text navigation by line, sentence, word and character.
Viewfinder for live field of view. Tilt guidance and report to assist with aligning the camera relative to the document.
Automatic text detection to enable hands-free operation or touch-free operation.
Ability to import, OCR and read image based PDF and JPG. Export HTML and TXT files to cloud storage including Dropbox and Google Drive.
Capture and read documents, brochures, pamphlets, and books.
The KNFB Reader can recognize and read printed materials in a variety of languages including: English, French, German, Dutch(Belgium), Dutch(Netherlands), Italian, Spanish, uese, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Norwegian and Russian.
The KNFB Reader app may be purchased and downloaded by navigating to the following link. KNFB Reader for iOS
The KNFB Reader app may be purchased and downloaded by navigating to the following link. KNFB Reader for Android
The following supported iDevices must be running iOS 8 or higher to be compatible.
Due to the large quantity of Android devices available, it is difficult for us to list all compatible devices. Here are recommendations on hardware and operating system version which will ensure a greater likelihood of a successful experience:
Feedback from initial users of the KNFB Reader.
Take a peek at what you can expect.
Take a peek at what you can expect.
Learn the ins and outs of the KNFB Reader by watching these tutorials on YouTube.
Presented by Jim Gashel of KNFB, LLC, these videos explore the KNFB Reader App, from scanning documents to getting the perfect photo, and even Dropbox integration. Follow along at your own pace and become a pro at using the KNFB Reader.
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