{"id":3241,"date":"2015-11-10T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3241"},"modified":"2015-11-10T09:19:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T14:19:57","slug":"print-is-no-longer-inaccessible-for-the-blind-111015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3241","title":{"rendered":"Print is No Longer Inaccessible for the Blind, 11\/10\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy Tammy Albee, NFB Newsline<\/em><\/p>\n

People are using smartphones for more and more in this digital age.\u00a0 Smart phones are used to communicate, to exchange data, and to read news and information.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0More and more, our smartphones are the tool of choice for so many tasks, and now accessing print by the blind and visually impaired has just taken a big step forward.<\/p>\n

NFB-NEWSLINE, a service providing national, international, and local news and information in a timely fashion, has been available via a free iOS app since 2012.\u00a0\u00a0 But what about other reading material?\u00a0 How do you access books not found on the National Library Service or other book services? \u00a0What about items of a more personal nature such as bills, instructional manuals for household items, family documents, personal contracts like mortgages, insurance policies or medical records?\u00a0 There is now a solution:\u00a0 KNFB Reader.\u00a0 Using the KNFB Reader mobile app for iOS or Android, you can scan and read any printed material quickly and easily, and have it available via audio or connected refreshable Braille display.<\/p>\n

This app is designed to be easy and quick.\u00a0 Just snap the picture, and the app reads the print.\u00a0 The KNFB Reader is designed to assist blind people in capturing the print \u2013 it has tilt guidance and field of view assistance, as well as automatic text detection so you can be sure you are getting the entire page.\u00a0 The KNFB Reader is also fast.\u00a0 Snap a photo and read printed material in seconds.\u00a0\u00a0 If you desire more advanced features, KNFB Reader allows you to import documents, including .jpg and .pdf files, and export documents, including .txt and .html files, to cloud storage including Dropbox and Google Drive.\u00a0 \u00a0Read items as simple as a receipt or package label, to something as large and complex as a manual or book using the batch scan mode to capture multi-page documents.\u00a0 It can even read data in columns or tables that might be found on bank statements or monthly bills.<\/p>\n

KNFB Reader has just launched their Android app and it is now available in the Google Play app store <\/strong>http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/KNFBReaderGoogle<\/a> or iTunes app store http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/KNFBReaderiOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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