Introducing ZoomReader for the iPhone

Audio descriptions available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evdZPOYBH6M

Ai Squared is going mobile! Introducing ZoomReader a combination video magnifier and reader for the iPhone and iPod touch.

With ZoomReader, you can magnify anything with the iPhone or iPod camera up to 4X.

There are also 6 different color filtering modes to allow you to improve the contrast of what you're looking at.

Pictures can even be converted to text and read aloud you with human sounding speech just like ZoomText on your PC!

In addition, ZoomReader also features speech regocnition. Say "take picture" to capture an image.
By tapping the sharing button, you can email the text, picture, or copy the text to the clipboard.

ZoomReader will soon be available in the iTunes App store for $19.99.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ZoomReader
• AI Squared
• ZoomText
• assistive technology
• low vision
• macular degeneration
• AT

[aisquared]

@ceusa @islatube1 We've uploaded a version of the video with audio descriptions, sorry about the confusion.

[aisquared]

We've gone ahead and posted a video response with a version of the video that has audio descriptions. You can view it there or go to our channel page and find the video listed as "Introducing ZoomReader for the iPhone (Audio Description)"

[VideoGuyNC]

Too many people are becoming too dependent on that one single piece of tech in their pocket. Spend big on an app that is locked to that device, and when it fails - you're spending more on a replacement toy + the app's price again. There's something to be said for not having everything revolve around one little, (fragile) phone.

[aisquared]

@VideoGuyNC Agreed the fragility of the devices is a concern...especially when you have a device thats almost entirely made out of glass! As far as the apps go, at least with iTunes, they are tied to your account, not the device. So if you replace a phone, you can simply resync your applications without having to repurchase them.

[aisquared]

Totally our fault, we're fixing it as we type. Hope to have a narrated video up shortly.

[eschwegsable]

I bought it for my ipod touch and it does not work with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

[eschwegsable]

ZOOM READER DOES NOT WORK WITH THE IPOD TOUCH iI JUST WENT TO THE APPLE STORE AND THEY EVEN SAID IT WILL NOT WORK WITH THE IPOD TOUCH.

[MegaCrasher3000]

@VideoGuyNC

Well, I defer to the disclaimer at the end of my last comment. LOL. You make some really fair and well-articulated points and I totally see where you're coming from, now. One thing though, a $20 app is sure more affordable than the typical price of a pocket video magnifier. Unless those prices have dropped sharply as of late, they seem to be in the $500 - $1000 range. So, this still might help bring adaptive tech to a larger audience, which is cool.

[VideoGuyNC]

@MegaCrasher3000 Yes my friend I am legally blind and use a portable/pocket magnifier daily. However; I've tried using an "app" to substitute this important technology for me, and I quickly found that the poor-quality camera with it's very slow auto-focus is more of a burden than it is a help. You must realize that the "5MP" camera on the iPhone - or the 8MP camera on most Android phones is a highly interpolated figure. Meaning the image is enhanced by software from low quality.

[MegaCrasher3000]

@VideoGuyNC

I'm not sure if you are visually impaired or sighted, and I don't want to make an assumption either way. But I don't understand how your thoughts on this phone relate to the piece of technology in this video. For any blind person, these mobile breakthroughs represent a whole new frontier of independence and equal access that we have never fully enjoyed in the past. Frankly, it's something to be really excited about! If I misunderstood your comment, I apologize in advance.

[sugarbaby892007]

I'm so getting this app when i get my iphone.

[brucekennedyable]

Consider the person with a severe visual impairment. This is not a representation of "dependence" but rather it represents independence. The app is not lost when the device becomes non-functional; the purchase is tied to your iTunes account. People who can read; likely would not use this app, but people who can't read due to a visual impairment could now access documents that otherwise have to be converted to Braille.