Allison interviews Anat Nulman from RealThing AI about their voice-operated smartphone designed for people who are blind or visually impaired. The RealSAM Pocket enables the user to easily communicate by phone or text and stream content even when they can’t see what’s on the screen. RealSAM Pocket software runs on top of Android on a […]
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On-Device OCR with TextSniper for macOS
TextSniper in the Mac App Store During Apple’s WWDC keynote, they showed off some amazing new text recognition features coming to the Mac and iOS. You’ll be able to select text right out of an image. They even demonstrated pointing an iPhone’s camera at a whiteboard and using a finger to drag across the hand-written […]
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You know how we all keep trying different task management tools in the hope that one of them will help make us the productivity champion we envision we can be? The same thing happens with note-taking apps. We keep looking for that Holy Grail that will help us organize all our thoughts. I’ve tried so […]
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CES 2020: FindOut Secure & Private Cloud and OCR Search
Allison interviews Alexandre Lach and Nawfal Sikal from FindOut about their private cloud and search engine. Using Findout, you can securely store all of your files (images, photos, PDFs, scanned documents, and all common file types) on your own personal cloud and view and edit them from anywhere you have an internet connection. With FindOut’s […]
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A Lot to Like About the Epson ES-300W Document Scanner
If you ever hear someone tell you that they love their scanner, you know they’re lying to you. If they also tell you they can wirelessly scan, then you know they’re delusional. Over the years I’ve heard people moaning and groaning when their scanners are no longer supported. I’ve always scoffed at them because they […]
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Pop quiz: would you rather go to the dentist, or scan in that giant pile of papers next to your desk? It’s a tough question, right? You bought that fancy pants scanner everyone was talking about a few years ago, and you committed to going paperless, and you probably bought some storage to file away […]
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There are two things about which I’m not fond: third-party keyboards on iOS and handwriting. I’m about to tell you that I’ve changed my mind on both of these things. Last week on the SMR Podcast, Robb Dunewood brought up the SwiftKey keyboard. I mentioned how lame third-party keyboards were implemented by Apple on iOS, […]
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