Dyslexia Reading Assistant
Free AppAbout Dyslexia Reading Assistant
Use your Android device to read text out loud
How to use:
1. Point your camera to some text (in a book, a sign , ...) and the camera will automatically capture the text and say it
2. If you cannot hear the speech - check that you have a Text-to-Speech engine on the device that supports your language - English is already part of the default Google TTS engine
For Hebrew : try installing this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2566795
For best reading results:
1. Re-size the rectangle to fit the specific word or words you would like to hear
2. move the camera slowly forward and backwards while keeping the text in the rectangle for best results
Languages supported:
Tested with English and Hebrew
RECOGNITION ACCURACY
- Various factors can cause the OCR to fail: uneven illumination, stylized text, or text without enough contrast from the background. Try to have good lighting.
- Hold the device steady, and be sure the picture is in focus.
- If you need to scan a large block of text or an entire document, consider using a flatbed scanner or a document scanning app such as TextFairy instead.
SAMSUNG DEVICE NOTES
- On Samsung Galaxy devices, you may need to long-press the menu button to set preferences.
- You may get better results if you un-check "Standard focus mode".
DEVELOPMENT NOTES
- This app is based on an open source project. It's source code is available at https://github.com/rmtheis/android-ocr.
How to use:
1. Point your camera to some text (in a book, a sign , ...) and the camera will automatically capture the text and say it
2. If you cannot hear the speech - check that you have a Text-to-Speech engine on the device that supports your language - English is already part of the default Google TTS engine
For Hebrew : try installing this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2566795
For best reading results:
1. Re-size the rectangle to fit the specific word or words you would like to hear
2. move the camera slowly forward and backwards while keeping the text in the rectangle for best results
Languages supported:
Tested with English and Hebrew
RECOGNITION ACCURACY
- Various factors can cause the OCR to fail: uneven illumination, stylized text, or text without enough contrast from the background. Try to have good lighting.
- Hold the device steady, and be sure the picture is in focus.
- If you need to scan a large block of text or an entire document, consider using a flatbed scanner or a document scanning app such as TextFairy instead.
SAMSUNG DEVICE NOTES
- On Samsung Galaxy devices, you may need to long-press the menu button to set preferences.
- You may get better results if you un-check "Standard focus mode".
DEVELOPMENT NOTES
- This app is based on an open source project. It's source code is available at https://github.com/rmtheis/android-ocr.
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What are users saying about Dyslexia Reading Assistant
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App didn't even install properly,would love to try it.
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It complains about not having internet access yet in the permissions they don't ask for internet access, sort thus out and i'm sure it might work
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I needed something like this but it does not work
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Didn't even open when I downloaded it.
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Cant even get read helps make stuff bigger glad was free plz keep working no one understands how frustrating it can be to have stuff fliping while u read and wright
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What a terrible app. I was excited to finally find something as good as Apple products and this failed horribly :(
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Worst app, very disappointed couldn't change it to english
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My daughter is severely dyslexic and this looked like it would be very helpful. Unfortunately it just doesn't work on my phone. I have a Motorola Droid. When I take a picture of the text it reads a bunch of random letters, numbers and other characters that have nothing to do with the text. I'm very disappointed. Hoping they will fix the problems with it because in theory it is exactly what many severe dyslexics need.
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This was exactly what my child needed but the app works poorly and its very frustrating to try to hold the phone still enough to capture the pic properly. I keep messing around trying to make it work becuse we really NEED it to work! But its very slow n frustrating picking out a few mispronounced words at time. I do not recommend.
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I am myself severely dyslexic and found the idea of this program to amazing but sadly it fails to work every time. If the bugs can be worked out i would be happy to re evaluate. Please do not abandon the attempt to get this product to work as i can see the potential in the idea.
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Not even a 1 star app.Would not focus on the words to begin with! Used on samsung galaxy s5
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Dose not work on LG G5 phone