OneStep Reader App Reviews

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One step reader. Well, it reads PDF files great, and taking pictures is currently difficult but once you get one that it can read, it does very well, I would like to see this app be supported by video and without having to specifically line up a picture be able to read rapidly what it sees in real time, also I’d like the PDF files to be able to be downloaded directly without going through a cloud service.

A previously great app has become a mess!. I have not been able to get saved files to open and read and then close remaining unchanged. It seems to modify everything I had saved if I open it to find out what it was. There seems to be no way to close the file intact as it was without it being "modified" and changed in the date order, so that it is like a needle in the haystack to find again according to date it was first saved. I don't want to modify what I saved by the simple act of opening it to read it. It mostly doesn't seem to read a previously saved pdf that had obviously read easily in the past either. The OCR function which used to work rather straightforwardly like as in Kurzweil 1000, now is like a "keepaway" game. It will only warn you that you can't change whatever it does to your saved image through this next attempt to get the app to recognize an image it once easily recognized. Even if you don't choose to modify or save or even OCR what you've opened to just peek at with your ears like you could before, it becomes "modified" and it's search order is jumbled up as well as text that wasn't that jumbled before. I never saved undecipherable files to begin with. It is changing every file I open rendering it useless. I used to be able to open it, and quickly find a file and use it on the street or in an appointment or meeting. There's just no way to get that to happen now. I've just spent hours here at home trying to sort out a way to use my files again, and it's just not working. I don't have hours to try to hope to retrieve anything on the go anymore. I remember the first time I got the app maybe two December's ago how amazing and exciting it was to use in real time to read a menu, the first time out. How I could find the first recipe I saved from a pdf! I was so amazing. It wasn't broken. It didn't need to be fixed. It's like a trainwreck now. It had been expensive but worth it, even with some limitations. It has been hobbled! Makes me sad.

KNFB reader. Decent product. But it’s a little too expensive right now. There’s other products available that are much cheaper and run better. But it does do a decent job.

Very awesome app. This is one of the most amazing apps to ever hit the market. I haven’t received greatest hits from this app. Thank you very much for making this application. This is exactly whatthe iPhone needed.

Reliable and fast. This app provides fast, accurrate, & consistent access to printed text by taking a picture and reading it back verbally. I love that it provides instant access through a Braille display. This This app provides get access and is well worth the value.

I Can't Recommend This App. The "braille" support is not the best. voiceover only reads one word at a time per element, forcing the user to strictly rely on speech alone. The field of view reports do not work all the time. As a result, it is difficult to take photos of printed materials. There are better alternatives that do not cost a penny. Do not buy this app if you do not need to.

why is it designed this way. I recently downloaded (AND PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR) this app to use for assistance in reading books. There seem to be so many poorly designed aspects of this app that are making it tedious to use. 1. When I photograph multiple pages and allow them to process, then try to add more images to the existing file, I can only do it one image at a time. 2. The automatic photo feature just does not work, period. 3. Half the time in manual photo mode using the volume buttons fails to work to take the photo, but at random times it does work. 4. If I photograph multiple images and allow them to process, then go straight into listening to them, the reading accuracy is much higher as the app reads directly from the photograph. However, if I close the app or switch files for too long the images convert into PDF-looking files and much of the text becomes gibberish. 5. The incessant refocusing in the camera app is frustrating because I have to try to time when I press the button, or else it takes a blurry photo. 6. Only one voice option. 7. Button symbols are bizarre and difficult to understand, I don't use any other text-to-voice converters so I only have the visual cues. 8. It is difficult to upload a file, I still cannot figure out how. I've only had this app for four days and have already run into so many issues. Why does this cost $100 if it barely functions? I'm a poor grad student.

Broken on my iPhone max. In the past I have greatly appreciated the benefits of this application. Since upgrading to my new iPhone max the application simply will not load and therefore is entirely useless to me. I hope that in adjustment will be coming soon but I’ve been waiting for too long already.

Satisfied customer. Thank you for One Step Reader. I use several readers to read print, that work reasonably well, but find One Step is the best for me. It is the only reader that I have found that can read PDF's better than others, and it is handy when I want to save long documents. Thank you for assisting blind people with independence and accessibility.

Does not open. I was hoping that this most recent update would fix my issue where I was unable to open the app on my iPhone XR. Unfortunately it still does not open making this app completely unusable! I don’t understand why it will not open. It acts like it will open and then doesn’t.

KNFB reader used to be good. Application needs continuous updates. Needs a massive overhaul. It keeps crashing on open

Useful for my mail. This is so helpful when I’m checking my mail. First I put the envelope in and it reads me the front of the envelope. and then I know whether I need to actually look at the inside. Then I open it up and scan each page. I don’t know how else I would check my mail without this program. It is really good

This APP is terrible.. I was really hoping to find an app in order to help study for material with my reading disorder and I thought this one would be best based on reviews. However I I completely disappointed in finding that more than half of the content is either not being read or words are completely mispronounced. Besides this App being very expensive, I hope I can get my money back.

Too many changes. Period. When I first bought this app it was one of the best reading document apps out there. But now it has gone down drastically. So many software updates on here and changing the user face of the platform. I remember when this app was called KNFB reader now it’s called something else they didn’t change the name about 23 times. And now I can barely use it. If I can get my money back I would.

Do not use this app. I can no longer take pictures using this app. Every time I try to do so I get an error message that says an error occurred while taking a picture and the operation could not be completed

Don’t waste your money. When it first came out, there was nothing else on the market like it and it was excellent. Now, due to all of the other scanners coming out that are much cheaper, they are more streamlined and they scan text clearer and they read pretty much perfectly what it’s scanned. The KNFB reader is not keeping up with the new technology and it’s too cumbersome to use and doesn’t work a lot of the times.

I expect a lot more for the money I spent. The fact that such an app exists at all to help those of us who can’t see well enough to read print is worthy of three stars, so I am grateful we have this tool. That said, this behaves more like a free app than one I spent $100 on. First of all, where are the updates??? We are coughing up the money, so you should be providing frequent updates. My biggest issue with the app is trying to line up the shot when scanning a document. The phone vibrates wildly, which I gather is supposed to indicate whether or not it is being held at a level angle over the page, but I find this almost impossible to get just right and more annoying than helpful. Can’t alignment of the page be done electronically during image processing? Secondly, I wish it behaved like banking apps when you are taking a picture of a check for an electronic deposit. You simply hold the phone over the document and move it around a bit until it is lined up. Once it is aligned, the app automatically takes the picture for you and processing begins. For $100, why isn’t this app doing the same? The technology obviously exists. Instead, it is a tedious game of guess-and-check where I have to continuously press one of the volume buttons to get a status update on whether or not I am lined up. Even The motion of reaching to press this button makes it harder to steady the phone, so I never feel like I get a really good shot. These announcements should happen automatically. Finally, the documents generated, while often producing some readable text, usually also have a mess of garbled text and random symbols, making it very hard to find what you are looking for. I know the technology exists nowadays for OCR processing to work much more smoothly than this, and again, at the price you are asking, your app needs to be a lot better. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn’t have purchased this app and would have just settled for something free that basically gets the job done comparably well. Many blind and visually impaired people are on fixed incomes, so taking a chance on something like this with no option of getting your money back is a big deal.

Not as good as it used to be. I used to be able to read things in well laid out braille within the app. Now, it’s one braille word per line or read along with the voice. Yes, I can export files to other formats, but KNFB Reader seemed better able to work with columns and whatnot. Besides, I am going to read my way, even if this means that KNFB Reader ends up being a hinderance rather than the powerful tool it has been.

Not working in Iphone 11 Pro max!. After upgrading to Iphone 11 Pro Max the app doesn’t start at all. No idea which might be the issue????!!!

Totally disappointed!. Version 3.0 is awful! Please fix it! I am a long-time user and I paid full price!

2 years happy. Love this app. Worth the price. Quick scans, accurate translation, and easy to use. I had people read my mail in the past, and now they just hand me the envelopes and I read it independently. Was handed a printed memo at the office, and was reading it within seconds. I have no downsides to mention about this app.

Unreliable. Unreliable needs lots of work

Beware of most recent version. The KNFB reader it originally was a very easy to use and user-friendly application for the visually impaired. With the most recent release, the functionality of the application has to graded, it is much more difficult to go right back to taking pictures of the next page, it takes 3 to 4 times longer to swipe through all the screens to get back to where you need to be to read the next page and many of the features which are never used seem to be highlighted. Beware as it is not worth its current price.

Long time app, owner, use very little.. I bought this app when it first came out years ago, and it was about the only one on the market. I have used it, tried to use it, got so frustrated I quit using it, and I found that there are other apps out there, much cheaper or free that do as good or better job than this app. I would love to get my money back, but haven’t owned it since the very beginning. I’m sure that’s not a possibility. I do not recommend this app for anyone, low vision, no vision voiceover, user, etc. Usually you get what you pay for with an app however, in this case you don’t!

Want my money back!. This app is ridiculously overpriced for what it offers. Not only that, but every time I try to scan a large document the app crashes. I could have bot an OCR app for less than 10 dollars that does the exact same thing this app does. Stay away from this app!

Disappointed. This app use to be really good but now when I have to scan more than one document the app keeps closing and I have to reopen it and scan the document again. This happens every time and it is a waste of time to keep doing this. This app doesn’t keep pace with the latest updates because it hasn’t updated.

Scammed customer. This app was really good before the new version that does not work at all home phone or any Apple product I’m very distressed wood with this product now I would night but is anybody to purchase a waste their money on this app

Was great until version 3.0. I’d had this app for more than three years, and have really liked it overall, even though I am a bit of a klutz. However, with Version 3.0, it has become much more difficult to use, at least for this user. For one thing, the new user manual isn’t very helpful; it tells us what the app can do, but doesn’t really tell us _how to do things. With this significant an update, giving us the how-to is extremely important. For instance, importing text from other sources used to be very straightforward—and it worked well. Now, when I try to import something, I first have to find where the material _went. At first, in this version, it went into a folder called “Inbox” (not even mentioned in the user manual). With the latest update, however, “Inbox” is gone, and I have to search for it among the saved files, even though it technically hasn’t been saved yet. Then, I have to go through all kinds of hoops to save the document in a form that will recognize the text. Sometimes, the field of view report doesn’t work now. The whole thing is just harder to use, especially if I am saving documents. If the user manual were written from the viewpoint of a _new user, it would benefit all of us. Prior to this, I would have given it a higher rating. Update, Jan. 10, 2019: It just keeps getting worse. It still does reasonably well for reading and saving otherwise inaccessible material from websites; but, with iOS 12 and later, scanning documents such as books, magazines, and even mail is becoming less successful. Even reinstalling the app didn’t help. More often than not, the reading comes out Like gibberish now; the automatic picture function almost _never works, and the field of view report is frequently unavailable; at times, it says that the page is upside down when it isn’t; and, in fact, just about the only people who _might be able to benefit from scanning documents with it are sighted users who have different reading difficulties, such as dyslexia. Really, there should be one app for sightless users, and a different one for sighted users. That way, more focus could be given to having all features working and updated. I’m only keeping the three stars because of the ability to import text from otherwise inaccessible websites.

Gotten much better. This app has gotten much better and much more useful than it has been in the past and I like that. I look forward to seeing how much better this app will become. The truth is it’s not at its hundred dollar price tag yet but there have been great improvements and I would like to see more tools being rolled out in the app.

KNFB Reader v 3.0. I have been enjoying the new features of Version 3.0, especially now one can save file in othe cloud storage services such as Microsoft’s One drive and Google Drive besides dropbox.I like the layout of the screens and the speed of processing images that are taken.

I paid money and the app won’t open. When I first bought it it worked just OK but now it won’t let me access it. I Try to open the app cuts out not working at this time.

Ever since Ios12. I miss the easy way you use to be able to access imported files from another app, it use to be that explorer was at the top of the screen and tapping on this instantly opened your imported file. Also ever since IOS12 the app will throw you back to the home screen upon launching however it remains active, going to the app switcher and taping on it will put you right back at the home screen. Other than that it is a very accurate app and I know yall willl fix the IOS12 issues

Great app. This app is awesome, God bless the creators of this app, I am legally blind, and I use this app on a daily basis at home for my mail and outside for other reading material, thank you very much

Amazing app. This app does with most only promise to do but never deliver. It is a key tool in my every day work flow. It is worth the time and effort to learn how it works and how to best use it so that it fits into your daily flow. Give it a try, you won’t be sorry and I’m sure you’ll love it as much if not more than I do, if that’s possible. tollebooth

Crashes when opening PDF files. Great for photos, but I have files I need to have read that are in PDF format. Every time I click to download, it starts and then crashes.

KNFB reader. I love this app I was on my way home coming back from the school we drove by a clean carpet service Thierry was a sign snapped a pic and KNFB reader read it to me

Great Program!. This is an excellent program. As a new KNFB Reader user, I read all the directions first. I find that it works exactly as it is supposed to. I have read the negative reviews, and I wonder if previous users are trying to do things the old way, without having read the instructions. I love this program! Not to mention the convenience of having it on my iPhone.

Getting slower and more difficult to use KNFB reader. I don’t think that the recognition is getting any better in the last few releases. Also this application never completely leaves my system. Often times after leaving the application the level vibrator still continues to vibrate the phone. Even if I go into the app switcher and close it that way, I’ve got to restart my phone to get it to stop vibrating. Also in the most recent releases, it doesn’t go back to picture mode if there is no text. I personally find the new tab arrangement more difficult to work with than the original one. My old Nokia and 82 with one of the original versions, seems to still work better. I am using an iPhone 7.

A podcast or tutorial. I Purchased this app when it was half-price because I figured it doesn’t go at half price very often. that was like, a year or two ago, and I’ve still yet to understand how to use this app? back then I used zoom and magnification mostly, now I use voiceover, so using this app is going to be even more challenging for me now that I’m using voice over. I wish there was a podcast on demonstrating or how to use this app. I think people would agree to pay the high cost if they could see or hear a demonstration of its use. That would even help me since I have purchased the app and still don’t know how to use it. that would drive up your sales, and help me at the same time. for example, instructions on how to use it, what you can use it to do, etc.

Reader app is extremely helpful. This app is extremely useful in many parts. Of my daily Life. I have macular degeneration and cannot see the keyboard. I use the app many times each day. Henry Kaminer

Great app. I use this for quick access to PDF files on a regular basis

Horrible....just horrible. Horrible. What happened to this app? For some reason I cannot change the English voice to anything but Fred. I am not impressed with the new user interface either. I can use it however it is not as straightforward as it use to be. it just seems cluttered. I agree with other reviewers that saving files and importing them is needlessly more complicated. My biggest complaint with this app is the fact that I can only use Fred using English. There is no way I would pay full price for this app now.

Speach Rate Adjustments Are Bad. In a recent update the speach rate settings are bad. First of all the range of speach rate is unnessessary. From way too slow to way too fast. Secondly, when set on 48 is normal (for me), but slide it to 52 and it's way too fast. ???? Lastly, when I'm finally able to get the speach rate set it goes back to the default setting every time I close the program. The default setting is insanely slow. This whole "Speach Rate" issue is very frustrating and needs to be addressed. Otherwise the app works well. Update: 8 December, 2017. The first few words frequently come out as unreadable text (symbols). This app is good, but for $100 it should be MUCH better and get more frequent attention and updates. Still 2 star at best 😒

Read PDFs. I have used the KNFB Reader way back when it was only available on a cell phone and a clunky device that put the camera and phone together. This app improves that immensely, but compared to some free apps, I believe it is overpriced. I do however appreciate the fact that it does a pretty good job reading PDFs.

App for visually impaired people that was very good, is now very, very bad!. After latest updates, app is no longer producing reliable information. Instead of giving text, it automatically goes to PDF. You then have to switch to text in order to get that mode. And when you do that you get gobbledygook. It appears you’re now have to switch to text mode in order to get text to speech. However even if you do that, you still get gobbledygook. Fix this app! Now using seeing AI as it is much more reliable and easier to use. If I could, I would try and get my money back for this cayenne FB unreliable app. I gave this app a rating of one. However if I could I would give it a -5 because it is now so bad.

Amazing. Totally worth the price helps me everyday and can be used so many different ways

My Reader. I am so excited that I’m able to finally mail books etc. I’m still learning to navigate around it , but it’s getting better with practice

Won't process advanced documents for blind people. I would happily pay $99 for the application that I'm looking for, but this is not it. I was hoping that I would be able to use this to read historical SEC filings of companies which include a lot of text and tables. Unfortunately, as their instructional material explains, Advance documents like memos in books are only intended for the cited users, while blind people are only supposed to read receipts. Even though it says that you can export to HTML, the only options for saving are PDF and some sort of proprietary format which they recommend for blind people. The only way that you can actually read is by using the audio player tool, as voiceover Will only navigate word by word. You can also only read by sentence, word or line, and not by paragraph. During the OCR process, voiceover will not interact with the application and it does not tell you the progress. Requesting a refund.

KNFB 3.0 Awesome. I like everything I’ve learned about the new version. The access to one drive and Dropbox is great. Batch processing is greatly improved—telling me how many pictures I have taken. Saving and deleting files is now stable. Having the option to save and view files as PDF is a good addition.

I love this app!. This app is AMAZING! Absolutely worth every penny! Use it every day super user-friendly. does as good a job as larger, less portable and much more expensive external devices. HIGHLY recommend.

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Crash course. This app just crashes on iPhone 13 pro. Resolved by deleting and reinstalling the App.

Couldn't be without it. I am a 69-year-old male, into thousand and eight, had a medical procedure go wrong, was in a coma for three months time died eight times, and was reminded 26 times, I had turtle sceptres throughout my body, at one point the medical Doctors requested permission to turn 28 machines off and let me know, because of the amount of brain damage and organ failure, I had 28 machines connected to me trying to revive my organs, I suffered extensive brain damage, with the majority of my brain considered not to function again, fortunately, somebody said he's not DNR, and when I came out of the coma I was totally blind, and well handicapped, I have now had 25 major strokes, and have regained quite a lot of my vision, but my brain cannot lead down to 5 words, so yes one step is vital to me many thanks to all involved with one step from Jason Vickers

very useful program for us who are blind. this is a very useful program particularly when I am unable to read printed material. KNF reader enables me to take a picture of the printed word and allow my phone to read what is written. This saves me getting out my pc and scanner. It does a great job on pdf documents that have not been through full ocr recognition. Give it a go.

A must have for vision impaired. A life changing app! I am 68 years blind,I love it

KnfbReader Outstanding. If you are Blind, have Low Vision or a print disability, this app will truly change your life. Independent access to the printed word in a nice easy interface. Well done KNFB Reading Technology.

Empowering. As a vision impaired iPhone user, I find this app incredibly useful and empowering. The fact that I can now go into a restaurant and read the menu independently, double-check a receipt or even read error messages on my computer that were previously inaccessible gives me so much more independence. A must download and a very user-friendly app. Thank you.

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Knfb reader is huge fo accessibility to print material for the blind. This is currently ny number one app and i would encourage ecery blind person who wants access to printed material to purchase and downloadit. It will take time and patience to learn but it will be well worth it. It is also worth ecery penny. Don't let dollars be a stumbling vlock for you to purchase this app.

Very useful but expansive. I love using this app. It helps improve my quality of life by getting access to information I would need sighted assistance with otherwise. The only negative is that it’s very pricy so I would recommand lower income users to wait for periods when it is reduced to get it. That’s what I did and I never regret buying KNFB reader.

I Don’t Know if it’s Me, but This Is Unusable. As a client of Low Vision Rehab I was referred this app to help offset strain and fatigue due to light sensitivity. I had seen this in use and at first when I used it it was fine. The second use that same day into the present, it no longer works as it should. I take a photo of my text book with no unusual font and it does the same as with any other text and font used - the text created has a bunch of numbers mixed in with the letters and it does not read correctly. It is unusable. I will make an appointment with a specialist and find out if it’s just me or if it is the app.

works as described very good OCR.. an excellent app. Does exactly what it says it will. four stars only because there is no trial and because of a few minor bugs which should have been found before release.

Disappointed. It’s not working anymore it’s crush all time I open it or I sent document to it I am using iPhone 8 and the last version of iOS what happened? I paid the hundred dollar for it can you help please? No I’m asking people to read the document for me I bought it for nothing...

Awesome App. Awesome app. Extremely handy & helpful.

Needs improvement. I’m visually impaired and I relied on this app for reading my textbooks and now it doesn’t work. I’d warn warn anyone with the same condition to not buy this app, seeing ai is free

Very good when when working. Very helpful when working most of the time.

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Best OCR App Out There. I have used several OCR applications on different platforms. Some of them worked well but on iOS, I have generally had very poor results with them until KNFB Reader came along. I stuck a regular office memo under the phone and gave this app a try and it read the memo almost perfectly on my first attempt. My camera technique isn't all that good either. So I must say that these guys hit one out of the park with this one.

New version does not seem to have visually impaired users in mind. Many reviews have already pointed out the unreliability of the importing feature. For me, it sometimes doesn’t show up unless I go away from the files tab and come back to it. The fact that I keep getting asked if I want to save my document after I’ve exported it makes the process really slow. So for example, I will open a document, press save, pick a name, file type, and location, hit save, and then try to open another file, and I will get asked if I want to save the current document without closing. That seems unnecessary. I should be able to switch between files either with them auto saving or the app trusting that if I am moving away from the document I’ve finished with it. The app also seems to be slow to respond to some button press. In previous versions it would also say how many pages out of the total document it’s converted which was useful to know. Also, the app is still not integrated with iCloud. This is my main cloud service and I keep having to email myself documents I already have just so I can import them from my email. Also, more of an iPad feature but it would be great to be able to use the app in landscape mode which is as of now unavailable.. Lastly, smart invert. I am someone who likes to look at the interface of my screen and use voiceover to read the elements. Now, smart invert, that is extremely useful in every other app on my phone, turns the interface to light. I realize the app is already set up for contrast, but I shouldn’t have to turn off smart invert to use KNFB and turn it on for the rest of my phone. The reader view is slightly different because I can customize the text color and background color, but the rest of the interface is extremely uncomfortable for me to look at. A simple fix would be to double contrast the whole app instead of just the camera so that the theme stays consistently dark with the rest of my apps. The actual OCR capabilities of the app work well but the user experience is far from perfect. As a student in college that paid the full price of the app, I should have no issues with this app. But for now I am sorry to say it is not worth the price.

Excellent!!!. I am able to read many texts with this app

Blind Technology Instructor. Very accurate and user friendly for the blind. Works great in low light situations. Well worth the cost compared to other OCR apps

Innovative and Impressive. Although it took some time to get used to, this app has already proved to be well worth the price. It has fundamentally changed the way I read.

Best show in town. Fast, accurate, good feedback about what the camera can see, great braille support. Faster multipage scanning than the competition. The elegance of the interface and quality of results may justify the price tag if you have to deal with a lot of print. I'll give it five stars when I can pan the camera and it will alert me to text in my environment in realtime.

Very good app, but.... The text to speech aspect of this app is excellent, better than any I have seen so far. I never thought I'd actually find a text to speech app that actually converts text to speech. There is only one little problem, when you going to settings, it doesn't work very well with voiceover.

Awesome app, best money spent. The app is totally worth the money, that is the best money I have ever spent

Was a Great app, "but"...... I personally love the KNFB app. It has worked remarkably well and has been a real life changing app. The "but" is there because lately it has been more unusable than usable. The KNFB app really started going downhill just before the iOS 9 update and got worse on the iPhone 6s. At that time, we had to wait forever to get an update just to make the KNFB app usable. I say forever, "but" it was really only about a month; "but" for as much as I use the app that felt like forever. The app worked good after the update at first, "but" now the speech rate is all kinds of crazy and it will not save my settings. The most annoying problem though is that the app constantly crashes. If I scan multiple pages the app will get about halfway through the conversion and then crash. Making me start all over again; causing me to waste an enormous amount of time! Now, again, I have been waiting 2 weeks for an update to correct the issues. This is very frustrating because of the amount I use the KNFB app. Also, (this might just be me) "but" I believe if I pay $100 for an app I shouldn't have to work through constant crashes, messed up speed rates, and reset my settings every time I open the app. I understand it takes time to go through the process; so maybe I'm just too inpatient. "But" then I think: wait, it's a $100! We shouldn't have to wait SO long for corrective updates! Once an update is released and the issues solved; I will gladly come back and give the app the five star rating that I personally know it deserves.

Pretty amazing, but.... This is one of the best reading apps out there. I've seen it work well for many of my blind/visually impaired friends. However, it's a bit tricky to use if you have truble with your hands shaking or moving. I hope that in future updates, this could be worked on. I've personally had a hard time getting all four edges of the document to line up with the camra. Using the field view report thing is also a bit tricky, like someone else pointed out. I do like the fact that it allows those with reading disibilities to gain independence as far as being able to read documents and other printed items. I also hope in future updates, we could be able to use the ALEX voice to read our documents (For those who have ALEX on their devices). I'm not a huge fan of Samantha, personally.

Todd Wills. What an incredible app it works so great you can read this is a changer for blind people but actually nothing is changed for blind people it's outrageously overpriced so that's meant to be purchased by folk rehab and other government agencies so that blind people have to get permission or they either need to be independently wealthy before they purchase it this price is unconscionable but hey they're making money are they

Ossom app. I love this app i can read my mail and school handouts.

Best app ever!. This is the app I have been waiting for for the past five years. And it has not disappointed. I have used the previous K NFB reader mobile device and this app for iPhone is much easier to use. It is intuitive. It takes pictures and reads the print from round spice bottles, small round medicine files, on the back of plastic pouches, in glass picture frames, off of my laptop computer screen. I have many scanner apps on my iPhone and none of them are accurate. But this one is accurate, at least 98% of the time. Love it. Love it. Love it.

Good, but could be better. This is, by far, the best OCR app. When I can get it to work, the results are excellent. Unfortunately, getting it to work is a bit of a challenge. First, the field of view report does not give consistent information. I’ve run the report multiple times in the same position and get different results each time. Additionally, sometimes the field report fails to give voice feedback, and you have to dismiss the app and relaunch. When performing OCR, you often only get portions of the text; this even occurs when the field report indicates that alignment is perfect. Just as in the field report, OCR often fails to provide voice output. These flaws are a shame, since the app works well when it *does* work.

Great product. I bought it, used it, and love it. Talk about a product that is simply amazing. It's everything it was promised to be.

Best Blind App Ever. Mr. Gashel & the rest of the crew really have the biggest bragging rights for functional development with the release of this app. This is the best app ever for the mobile blind user. It is my favorite and to be most used app in my daily activity. Thanks for making independence easier K-NFB!

Definitely worth the money. The user interface for KNFBReader Great compared to Prizmo. When comparing theKNFBReader app with other apps for more complicated documents it is superior. If you're scanning regular letters, thePrizmo App or TextGrabber plus translator will suffice. The advantage is thatKNFBReader Will also OCR text from the computer screen. Definitely worth the money even if you don't have any discounts by using gift cards are waiting for it to be on sale. This is not a biased opinion, it is based on comparison and experience. @TheBlindMan12v

Just WOW! 👍. Beyond impressed with this app! I am dyslexic and use it to read my long college level school reading assignments. Because I can hear the words and follow along with my eyes I am able to retain and comprehend much much more! Thank you to the developers!

Awesome!. Love this app! Good work guys!

So awesome. I have tried tons of OCR apps in the past and they have all flopped. Total fail. Will this app is so much different. It tells you what it sees and doesn't see and the tilt feature is really cool also. It is spot on with its OCR. I'd say about 99% correct. Don't let the price tag scare you. I promise you'll find lots of ways to use this app. It actually just about to save my life when I was able to read a medicine label I would not have followed proper direction since the pharmacist never told me… Just do it you will not regret it.

KNFB Reader. This app screams, amazing, incredible, awesome, and most certainly independence.

UPDATE PLEASE!!. Since updating to 11.2.5 . I can no longer safe knfb files. This app is in my opinion one of the greatest OCR recognition out there very pricy but worth it👍🏾. But at 99.99 there should not be any issues with iOS updates. Again! The save knfb file feature crashes every time I try to save a file using iOS 11.2.5 . Developer PLEASE GIVE US AN UPDATE!!!! and please be on top of future updates because the apple corporation loves them and that process has destroyed developers and clients.

Absolutely a phenomenal OCR app. This app is well worth the price. It is phenomenal and works terrifically.

Excellent OCR, needs a little more work. This is a great app for single-page scanning! With a couple fixes it could be great for multi-page scanning, too (more about that below). Bought at $50 (50% off the regular $100 price), its OCR has proven very accurate and quick, amazing me at how it can accommodate automatically for slightly curved pages and such. I appreciate how you can add pages to existing files at any time. Thanks to the developers who continue to refine the app! While it is over 90% there, it is too rough for a $50 app (let alone $100 at the regular price). Scanning a document over 35-40 pgs consistently causes the app to crash. (I've resorted to scanning longer documents into multiple 35-page files in knfbReader, a rather untidy but functional workaround.) The app also lacks bookmarking, an essential feature for multi-page documents, especially for the visually impaired. I have resorted to exporting the text as a txt file and importing it into the Voice Dream app, which has superior text-to-voice and ereader capabilities than knfbReader (e.g. use a slider to move forward and back through the text, higher quality voices, automatic bookmarking saves where you left off, syncs with Pocket, displays the amount of time it would take to listen to a selection next to the name, etc.) Note: I've noticed that the device you use to scan can make a significant difference in scan speed. Changing from an iPod touch 5th gen to an iPhone 6 doubled my scan speed, in part due to faster focusing. When possible, scanning two facing pages of a book at a time doubled my scanning speed again. Tip: Use as bright a light as possible to speed up focus time and, therefore, scan time's under lower light conditions focusing can take considerably longer. A couple other requests include: - Cloud syncing between devices without requiring manually exporting from one device and importing into the app on another device - More polished user interface I am sighted and use this app to increase the number of articles and books I can go through by listening instead of reading. I tend to listen to more audiobooks than I read paper books, and my hope is to make more paper articles and books readily accessible in audio form. This app is a great example of how improving accessibility for some can improve it for all. In short, knfbReader is a diamond in the rough. At this price, I expect better quality. Once the crashing and bookmarking have been worked out, it could be magnificent. (Then, I would give it 5 stars.) The developers are actively working on it, so with continued effort they may yet refine knfbReader into a solid app worthy of the price.

Give it a chance. I've got to say… This app is well worth the money… I was hesitant to purchase… But… Now… I realize I could not live without it… it takes a little patience to learn how to use it… I go through my mail… And if I have something that I am not sure about… I save it in a little pile for when my sided friends come around… this does not happen very often and makes for a much more enjoyable visit when my friends come over and do not have to spend an hour and a half reading the mail… if you have a good light and a steady hand… It works pretty good… Would recommend to anyone who cannot read with their eyeballs

The bomb!. Being blind and having a great item in my arsenal of adaptive technology is not only useful,it is a must. I strongly recommend this for anyone who has a visual disability. It seems a bit expensive but it is well worth the money for a one time purchase and no in app purchases. I did not even mention the convenience and easy to use and very fast translation.

The best OCR app for iOS. Over the years, I have used character recognition apps on various platforms. This by far is the best. It's fast and accurate. The field of view report is a well worth addition to ensure that one gets the full-page view of the camera. I have tried everything from brochures to mail two bottles two boxes and all kinds of things. It has been amazing to have this access to the printed word.

Outstanding!. Very fast! The first thing that impressed me was how quickly as well as accurately this app converts documents and starts reading them to me. This is an amazing game changer, and worth every penny. I was put off by the price at first, but what this does is really incredible. I highly recommend it and I am very impressed.

Read it does not read my mail. Otis Majors 469-231-2518

Best application ever for the blind. Welcome to the clan if you read or if you suffer from visual impairment total blindness or perhaps dyslexia this program will allow you to read your own mail brochures receipts and restaurant menus without any assistance this program will give you a sense of independence and freedom. For the very first time ever those who have visual impairments such as total blindness or perhaps dyslexia can read their own mail brochures and go to the restaurant and read their own menus without any assistance whatsoever. Welcome to Kane FB reader it will give you since you've been dependence and freedom

I love this app. I am a blind person for the first time ever I was able to open mail and have it read to me I am so thankful to have this app

Absolutely Amazing!. I have tested this on multiple documents with amazing accuracy. Works great on 5C running 7.1.2. However not good on iPod 5 gen. on iOS 8. I think it's the fault of iOS 8, not the app!

supremely freakin amazing!!!. wow. This single app is a life changer for blind people. it recognizes text extremely accurately and quickly. its far faster than using my flatbed scanner with kurzweil and as fast or faster than open book with the pearl doc camera. I have taken twenty or so pictures since downloading, even of my computer screen, and have been continuously amazed with the results. if u are debating getting it, don't. Its the real thing. Its what we have been waiting for! nfb and good old ray have done it again.

App frequently crashes. App is good when it works, but it frequently crashes

Crash a lot. With iOS 10.2 and latest knfbReader reader. Frequent crash not practical to use

KNFB Reader Is Great. The KNFB Reader opens a world that has been closed. The app is on your phone and it goes everywhere with you. Where as a CCTV stays on a desk. A trail period would be nice, To try it out and see if it works for your needs, due to the price. Get the price down. Please

SO GREAT WE HAVE THIS. Having used two previous incarnations of the KNFB Reader (original and cell phone), I am delighted that KNFB has been able to bring their quality to the iPhone so quickly. This new version is extremely fast, and the field of view report and conversion feel immediate. As a mobile app, another huge leap forward for independence for the blind and those who have any number of issues reading. Surely deserving of some major awards. Wow, how great.

Fast andaccurate!. I have used several OCR apps in the past, by far, this is the best that I have ever seen. The accuracy, and speed are amazing. Tasks as complex as sorting mail to reading a book for pleasure are all conducted with ease.

Me. I love this application. I am totally blind. I use it on a daily basis. I read all sorts of printed material. It is awesome. I would recommend it to anyone. Well worth the price.

Love it!. I love this app! Very voice over accessible! :-) Good job! :-)four $49 that's not bad! :-:) keep up the good work!

Your domain was inactivated. Your domain OneStepreader.com was deactivated. Users have no access to support. Not starting out real good from the turnover from knfb to onestep reader.

Awesome text reading app!!!. This is the must have app for reading text. Truly outstanding performance!!!

Great app.. This is a great app for the visually and pay her. My only issue with this app right now, is that when you select Martha page document it does not let you type multiple pages only the first page. Please fix this problem. Will write a five when you fix them up to page document selection. Thanks.

So useful. This app is amazing! It's so useful. I love it. :) very much worth getting.

Worth every penny. This app blows the competition away. Also, considering what you get, this app seems incredibly underpriced to me. I look forward to seeing what the updates will bring.

please add korean OCR. I really like this app for OCR only English. I just want to use Korean

K NFB reader. I love this app. I have been waiting for this since this was a standalone portable scanner. this is finally with in my reach now as far as affordability. It's the best $99 I've ever spent. sure, I had to budget a little bit. But that is quite alright considering that I can take it on the go and read things that I never could before. At least not until I got home to put it under my scanner. this is going to make college handouts so much easier now. i'm telling every blind person I know that has an eye device about the app.

Awesome app!. Keep up the good work!

A must have.... OK, simply put, if your visually impaired in anyway that you were not able to read text normally, I highly recommend this app, in fact, this app is far more superior to my Parul camera that I have on my computer. That being said, there are two issues, either that or huge but would be nice if they got fixed. 1. Batchmode - this mode allows you to take photos of multiple pages before the app processes the images into text to read to you. The problem is that this mode has a tendency to crash randomly, making the user have to routinely save the batch every 15–20 pages. 2. Photos - for whatever reason, this app holds onto the photos of the pages. This makes sense for legally blind users who want to see any photos that were on the page, but for the 95% of the rest of the time it makes this app a major memory hog if you use it a lot or if you use it to say scan a text book for school. I would really recommend the developers to give the option to delete the photos to help conserve memory on smart phones as well as when it backs up to the cloud. Side from those two things, yes the price is very steep but it is so worth it if you prefer to just have all of your visually impaired and blind tools on one device rather than walking around like Batman with the utility belt.

Question about the app. The app is totally amazing, and I love it. But I cannot find the feature, where it reads bills, like one dollar and five dollar bills. How does that feature work?