Apple's New App Return Policy in Europe is a Big Deal for VoiceOver Users

Recently, Apple implemented a new 14 day no questions asked return policy in many European Union (EU) nations according to 9to5mac. The new policy allows customers to receive a full refund on App Store purchases within 14 days of receipt.

While this new policy is an important safeguard for all consumers, it is a major development for App Store customers who rely on accessibility features, such as VoiceOver, in order to use their devices. VoiceOver is a built in screen reader that allows blind and visually impaired users to use iOS devices and Macs.

While browsing the App Store, it is extremely difficult for VoiceOver users to determine if the app they are interested in purchasing is accessible. This often leaves the customer playing a guessing game with their money. For example, without the return policy a VoiceOver user who wanted to purchase a $20 app would need to hope that the app was accessible with VoiceOver otherwise their $20 purchase would be useless. Even if the app is inaccessible and unusable refunds are typically not granted.

The new policy allows VoiceOver users to download apps that may or may not be accessible without the risk of wasting money on an app that is totally useless for them. If the user downloads an app that is not accessible, they can simply return the app within two weeks and receive a full refund. In effect, this allows for a two week trial period for apps which will allow users to see if the app fits their needs. For VoiceOver users within the EU this will take the guesswork out of purchasing apps.

Unfortunately, the new return policy is only available in certain EU countries and is not applicable to customers in other countries. Hopefully, Apple will extend the policy to all customers regardless of which country they are in. Until that time, users in other countries will have to hope that the apps they are downloading are accessible.

KNFB Reader App: Amazingly Fast and Accurate

The KNFB Reader is a text recognition app that is shockingly fast. Take a picture of a newspaper article or practically any printed text and within a couple of seconds the app will be reading the text back to you. A "couple of seconds" is no exaggeration, the KNFB Reader app is that fast. For people who are visually impaired or have difficulty reading, the KNFB Reader is perfect for accessing printed text.

Once a document is properly framed, only one more step is necessary to start reading the document. Simply press the take picture button and within seconds the app will recognize the text within the document using optical character recognition (OCR) and begin reading it with text-to-speech. No need to crop or adjust the image, once the picture is taken the app does all the work. All recognition is done locally on the device so personal data is never transmitted over the internet.

The KNFB Reader app has a number of features that help users capture images of text. For users who are blind and visually impaired the app offers a "field of view report" which offers spoken feedback to help frame the document in the view finder. This feature will let a users know how many corners of the document are within the field of view and if the document is tilted. In addition, the app offers automatic picture taking mode which will automatically snap a picture of a document when it is properly framed.  The app also includes the ability to capture multi-page documents with batch mode. The field of view feature worked well with loose paper documents, but I did not have success using the automatic capture feature with books.

In addition to using the device's built in camera to capture images, users can also import image based PDF documents and JPG files to be recognized with the app. For example, using the "open in" feature of Google Drive will allow a user to import an image to be recognized and read with KNFB Reader.

Text is can be highlighted word-by-word or line-by-line as it is being read aloud by the text-to-speech voice. Users can adjust the layout and appearance of the text and change the speaking rate of the text-to-speech voice. Only the default iOS text-to-speech voice is available, so users hoping to use another voice will have to export the text to another app. The built-in text reader also lacks the ability to highlight or annotate the document, so once again users looking for this functionality will need to export the text to a different app.

While the KNFB Reader app is faster and more accurate than competing products such as Prizmo, Prizmo does include some useful features that KNFB Reader does not. Prizmo, which is significantly less expensive, includes the ability to export PDF documents. This means a user can take a picture of a document, have the text recognized and any images on the page retained by Prizmo, so that it looks identical to the printed page. KNFB reader, by contrast strips away images, and only retains the printed text. If PDF export is an important feature to you, Prizmo may be a better option. Click here to learn more about Prizmo. 

If you are looking for a text recognition app with great speed and accuracy, I think you will be quite pleased. If The KNFB reader fits your budget, you won't be disappointed. KNFB Reader costs $100, to download the app from the App Store click here. It is compatible with the iPhone 4S and newer and the iPod touch fifth generation. Click read more below to view screen shots of the app.

Facebook Rooms - a room for being yourself

Despite the anonymous nature of the Internet, users have always liked the freedom of being themselves without being discovered. Think of the early 1990s where we used to use IRC channels to chat anonymously.

Inspired by both the ethos of these early web communities and the capabilities of modern smartphones, today we’re announcing Rooms, the latest app from Facebook Creative Labs. Rooms lets you create places for the things you’re into, and invite others who are into them too.

A room is a feed of photos, videos, and text – not too different from the one you have on Instagram or Facebook - with a topic determined by whoever created the room. Early users have already created rooms for everything from beat boxing videos to parkour to photos of home- cooked meals.

Not only are rooms dedicated to whatever you want, room creators can also control almost everything else about them. Rooms is designed to be a flexible, creative tool. You can change the text and emoji on your like button, add a cover photo and dominant colors, create custom “pinned” messages, customize member permissions, and even set whether or not people can link to your content on the web. You can even create different identities for different contexts.



Rooms follows the age-old concept of a message board — a place to build your own identity and converse with people with mutual interests on the mobile.

The only way to join a room is if you have been invited to one. To invite someone to your room, tap 'invite' which will generate a QR code image. Now send the image to the person you want to invite. Once the person opens the image, he is added to the room successfully.


Head over to the App Store to download Rooms for iPhone

MotionSavvy's UNI Tablet: A Break Through in Sign Language Communication

For people who use sign language to communicate, interacting with people who do not know sign language can be an enormous challenge and create barriers for people who are hearing impaired. Until now, the best alternative might have been writing out notes on a piece of paper. However, an upcoming product from a company called MotionSavvy hopes to offer a better solution.

The solution does not look like the advanced piece of assistive technology that it is, but rather looks like a thin tablet with a Leap Motion device attached to the front. The Leap Motion senses the motion of the users hand to recognize signs using multiple cameras. Once the table recognizes the signs it can display the signed phrase as text on screen or even as spoken words with text-to-speech. This allows the other person that does not know sign language to understand what is being signed. Then the other person can speak into the tablet and speech recognition technology will allow the words to appear on the screen for the hearing impaired person to read.

This technology can allow deaf and hearing impaired users to communicate with other people that do not know sign language without an interpreter or slow hand written messages. However there are some limitations that should be expected from a first generation product such as the UNI. Users will not be able to use their existing tablet with the software and will need to purchase both the Leap Motion device and accompanying Windows tablet and case through MotionSavvy. Also, the system may have difficulty interpreting the nuances of different sign language styles. Additionally only American Sign Language (ASL) will be supported initially. Luckily, MotionSavvy will include a feature to allow people to teach the device how to recognize new signs. With a feature called CrowdSign, the signs imported by one user can be shared with other users of the system. This will allow the library of recognizable signs to increase quickly provided users are willing to create and share their imported signs. However, because of the upkeep needed to maintain the CrowdSign features, users will need to pay a monthly fee to use the UNI tablet.

The MotionSavvy UNI tablet is expected to be released in early 2015. At this time, details on pricing are unclear, but MotionSavvy has said that the UNI will sell for more than $500 when released.

Why Online Marketplace Clone Script Are Popular?

In this Internet era, online shopping has got a wide demand across the world. If you might have thought of initiating your own eCommerce bhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFH25piyGz-v07xHphKyg6LsN9K8ByMdRAWaYvx1osAQRnHejNm4Q3qHHYOGDoZF0Um0jjBqw11pMEkjpHRKzRy34AjbtE2yUH0IwnBJYqWOf9jZYuB5Id9iWWsaIAb6kSPxi_3dg-goo/s1600/Why-Online-Marketplace-Clone-Scripts-Are-Popular.jpgusiness, then it�s a good move and you are going in a right direction. Before acting upon your idea, you might have been analyzed the cost, your requirement, time and so many other aspects.

Building an eCommerce business takes lots of money, time and making its efficient architecture is really a complex task. If we are talking about online marketplaces, you might be thinking of big websites like Amazon, Ebay, Airbnb, Etsy, Olx, Groupon etc.

Some of you also would have thought of building your website any of like these. You can build your website like your dream website and the solution is clone script.

Clone Script?

This is the copy of an existing web application, mobile application and any software. Clone script does not steal the source code of any website. The web development companies develop these scripts and designs with their own developers. They study the complete business process of the website and the company and then produce a clone script.

The market is completely filled with such clone scripts like amazon clone, Etsy clone, Airbnb clone and so more. People also search for these clones in a large number. Airbnb clone is the most searched clone script with 19.2k searches.

If you really want to give a thought for your online business, then the below infographic will be better for you to know more. 

Author Bio:
Gaurav Sharma is a founder of Antipull.com a Digital Marketing Manager at Nine Hertz and an Online Marketing-Tech Blogger. He has expertise in SEO, ASO, PPC and other parts of Online Marketing fields. He is an enthusiast and love to explore new stuffs. You can check him out on Facebook and Twitter or mail him personally.

Why Online Marketplace Clone Script Are Popular?

In this Internet era, online shopping has got a wide demand across the world. If you might have thought of initiating your own eCommerce bhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFH25piyGz-v07xHphKyg6LsN9K8ByMdRAWaYvx1osAQRnHejNm4Q3qHHYOGDoZF0Um0jjBqw11pMEkjpHRKzRy34AjbtE2yUH0IwnBJYqWOf9jZYuB5Id9iWWsaIAb6kSPxi_3dg-goo/s1600/Why-Online-Marketplace-Clone-Scripts-Are-Popular.jpgusiness, then it’s a good move and you are going in a right direction. Before acting upon your idea, you might have been analyzed the cost, your requirement, time and so many other aspects.

Building an eCommerce business takes lots of money, time and making its efficient architecture is really a complex task. If we are talking about online marketplaces, you might be thinking of big websites like Amazon, Ebay, Airbnb, Etsy, Olx, Groupon etc.

Some of you also would have thought of building your website any of like these. You can build your website like your dream website and the solution is clone script.

Clone Script?

This is the copy of an existing web application, mobile application and any software. Clone script does not steal the source code of any website. The web development companies develop these scripts and designs with their own developers. They study the complete business process of the website and the company and then produce a clone script.

The market is completely filled with such clone scripts like amazon clone, Etsy clone, Airbnb clone and so more. People also search for these clones in a large number. Airbnb clone is the most searched clone script with 19.2k searches.

If you really want to give a thought for your online business, then the below infographic will be better for you to know more. 

Author Bio:
Gaurav Sharma is a founder of Antipull.com a Digital Marketing Manager at Nine Hertz and an Online Marketing-Tech Blogger. He has expertise in SEO, ASO, PPC and other parts of Online Marketing fields. He is an enthusiast and love to explore new stuffs. You can check him out on Facebook and Twitter or mail him personally.

Get better Website Advertising Earnings with Simple Tips

The best and popular monetization way for any website or blog is advertising. This is simple and easy method is very efficient. The process involves simple copy and paste activities of the code. Stick with the key advertising networks to get satisfied earnings. Behind these advantages, some web bloggers experienced the less money making with their advertisements on the website. If the site has fewer monthly visitors, then there is no chance to boost the earning of the website via advertisements. Here is a definite set of tips to maximize the website earnings.

1. In-text advertising

For advertising purpose, most of the Website owners and bloggers rely specially on Banners ads and Adsense. Experimenting with In-Text advertising is the best way that compliments in a good manner. They are placed directly in the website, in between the article or blog post. The main advantage of this In-text advertising is the fact that its integration with the website content in a contextual format. It assists in boosting the traffic of the website and thereby increasing the website earnings. This is because, people those who might not noticed the Adsense ads will definitely observe the In-text ads. This is a vice-versa thing that enhances the profit of the website.

Infolinks, the world leader offers the best recommendation In-text advertising network. For In-text advertising, they have bounty of advertisers to work with and to offer reliable payment after you started to earn money.

2. Inventory Usage

The best online number game is making money via advertising. More the number of impressions on the banners, more the money you can make online. To maximize the earnings of the website, make sure to display the ads on the every page of the website. There are some sites that display ads on single web page, leaving other category, archive and home page. It is just like leaving in the money in the table that is of nearer distance.

3. Sell own ads as well

It is a good idea to work with established advertising network, as the process is straightforward and pretty good as well. Apart from this, any website owner can also advertise spots to the companies directly. It shuns away the need to display, �Advertise with us� page on the website. This is effective as some companies willingly joins to work with site owners in a straight line. It also offers them more flexibility for displaying banner type ads and positioning.

4. Multiple Tests

While advertising there will be many chances to find the optimal combination for the website, if the testing is done properly. Determine the best tool to make optimize the website and to guide through the process and provide all the necessary reports.

• To make the ad attractive and to earn high.
• Display a banner above or below the content of the post.
• Align the banner to the left or right of the website.
• Use preferable White or dark background.

 


Author Bio:
Eva Jasmine is a freelance marketer and a content specialist. She�s also a trainer in SEO Job Training offering digital marketing training in Chennai who loves blogging.

Get better Website Advertising Earnings with Simple Tips

The best and popular monetization way for any website or blog is advertising. This is simple and easy method is very efficient. The process involves simple copy and paste activities of the code. Stick with the key advertising networks to get satisfied earnings. Behind these advantages, some web bloggers experienced the less money making with their advertisements on the website. If the site has fewer monthly visitors, then there is no chance to boost the earning of the website via advertisements. Here is a definite set of tips to maximize the website earnings.

1. In-text advertising

For advertising purpose, most of the Website owners and bloggers rely specially on Banners ads and Adsense. Experimenting with In-Text advertising is the best way that compliments in a good manner. They are placed directly in the website, in between the article or blog post. The main advantage of this In-text advertising is the fact that its integration with the website content in a contextual format. It assists in boosting the traffic of the website and thereby increasing the website earnings. This is because, people those who might not noticed the Adsense ads will definitely observe the In-text ads. This is a vice-versa thing that enhances the profit of the website.

Infolinks, the world leader offers the best recommendation In-text advertising network. For In-text advertising, they have bounty of advertisers to work with and to offer reliable payment after you started to earn money.

2. Inventory Usage

The best online number game is making money via advertising. More the number of impressions on the banners, more the money you can make online. To maximize the earnings of the website, make sure to display the ads on the every page of the website. There are some sites that display ads on single web page, leaving other category, archive and home page. It is just like leaving in the money in the table that is of nearer distance.

3. Sell own ads as well

It is a good idea to work with established advertising network, as the process is straightforward and pretty good as well. Apart from this, any website owner can also advertise spots to the companies directly. It shuns away the need to display, “Advertise with us” page on the website. This is effective as some companies willingly joins to work with site owners in a straight line. It also offers them more flexibility for displaying banner type ads and positioning.

4. Multiple Tests

While advertising there will be many chances to find the optimal combination for the website, if the testing is done properly. Determine the best tool to make optimize the website and to guide through the process and provide all the necessary reports.

• To make the ad attractive and to earn high.
• Display a banner above or below the content of the post.
• Align the banner to the left or right of the website.
• Use preferable White or dark background.

 


Author Bio:
Eva Jasmine is a freelance marketer and a content specialist. She’s also a trainer in SEO Job Training offering digital marketing training in Chennai who loves blogging.