Tech Tips: Voice OCR Document Reader

Contributed by Jerry Price, Assistive Technology Coordinator 

There are many OCR (Optical Character Recognition) scanning apps. This particular app is a little different than the others because not only can you manipulate it with Voiceover gestures, but you can also

opt to use your voice.  Other highlights include automatic light adjustment, the customization of voices such as Wonder Woman, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the ability to work with

many different languages, and an option to easily share documents. The free version of the app offers 150 scans a month.  The paid version offers unlimited scans.  Voice OCR is only available for iOS

devices.  If you are a novice iPhone user, you will need assistance setting up the app, but chances are you would also need help setting up the other OCR apps.  These apps include Seeing AI, Voice Dream

Scanner and KNFB Reader.