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Text Detective 1.2.1

13.8 MB / 10K+ Downloads / Rating 3.2 - 126 reviews


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Text Detective, developed and published by A9 Innovations, LLC., has released its latest version, 1.2.1, on 2014-03-21. This app falls under the Productivity category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 10000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 3.2, based on 126 reviews.

Text Detective APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 4.0+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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App Details

Package name: com.blindsight.textdetective

Updated: 11 years ago

Developer Name: A9 Innovations, LLC.

Category: Productivity

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Text Detective on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

App Rating

3.2
Total 126 reviews

Reviews

1 ★, on 2016-07-12
As others have said, the read aloud function doesn't work. I'm sorry but that's pretty huge. You can't just gloss over that "small fact". But also, the reading is not good at all. I tried it with several documents in various fonts at various distances and the results are far from perfect--at worst it's unreadable; at best, typos galore. Even with the simplest font--and a two sentence paragraph--it still barely reads the text properly. But mostly, they shouldn't say this reads the text aloud if it doesn't.

5 ★, on 2014-05-19
Work good on printed text. Hand written texts causes some problems but this is great if you want to quick copy a text document for editing or saving.

1 ★, on 2016-02-03
Takes several tries to get a good picture that will convert to text. Read aloud function does not work.

1 ★, on 2017-06-24
It doesn't work I hate the app I have a problem with my eyes and I hoped that this could read me my homework and all I got was a bunch of random letters and I did exactly what it said to do and I was not the one taking the picture it was my friend who has great vision and can see perfectly so it was not just because of my eyes

1 ★, on 2016-11-19
Whole reason i got it was for it to read my boring gas book to me, it doesnt read it at all

5 ★, on 2014-07-02
I tried it out on different types of documents and books. I was surprised how well it worked and was able to pull the words from a kid's picture book with different fonts

Previous Versions

Text Detective 1.2.1
2014-03-21 / 13.8 MB / Android 4.0+

About this app

Text Detective is a fully accessible app that reads text from the camera in your phone or tablet within seconds. Point the camera and sort through mail, read menus, cards, product packages, medication labels, and all kinds of other print around you. WE REALLY CARE WHAT YOU THINK: Please don't hesitate to contact us via Twitter, Facebook, or email!

***** Great for reading text on the fly!

The text can easily be read, edited, copied and pasted into documents, emails or other apps. It even keeps the text in a history for future use.

Text Detective works best with the clean and crisp text you find in documents, and at a distance of about the length of a forearm. You can use it wherever you go - no need for network coverage – it even works on the plane.

The creation of this product was supported in part by SBIR grants from the National Institutes of Health (grants no. EY011821 and EY020707).

Text Detective by Blindsight is covered by U.S. Patent No. 7,817,855, and pending US and international patents.

New features

Version 1.2.1
- Changed behavior on "Skip intro" menu item
- Added better checking for camera flash
Version 1.2.0
- Significant improvements to text reading performance
- Added preview of captured frame while detecting text
Version 1.1.4
- NEON support detected at runtime
Version 1.1.3
- Better detection of German text
Version 1.1.2
- Added autofocus for some Samsung devices
Version 1.1.1
- Explicit library loading supports more devices

App Permissions

Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.