Project Assist vs Sensory Reader

Project Assist (App) is an extension of Pro-Study and Pro-Workspace (Desktop Versions) enabling you to also use your Smart Phone and/or Tablet to quickly collect, organise and access your research in more places. You can use Project Assist to easily collect important information from multiple sources and store it all in the colour coded categories within your projects. Project Assist also gives you a powerful OCR tool, image capturing and access to over 27 million book references by simply scanning a barcode. All your projects will be synced with the cloud and can therefore be accessed across multiple devices and your computer. Once on your computer you will have access to over 9.5k reference styles. Project Assist allows you to capture research on the go, whilst keeping your research safe and organised. Web-Sources With its inbuilt Web-Browser you are able to highlight and capture information directly from Web-Sources and save the information to your chosen colour coded categories. This feature will also automatically capture any reference information available. Online PDFs Highlight and capture information from online PDFs and save the information directly to your chosen colour coded categories. Upload Images Upload images from your phone or tablet and save them directly to your chosen colour coded categories. Camera Use the camera on your phone or tablet to take pictures and save them directly to your chosen Pro-Study colour coded category. A good example would be to save pictures of text and graphs from within textbooks. Barcode Scanning You can use the camera again to scan the barcode of a book to save all the reference information. Once on the desktop version you will then have access to over 9.5K different reference styles. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Project Assist comes with a powerful OCR feature so you can convert pictures of text into editable text. Synced All the saved information will be synced between the Project Assist App and the Desktop Version so all your priceless research is never too far away.

Sensory Reader: Private & Secure Photo-to-text-to-speech 1. Instant Text-to-Speech from Any Camera Point, tap, listen. Three steps from printed text to spoken words. No complex setup. No language selection needed. Just point your camera and the app handles the rest. 2. Complete On-Device Privacy Every image captured, every word recognised, every voice synthesised -- it all happens on your device. No cloud processing. No accounts. No data collection. No tracking. Your text is your business. 3. Universal Language Support Automatic detection and reading in 50+ languages. No settings to change, no language packs to download. Scan French text and hear French. Scan Japanese and hear Japanese. The app adapts to the text. 4. Accessible by Design Built from the ground up for people with visual impairments, dyslexia, and reading difficulties. Word-by-word highlighting reinforces the connection between written and spoken words. Large, clear controls. Simple workflows. WHY SENSORY READER? Most OCR apps upload your images to the cloud for processing. Sensory Reader is different. We use advanced on-device technology to ensure that your scanned text never leaves your iPhone or iPad from the app. It supports 50+ languages with automatic detection, processes everything on-device for complete privacy KEY FEATURES: 100% On-Device Processing: OCR and Speech (Text To Speech) happen locally, on device. No data is ever sent to a server. Sensory Reader will capture the image, quickly convert it to text, and give you the option to have the text spoken. The language identification of the text is also done, to choose the best voice. Works Offline: No internet? No problem. Scan/photo image and read anywhere, from airplanes to remote areas. Handwriting Recognition: Effortlessly read personal letters, cards, old notes and records. Text-to-Speech: Natural speech with real-time word-by-word highlighting • Automatic Language Detection: NaturalLanguage framework identifies text language • Voice Selection: Multiple voices per language with preference saving • Personal Voice: iOS 17+ support for reading text in the user's own voice Productivity Ready: Select, copy, or share recognized text to your favorite apps. PRIVACY & SECURITY: No Data Collection: We don’t see what you scan, and we don’t track your usage. Secure Scanning: Ideal for sensitive documents, medical labels, or private mail. Zero Latency: Because there is no cloud upload, text recognition is nearly instantaneous. HOW TO USE: Point your camera at any text. Tap to capture and recognize. Listen as the app reads the text aloud. Share or copy the text if needed. Whether you are a student with dyslexia, an individual with low vision, someone working with older documents and someone who values digital privacy, Sensory Reader provides a fast, secure, and simple way extract text from paper and listen to this printed world. If Sensory Reader is being used on a Mac with recent MacOS, it should support Continuity Camera. This will allow you to use your iPhone as the camera for capturing text but displays the content in the Sensory Reader Mac App.