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Aslanguages evolve, spelling conventions change and some words that used to be correct become mistakes. Most writers no longer spell jail as gaol, for instance, even though this spelling used to be predominant.

The word envision is the same way. A long time ago, it could be spelled as either envision or invision. As English evolved, though, one form dropped out of common usage, and the other became standard.

What does invision mean? Invision is a misspelling of the same word. Some sources cite invision as an outdated spelling, as it has not been widely used in over 200 years. At the infancy of this word, invision saw some play in general usage, but envision has been the predominate spelling for all of history.

Is it envision or invision? Envision is a verb that means to visualize or imagine something. Invision is a misspelling of that verb, but InVision is a proper noun that refers to an American software company.

You certainly know what "envision" means, it's not the definition of the word that creates confusions and doubts here, but the spelling. And that's what we're about to discuss in this article. Are both "envision" and "invision" correct? If that's what you thought, well... think again!

Because of the way "envision" is pronounced, people are often tempted to spell it with an "i", just as they hear it, when they are writing. But keep in mind it's a misspelling.

Envision vs. Invision

"Invision" does not exist, neither as a verb, nor as any other part of speech. It's not even an old, acceptable spelling for "envision" because it's not present in any new or old reputable publication or dictionary.

Some might say that "envision" is preferred with this spelling in the US, but "invision" is actually what it's spelled in UK. And that's false. In fact, it's not even a different spelling that they prefer in the UK, it's actually a different word. The British word for "envision" is "envisage", so no way "invision" can be accepted in any English speaking region. It's a misspelling and that's all.

When do we use "envision"?

Always. These is the only spelling of the word that is considered correct when referring to the action of imagining something happening or thinking that something is real or likely to happen. Still, we recommend that you use "envision" in American English only, or in conversations with people from the US, because "envisage" is the actually official word preferred in the UK.

Example: This business will be amongst the most successful and profitable from our country, this is what I envision for our company these days. - "envision" defines the action of imagining something happening.

When do we use "invision"?

Never use this spelling. It's an error, a confusion created by the pronunciation of "envision". Don't get tricked, though, the first letter is always "e", not "i"!

Conclusion

The conclusion is simple here. "Envision" is correct, mainly used in US, whereas "invision" is a misspelling and it's never used anywhere. This is all you have to remember in order to avoid any type of error with this pair of words.

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hello. i am considering whether to pay for envision ai or knfb reader or to stick with seeing ai. i am not very experienced with these apps so i can't foresee what i may need them for.

how would you describe the comparative advantages of these apps?

I think there are podcast on each in the applevis. I have Seeing AI and it good. Also because it is from Microsoft, I know it will not just disappear one day. The only issue is that the app affects the battery.

I've used all three quite a bit. Seeing AI is free, and pretty robust in what it can do. KNFB reader is great if you're reading paper documents, but only that really. It's fast and you can do Offline OCR so it's a bit more secure. Beyond that though it's not at all worth the money I feel. It's outdated and these days, a bit cumbersome to use. ENvision is my favorite. I find it's a bit more accurate than Seeing AI, even though the two apps have similar capabilities. Envision's also nice in that it recognizes print and handwriting without switching to a separate area of the app. If you care, Envision also has a magnifier. I'd try a trial run of Envision and see what you think. I'd avoid KNFB reader though. Even if you scan multi-page documents, there are apps that are way, way cheeper which work better even for that. I've heard good things about Voice Dream Scanner for instance.

In general, I don't do a whole lot of document scanning, but when I do, the only advantage I've found to KNFB Reader over Seeing AI is PDF extraction. I don't believe Seeing AI can extract text from image based PDF documents.

I wanted to experiment with Seeing AI and downloaded it few days ago.

I found the app great but somehow, the battery drain is really quick in it.

I remember using it at around 90% battery power but when I closed the app it dropped to around 50.

I could never understand why so I deleted the app.

I use Seeing AI quite often. However, if I want to scan a document that I may wish to potentially keep I use Voice Dream Scanner. It is so much cheaper than KNFB Reader and seems to work much better. Also, if you have other Voice Dream products, the voices you have can be used with all of their products and, IMHO, are much better and more pleasant to listen to. This is not a knock on KNFB Reader, but I have had much better luck with Voice Dream.

It's definetly best to stick with monthly at first. ALso, they had an amazing summer sale last year, so if you do decide you like the app and want to get lifetime, and they do another one, then, it'll be quite a bit cheaper. I have no idea if they will actually do that again though.

Hey. I've used Seeing Ai. and I love it! Because it's free, and it's more descriptive with images & text in images.

Also, you can browse your photo library right from the app! Which means photos can be analyzed & you can share them & then delete them if you wish. You can create a siri shortcut to browse photos, or just open the app, go to the menu & double-tap on browse photos. Also, if I do need to scan a doc, you'll get guidance as you scan. Go with Seeing Ai. & fohget the other ones. I think they're overpriced. But that's just the cheap skate in me talking. Seriously though, I think for a free app, you get a ton of features! I will say this though. While I have Seeing Ai. as my primary use app, I do have other Ocr. apps on my ipad. And I think every app has it's strong & weak points. Plus if 1 app isn't working, then you have another 1 or 2 or more as your fallback options. But if you want my opinion, go with Seeing Ai. & you will not regret it. Hope this helps. And sorry if this seems long-winded.

I use both Seeing AI and VoiceDream Scanner heavily. Seeing AI is great for many tasks but it is neither private enough or quite good enough for some document scanning. VoiceDream Scanner is great for document capture and also for those extremely sensitive things like identifying a certain credit card. KNFB Reader might as well be dead, because it's expensive and I don't know of a single job it has done better than VoiceDream Scanner. I've tested because I bought it when it first came out. Seeing AI's short text reading captures all kinds of things that don't work well with document scanners, and I love the convenience of the Siri integration.. Of these 2 apps I really can't say which I love more, so it's good we don't have to choose only one tool.

First off, let me say that Seeing AI and Soundscape are currently the only scanning apps on my phone. I don't currently have enough on my iTunes gift card to get any of the commercial apps, but my birthday is coming up later this month so hopefully that will change. I've heard and read good things about all these apps, and wish to try others out. I read a little while back that the next version of KNFB Reader was in beta, and that it would be made a part of their Newsline app. Does anyone know if this is still the case and if so, will the expanded app still be free? I've got the Newsline app and really like it. Haven't used it much though yet. But back to Seeing AI. I have it and love it. I'm a bit confused though by the lighting as it relates to the various channels excepting of course the Light channel itself. That one plays a tone, so I find that kinda nice. I've scanned several things by myself and with the help of sighted people, and the app seems very impressive. I was talking with one of my tutors this morning about the app. She is fully sighted and recently took it for a spin, and she's very impressed as well. She took a picture of another staff member who works here.

I regret purchasing KN F reader and wish I knew about seeing AI before having purchased it or about voice dream scanner... KNFB reader was so expensive and I've maybe used it twice and did not like the results. Feel like I just threw away money I could've spent on something more useful...

Can anyone compare voice Dream scanner and Voice? I understand that KNFB reader can recognize when you turn the page when scanning multiple pages. Can either voice Dream scanner or Voice do this? Can either scan two facing pages of a book?

Thanks.

I don't know what ms did to the seeing AI app but it went from very good to really bad in just a matter of a few updates. I'm doing the free trial of Invision AI and it has much better camera detection. With seeing AI it seems like you have to turn a light on and be directly under the light for it to work. I don't notice this issue with invision AI, in fact I can hold the camera of my phone pretty far away and it will pick up the text very well. I have even left my lights in my home on by accident because I needed them do to the bad camera detection. Yesterday I was using the seeing AI app and it refered to one of my frozen dinners as a tanktop and another dinner as baseball cards. It has refered to other frozen foods as brake pads, etc. I don't need to deal with inaccurate crap like that to help with my independence. I can no longer recommend this app.

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