I have an iPhone 4, and it has worked flawlessly since I stumbled upon it just as Bryan did. Glenn
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <marri...@gmail.com> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 3:55 PM Subject: Re: VO helping me center a face in my iPhone's viewfinder lol. I can hardly get that to work in ios 5 on my iPhone 4 but maybe I'll have better luck with my 4s when I get it in june. or if not the 4s then what ever is out there by then. I've heard good things about this face thing and I hope it improves with time. On Dec 17, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I imagine most of you already know about this feature, but I don't recall > knowing about it until this afternoon when I stumbled upon it completely > by accident. I think this is pretty darn cool. > > I was lying on the floor with the dog snoring against my left side and > the cat purring against my right, so I thought I'd hold the iPhone camera > at arm's length and try to snap a photo. I launched the native camera app > on my iPhone 4 running IOS 5, put it in photo mode with auto flash and > back-facing camera, held it straight in front of me with the back-facing > lens aimed in the general direction of my face, and prepared to snap one > of my standard off-center photos. > > . Next thing I knew, VO started saying," One face, small face, near top > edge." I tilted the iPhone a bit and VO announced, "One face, small face, > near left edge. I kept tilting the phone until VO announce, "face > centered." Then I moved the camera closer to my face and VO announced, > "One face, large face, face centered." > > I then switched cameras to the front camera and got the same results. I > also tried this in video mode but VO was silent. > > Lastly, I tried aiming the back facing camera at my Black Lab's face but > could not get VO to recognize her. The cat decided she didn't want to be > part of this experiment and ran off somewhere. > > I wonder what other IOS accessibility marvels I'm missing. <grin> > > Cheers, > Bryan > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum > at either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
