Apropos of this thread, I saw a lovely app at the recent Assets conference in Dundee which assisted blind photography. Hasn't been released yet but some people are doing some very interesting things in this domain. On 17 Dec 2011, at 22:37, Glenn wrote:
> 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/> Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie <--- 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/>. 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