Hello Chris, Talking Goggles isn't the appropriate app for identifying a basket of apples. TapTapSee is much better for that.
Talking Goggles reads text and recognises famous images. So it reads the covers of books since they can be found on the internet and are always the same. It also recognised for me the picture of Tower Bridge on a place mat. However, it won't recognise a dog, for instance. It identified my labrador/golden retriever lying on a marble-tiled floor as an alp, which was not helpful. Talking Goggles is totally automated with no human intervention. TapTapSee is a combination of both. By the way, did you use Talking Goggles in Video mode? This is by far the best way for someone totally blind to use it. I also check the light level with the Light Detector app before using Talking Goggles so that I can decide whether the flash should be on or off. Cheers, Anne On 9 Apr 2013, at 20:17, Chris Gilland <ch...@clgproductions.com> wrote: > I tried it, and not only had no success, but after about 4 times of > reinstalling due to it crashing randomly after about 2 minutes or so of use, > may I add, use of it not speaking hardly anything when I'd try taking > pictures, I finally gave up. > > The most recent thing I took a photo of was a basket I have on my kitchen > counter of apples. It came back and said something to the effect of: > > u i 4 void 3, 26 A m 1. Version ata. > > You think I'm kidding about this, but I really am not. I literally just > typed exactly what it said. It took me a few tries to have it say that big > chunk and get it all correctly typed, so it is consistently saying that. I > know people may think I'm full of bull, but I'm really not. If you don't > believe me, I'll even go so far as to make a recording showing you all. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Robertson" <a...@anarchie.org.uk> > To: "Mac iOS Accessibility OSX &" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 1:46 AM > Subject: Talking Goggles for IOS > > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I haven't seen any mention of this app on this list and I should hate for >> anyone to missout on it. >> >> Talking Goggles is an app that uses the IOS device's camera to identify >> common objects, pictures and all kinds of text. It offers a vast number of >> languages although it is not itself localised into any language other than >> English. Its buttons, however, are very simple so localisation is not >> essential. >> >> Using this app in video mode, I can identify books by just holding the front >> cover of the book about a foot away from the iPhone. It takes a matter of >> seconds for a book to be recognised and, if the book is in another language >> and the app is set to English, it will translate the title. >> >> I've also used Talking Goggles to distinguish between two packaged products >> which are identical to the touch. One was artichoke hearts and the other >> peppers stuffed with cheese. I set the app to French although quite a lot of >> the information on these packages is in German. I got sufficient information >> within seconds to be able to distinguish between the two. >> >> This app has five buttons at the bottom of the screen. Starting from the >> left: >> 1) Flash - marked Off when off and On when on. >> 2) Flag - Marked En for English. Double tap it to change the language. >> 3) Gallery - This is the camera roll. >> 4) Record or Stop or Camera copy14 - When Video is running, it is labelled >> Stop; when Video is selected but not running, it's labelled Record, and when >> Still camera is selected, it's labelled Camera copy14. >> 5) Video Camera or Still Camera - This button is confusing as it is labelled >> Video Camera when the Still Camera is selected, and Vice Versa. >> >> This app is self-voicing to take care of the various languages, but in Video >> mode, by flicking around the screen, VoiceOver will repeat what has been >> said. >> >> This app is not free, but it only costs a matter of pennies, euro cents or >> whatever. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> <--- 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> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that >> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. 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