RE: There should be an app for ...

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Bill,

So instead of feeling along with the bag you want to stick your heat sensor
in it and then put it back in your pocket? *smile*
I'd go all out with my wishlist and want this little robot which I'd take
out of my backpack, you know,maybe 8 or 10 inches tall, and then I'd have an
app to start it up and it would run around until it finds the offending pile
and gobbles it up. I bet you that get people's attention.


Regards,
Sieghard



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Of Bill Gallik
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 8:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

Well, so long as we're on the subject; wouldn't it be nice if an app was
developed that employed a heat sensing device.  My first thought is, "Hey, I
could use it to find where Holland's left his ``calling card'' so I wouldn't
have to feel along the ground with that plastic bag draped over my hand!" 
;-)

Holland's Boy, Bill
- "I was always taught to respect my elders, But it keeps getting harder to
find one."
- Truth # 5 from "Five Truths to Ponder" 

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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Bill Gallik]

Well, so long as we're on the subject; wouldn't it be nice if an app was 
developed that employed a heat sensing device.  My first thought is, "Hey, I 
could use it to find where Holland's left his ``calling card'' so I wouldn’t 
have to feel along the ground with that plastic bag draped over my hand!" 
;-)


Holland's Boy, Bill
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find one."
- Truth # 5 from "Five Truths to Ponder" 


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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Lindsay Yazzolino]

Haha, one of my guide dog user friends was just saying the same thing!
I hadn't even thought of that application before, but it makes
complete sense! :)

On 6/20/13, Nancy Wyman  wrote:
>  Lindsay, I would like one of those also. I could use it when my dog does
> her business and I have to find the trashcan. LOL
>
> Nancy Badger, Ph.D
> Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
> UT Chattanooga
> Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.
>
> On Jun 19, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Lindsay Yazzolino 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lisa, I love these ideas! I've wished for apps for identifying
>> spots, matching clothes and identifying text time and time again. Now
>> this might sound silly, but I'd love to have a "Trash Can Finder" app
>> which will direct me to the nearest such receptacle when I'm in a
>> public place. It'd be nice not to have to hunt around with my cane,
>> ask sighted people, or carry my trash around when I'm in the subway
>> station, walking down the street, or navigating any other public area.
>>
>> Lindsay
>>
>> On 6/19/13, Fred Olver  wrote:
>>> Thank you Segert, it is not voice vision, it is photo voice. I guess I
>>> dis-remembered.
>>>
>>> Fred Olver
>>>  - Original Message -
>>>  From: Sieghard Weitzel
>>>  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>  Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:13 AM
>>>  Subject: RE: There should be an app for ...
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hi Nancy,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  You could use Photovoice, it allows you to take a picture and record a
>>> description with your own voice. If you move the pictures to your
>>> computer
>>> or email one of those the recorded description will go along with it.
>>> The
>>> app is 99 Cents, here is what it says in the App Store followed by the
>>> link:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  PhotoVoice: Take Picture- Add Voice - Share With World INSTANTLY!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Easy to use! - by KB Kerr - Version 1.0
>>>
>>>  "Just point, click and talk! If you can't use this app you shouldn't
>>> own
>>> an iPhone."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Exactly as promised - by DarrinHarvey - Version 1.0
>>>
>>>  "Does what it claims to do PERFECTLY."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  For the first time, your iPhone photos can talk!
>>>
>>>  Take a photo (or select any image already on your iPhone).
>>>
>>>  Record a brief commentary in your own voice.
>>>
>>>  Send your new PhotoVoice to your friends, and when they view your photo
>>> they'll automatically hear YOUR voice narrating it.
>>>
>>>  Bring your photos to life with your voice.
>>>
>>>  Better than a photo. Better than a movie. Easy as 1 - 2 - 3.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  App Store Link:
>>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photovoice/id492150568?mt=8
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Regards,
>>>
>>>  Sieghard
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Nancy Wyman
>>>  Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:53 PM
>>>  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>>  Cc: 
>>>  Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   How about an app that will caption of photographs. Here's what I mean.
>>> Let's say I am on vacation and I take a picture of my family in front of
>>> the
>>> Grand Canyon.  Because I can't see the picture later, I want to caption
>>> it
>>> right away. There should be an app where I can dictate the caption and
>>> it
>>> will appear below the photograph. Also voice over will be able to read
>>> it
>>> later.
>>>
>>>  Nancy Badger, Ph.D
>>>
>>>  Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
>>>
>>>  UT Chattanooga
>>>
>>>  Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling
>>> errors.
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges" 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>Hey All,
>>>
>>>Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is
>>> either reall

Re: There should be an app for ...

[Nancy Wyman]

 Lindsay, I would like one of those also. I could use it when my dog does her 
business and I have to find the trashcan. LOL

Nancy Badger, Ph.D
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
UT Chattanooga
Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.

On Jun 19, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Lindsay Yazzolino  wrote:

> Hi Lisa, I love these ideas! I've wished for apps for identifying
> spots, matching clothes and identifying text time and time again. Now
> this might sound silly, but I'd love to have a "Trash Can Finder" app
> which will direct me to the nearest such receptacle when I'm in a
> public place. It'd be nice not to have to hunt around with my cane,
> ask sighted people, or carry my trash around when I'm in the subway
> station, walking down the street, or navigating any other public area.
> 
> Lindsay
> 
> On 6/19/13, Fred Olver  wrote:
>> Thank you Segert, it is not voice vision, it is photo voice. I guess I
>> dis-remembered.
>> 
>> Fred Olver
>>  - Original Message -
>>  From: Sieghard Weitzel
>>  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>  Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:13 AM
>>  Subject: RE: There should be an app for ...
>> 
>> 
>>  Hi Nancy,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  You could use Photovoice, it allows you to take a picture and record a
>> description with your own voice. If you move the pictures to your computer
>> or email one of those the recorded description will go along with it. The
>> app is 99 Cents, here is what it says in the App Store followed by the
>> link:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  PhotoVoice: Take Picture- Add Voice - Share With World INSTANTLY!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  Easy to use! - by KB Kerr - Version 1.0
>> 
>>  "Just point, click and talk! If you can't use this app you shouldn't own
>> an iPhone."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  Exactly as promised - by DarrinHarvey - Version 1.0
>> 
>>  "Does what it claims to do PERFECTLY."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  For the first time, your iPhone photos can talk!
>> 
>>  Take a photo (or select any image already on your iPhone).
>> 
>>  Record a brief commentary in your own voice.
>> 
>>  Send your new PhotoVoice to your friends, and when they view your photo
>> they'll automatically hear YOUR voice narrating it.
>> 
>>  Bring your photos to life with your voice.
>> 
>>  Better than a photo. Better than a movie. Easy as 1 - 2 - 3.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  App Store Link:
>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photovoice/id492150568?mt=8
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  Regards,
>> 
>>  Sieghard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>> Of Nancy Wyman
>>  Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:53 PM
>>  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>  Cc: 
>>  Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   How about an app that will caption of photographs. Here's what I mean.
>> Let's say I am on vacation and I take a picture of my family in front of the
>> Grand Canyon.  Because I can't see the picture later, I want to caption it
>> right away. There should be an app where I can dictate the caption and it
>> will appear below the photograph. Also voice over will be able to read it
>> later.
>> 
>>  Nancy Badger, Ph.D
>> 
>>  Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
>> 
>>  UT Chattanooga
>> 
>>  Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling
>> errors.
>> 
>> 
>>  On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges" 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>Hey All,
>> 
>>Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is
>> either really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a
>> sighted person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or
>> finding a sighted person to help me.
>> 
>>In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app
>> that does this."
>> 
>>So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around
>> using voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps
>> that I think would be cool to have.
>> 
>>Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but
>> this list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.
>> 
>>I'm hoping my 

Re: There should be an app for ...

[Nancy Wyman]

 This sounds awesome. I'm going to download it right away.
Thanks!

Nancy Badger, Ph.D
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
UT Chattanooga
Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.

On Jun 19, 2013, at 3:13 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:

> Hi Nancy,
>  
> You could use Photovoice, it allows you to take a picture and record a 
> description with your own voice. If you move the pictures to your computer or 
> email one of those the recorded description will go along with it. The app is 
> 99 Cents, here is what it says in the App Store followed by the link:
>  
> PhotoVoice: Take Picture- Add Voice - Share With World INSTANTLY!
>  
> Easy to use! - by KB Kerr - Version 1.0
> "Just point, click and talk! If you can't use this app you shouldn't own an 
> iPhone."
>  
> Exactly as promised - by DarrinHarvey - Version 1.0
> "Does what it claims to do PERFECTLY."
>  
> For the first time, your iPhone photos can talk!
> Take a photo (or select any image already on your iPhone).
> Record a brief commentary in your own voice.
> Send your new PhotoVoice to your friends, and when they view your photo 
> they'll automatically hear YOUR voice narrating it.
> Bring your photos to life with your voice.
> Better than a photo. Better than a movie. Easy as 1 - 2 - 3.
>  
> App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photovoice/id492150568?mt=8
>  
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>  
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Nancy Wyman
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:53 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...
>  
>  How about an app that will caption of photographs. Here's what I mean. Let's 
> say I am on vacation and I take a picture of my family in front of the Grand 
> Canyon.  Because I can't see the picture later, I want to caption it right 
> away. There should be an app where I can dictate the caption and it will 
> appear below the photograph. Also voice over will be able to read it later.
> 
> Nancy Badger, Ph.D
> Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
> UT Chattanooga
> Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.
> 
> On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:
> 
> Hey All,
> Every now and then I’ll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
> really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
> person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
> sighted person to help me.
> In those situations I often think to myself, “There should be an app that 
> does this.”
> So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using 
> voice recognition features in new ways, here’s a little list of apps that I 
> think would be cool to have.
> Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
> list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.
> I’m hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
> functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So 
> often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for 
> blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and 
> put them out there.
> I’m sure it might happen, but I’m not putting this little list out there for 
> zealous nit-picking: “That’s not possible because,” or “that’s ridiculous 
> because,” etc.
> And I’m also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I’m 
> just saying, “Wouldn’t it be cool if I could use my phone to do … “
>  
> Ok, that’s my preamble. Here’s my starter list, add your own.
>  
> 1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and 
> pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
> useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
> glass, etc.
> 2.   Am I straight. This wouldn’t be an app for determining one’s sexual 
> orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a 
> couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven’t checked them recently but 
> I’ve found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn’t it be nice to hold up your 
> phone and have it tell you “A little higher on the left.” “Ooops, that’s too 
> much.” I realize that this would require having some way to determine that 
> the phone itself was more or less level but …
> 3.   “Does this go with that?” or “Can I go out wearing this?” As color 
> identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you 
> whether two differe

Re: There should be an app for ...

[Lindsay Yazzolino]

Hi Lisa, I love these ideas! I've wished for apps for identifying
spots, matching clothes and identifying text time and time again. Now
this might sound silly, but I'd love to have a "Trash Can Finder" app
which will direct me to the nearest such receptacle when I'm in a
public place. It'd be nice not to have to hunt around with my cane,
ask sighted people, or carry my trash around when I'm in the subway
station, walking down the street, or navigating any other public area.

Lindsay

On 6/19/13, Fred Olver  wrote:
> Thank you Segert, it is not voice vision, it is photo voice. I guess I
> dis-remembered.
>
> Fred Olver
>   - Original Message -
>   From: Sieghard Weitzel
>   To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>   Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:13 AM
>   Subject: RE: There should be an app for ...
>
>
>   Hi Nancy,
>
>
>
>   You could use Photovoice, it allows you to take a picture and record a
> description with your own voice. If you move the pictures to your computer
> or email one of those the recorded description will go along with it. The
> app is 99 Cents, here is what it says in the App Store followed by the
> link:
>
>
>
>   PhotoVoice: Take Picture- Add Voice - Share With World INSTANTLY!
>
>
>
>   Easy to use! - by KB Kerr - Version 1.0
>
>   "Just point, click and talk! If you can't use this app you shouldn't own
> an iPhone."
>
>
>
>   Exactly as promised - by DarrinHarvey - Version 1.0
>
>   "Does what it claims to do PERFECTLY."
>
>
>
>   For the first time, your iPhone photos can talk!
>
>   Take a photo (or select any image already on your iPhone).
>
>   Record a brief commentary in your own voice.
>
>   Send your new PhotoVoice to your friends, and when they view your photo
> they'll automatically hear YOUR voice narrating it.
>
>   Bring your photos to life with your voice.
>
>   Better than a photo. Better than a movie. Easy as 1 - 2 - 3.
>
>
>
>   App Store Link:
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photovoice/id492150568?mt=8
>
>
>
>
>
>   Regards,
>
>   Sieghard
>
>
>
>
>
>   From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Nancy Wyman
>   Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:53 PM
>   To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>   Cc: 
>   Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...
>
>
>
>How about an app that will caption of photographs. Here's what I mean.
> Let's say I am on vacation and I take a picture of my family in front of the
> Grand Canyon.  Because I can't see the picture later, I want to caption it
> right away. There should be an app where I can dictate the caption and it
> will appear below the photograph. Also voice over will be able to read it
> later.
>
>   Nancy Badger, Ph.D
>
>   Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
>
>   UT Chattanooga
>
>   Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling
> errors.
>
>
>   On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges" 
> wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is
> either really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a
> sighted person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or
> finding a sighted person to help me.
>
> In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app
> that does this."
>
> So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around
> using voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps
> that I think would be cool to have.
>
> Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but
> this list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.
>
> I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or
> other functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone.
> So often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful
> for blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the
> ideas and put them out there.
>
> I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there
> for zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's
> ridiculous because," etc.
>
> And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks.
> I'm just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "
>
>
>
> Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.
>
>
>
> 1.   Tex

Re: There should be an app for ...

[Fred Olver]

Thank you Segert, it is not voice vision, it is photo voice. I guess I 
dis-remembered.

Fred Olver
  - Original Message - 
  From: Sieghard Weitzel 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:13 AM
  Subject: RE: There should be an app for ...


  Hi Nancy,

   

  You could use Photovoice, it allows you to take a picture and record a 
description with your own voice. If you move the pictures to your computer or 
email one of those the recorded description will go along with it. The app is 
99 Cents, here is what it says in the App Store followed by the link:

   

  PhotoVoice: Take Picture- Add Voice - Share With World INSTANTLY!

   

  Easy to use! - by KB Kerr - Version 1.0

  "Just point, click and talk! If you can't use this app you shouldn't own an 
iPhone."

   

  Exactly as promised - by DarrinHarvey - Version 1.0

  "Does what it claims to do PERFECTLY."

   

  For the first time, your iPhone photos can talk!

  Take a photo (or select any image already on your iPhone).

  Record a brief commentary in your own voice.

  Send your new PhotoVoice to your friends, and when they view your photo 
they'll automatically hear YOUR voice narrating it.

  Bring your photos to life with your voice.

  Better than a photo. Better than a movie. Easy as 1 - 2 - 3.

   

  App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photovoice/id492150568?mt=8

   

   

  Regards,

  Sieghard

   

   

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Nancy Wyman
  Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:53 PM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Cc: 
  Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

   

   How about an app that will caption of photographs. Here's what I mean. Let's 
say I am on vacation and I take a picture of my family in front of the Grand 
Canyon.  Because I can't see the picture later, I want to caption it right 
away. There should be an app where I can dictate the caption and it will appear 
below the photograph. Also voice over will be able to read it later.

  Nancy Badger, Ph.D

  Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services

  UT Chattanooga

  Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.


  On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:

Hey All,

Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that 
does this."

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around 
using voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that 
I think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So often, 
sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for blind 
people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and put 
them out there.

I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there 
for zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous 
because," etc.

And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm 
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

 

Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

 

1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area 
and pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's 
sexual orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are 
already a couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them 
recently but I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold 
up your phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, 
that's too much." I realize that this would require having some way to 
determine that the phone itself was more or less level but .

3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color 
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you 
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if that 
pink shirt went with those russet pants.

Re: There should be an app for ...

[Fred Olver]

Nancy, I've been thinking about what you want, and it seems to me that an app 
called Voice Vision is what you might be looking for. I'm sure there is 
information about it on http://www.applevis.com but if I remember correctly, 
one can take a pic then using Voice Vision label that picture with an audio 
label for later reference. I believe one could use it with other items as well 
like clothes boxed foods etc.

Fred Olver
  - Original Message - 
  From: Nancy Wyman 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Cc:  
  Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:52 PM
  Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...


   How about an app that will caption of photographs. Here's what I mean. Let's 
say I am on vacation and I take a picture of my family in front of the Grand 
Canyon.  Because I can't see the picture later, I want to caption it right 
away. There should be an app where I can dictate the caption and it will appear 
below the photograph. Also voice over will be able to read it later.


  Nancy Badger, Ph.D
  Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
  UT Chattanooga
  Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.

  On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:


Hey All,

Every now and then I’ll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, “There should be an app that 
does this.”

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around 
using voice recognition features in new ways, here’s a little list of apps that 
I think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

I’m hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So often, 
sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for blind 
people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and put 
them out there.

I’m sure it might happen, but I’m not putting this little list out there 
for zealous nit-picking: “That’s not possible because,” or “that’s ridiculous 
because,” etc.

And I’m also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I’m 
just saying, “Wouldn’t it be cool if I could use my phone to do … “



Ok, that’s my preamble. Here’s my starter list, add your own.



1.   Text Id. The idea is for an 
app that would quickly scan an area and pinpoint whether and where there was 
text, and then read it. This would be useful, for instance, in finding a 
address on a building, or a sign behind glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This 
wouldn’t be an app for determining one’s sexual orientation, but would be an 
easy to use leveler. I know there are already a couple of audio levelers out 
there, and I haven’t checked them recently but I’ve found them a bit tedious to 
use. Wouldn’t it be nice to hold up your phone and have it tell you “A little 
higher on the left.” “Ooops, that’s too much.” I realize that this would 
require having some way to determine that the phone itself was more or less 
level but …

3.   “Does this go with that?” 
or “Can I go out wearing this?” As color identifiers get better it would be 
great to have an app that could tell you whether two different colors 
complimented each other. So you could know if that pink shirt went with those 
russet pants.

4.“Where’s the pooh,” I read 
recently that there is now a new external ad on device for Android that offers 
other kinds of sensory gauges. Wouldn’t it be cool to use something like this 
to zero in on organic matter. Sometimes, in the night, I’ll hear my cat go 
through his impressive audio wind up before throwing up a hairball; I’ll get a 
general idea of where it is, but it would be nice to have something like a 
blacklight to tell me where exactly the mess is. I don’t have a guide dog or a 
dog of any kind, so I don’t know how easy or onerous it is to find your dog’s 
deposits, but wouldn’t it be cool to have a spotter.

5.“O Spot,” similar to the 
above, wouldn’t it be nice to have an app to identify whether you had a spot on 
that shirt. It could be used both for checking your clothes before wearing them 
out in public, but also for finding spots to apply spot remover.



Alright, that’s what I have so far; would love to hear other people’s 
creative ideas!



Lisa


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RE: There should be an app for ...

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Nancy,

 

You could use Photovoice, it allows you to take a picture and record a
description with your own voice. If you move the pictures to your computer
or email one of those the recorded description will go along with it. The
app is 99 Cents, here is what it says in the App Store followed by the link:

 

PhotoVoice: Take Picture- Add Voice - Share With World INSTANTLY!

 

Easy to use! - by KB Kerr - Version 1.0

"Just point, click and talk! If you can't use this app you shouldn't own an
iPhone."

 

Exactly as promised - by DarrinHarvey - Version 1.0

"Does what it claims to do PERFECTLY."

 

For the first time, your iPhone photos can talk!

Take a photo (or select any image already on your iPhone).

Record a brief commentary in your own voice.

Send your new PhotoVoice to your friends, and when they view your photo
they'll automatically hear YOUR voice narrating it.

Bring your photos to life with your voice.

Better than a photo. Better than a movie. Easy as 1 - 2 - 3.

 

App Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photovoice/id492150568?mt=8

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Nancy Wyman
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:53 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Cc: 
Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

 

 How about an app that will caption of photographs. Here's what I mean.
Let's say I am on vacation and I take a picture of my family in front of the
Grand Canyon.  Because I can't see the picture later, I want to caption it
right away. There should be an app where I can dictate the caption and it
will appear below the photograph. Also voice over will be able to read it
later.

Nancy Badger, Ph.D

Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services

UT Chattanooga

Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.


On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:

Hey All,

Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a
sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that
does this."

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using
voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that I
think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So
often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for
blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas
and put them out there.

I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there for
zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous
because," etc.

And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

 

Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

 

1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and
pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind
glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's sexual
orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a
couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them recently but
I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your
phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too
much." I realize that this would require having some way to determine that
the phone itself was more or less level but .

3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if
that pink shirt went with those russet pants.

4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges.
Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter.
Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio
wind up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it
is, but it would be nice to have something like a b

Re: There should be an app for ...

[Nancy Wyman]

 How about an app that will caption of photographs. Here's what I mean. Let's 
say I am on vacation and I take a picture of my family in front of the Grand 
Canyon.  Because I can't see the picture later, I want to caption it right 
away. There should be an app where I can dictate the caption and it will appear 
below the photograph. Also voice over will be able to read it later.

Nancy Badger, Ph.D
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
UT Chattanooga
Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors.

On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:

> Hey All,
> Every now and then I’ll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
> really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
> person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
> sighted person to help me.
> In those situations I often think to myself, “There should be an app that 
> does this.”
> So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using 
> voice recognition features in new ways, here’s a little list of apps that I 
> think would be cool to have.
> Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
> list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.
> I’m hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
> functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So 
> often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for 
> blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and 
> put them out there.
> I’m sure it might happen, but I’m not putting this little list out there for 
> zealous nit-picking: “That’s not possible because,” or “that’s ridiculous 
> because,” etc.
> And I’m also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I’m 
> just saying, “Wouldn’t it be cool if I could use my phone to do … “
>  
> Ok, that’s my preamble. Here’s my starter list, add your own.
>  
> 1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and 
> pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
> useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
> glass, etc.
> 2.   Am I straight. This wouldn’t be an app for determining one’s sexual 
> orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a 
> couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven’t checked them recently but 
> I’ve found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn’t it be nice to hold up your 
> phone and have it tell you “A little higher on the left.” “Ooops, that’s too 
> much.” I realize that this would require having some way to determine that 
> the phone itself was more or less level but …
> 3.   “Does this go with that?” or “Can I go out wearing this?” As color 
> identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you 
> whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if 
> that pink shirt went with those russet pants.
> 4.“Where’s the pooh,” I read recently that there is now a new 
> external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. 
> Wouldn’t it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter. 
> Sometimes, in the night, I’ll hear my cat go through his impressive audio 
> wind up before throwing up a hairball; I’ll get a general idea of where it 
> is, but it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me where 
> exactly the mess is. I don’t have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so I 
> don’t know how easy or onerous it is to find your dog’s deposits, but 
> wouldn’t it be cool to have a spotter.
> 5.“O Spot,” similar to the above, wouldn’t it be nice to have an app 
> to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for 
> checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for finding 
> spots to apply spot remover.
>  
> Alright, that’s what I have so far; would love to hear other people’s 
> creative ideas!
>  
> Lisa
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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Carol Pearson]

Hi,

Yes, I agree the dog's help is better than most. However, I don't always have a 
dog in my hands.



I'll take a look at My Way. Thanks for that recommendation.

Carol P
Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch

On 17 Jun 2013, at 06:24 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:

> Hi Carol,
>  
> MyWay Classic will do this nicely, but the problem is that this will not work 
> indoors because you either only get a very weak or most likely no GPS signal. 
> Anyhow, with 3-5 meters accuracy no app will be good enough to do this at 
> this point. However, a guide dog will do this very nicely, if I am inside 
> somewhere it is rare that my dog will not find his way when I say “Find the 
> door”.
>  
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Carol Pearson
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:52 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...
>  
> Some of those are good, and maybe rone day…
>  
> I'd like an app that simply reverses wherever you have walked. So you start 
> it at the point where you want it started stop at the end and say reverse. I 
> would  find this particularly useful, say, if I was in the middle of a 
> restaurant and needed to get out through the door again.
> 
> Maybe I will think of some more later. Carol P
> Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch
> 
> On 17 Jun 2013, at 04:43 PM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:
> 
> Hey All,
> Every now and then I’ll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
> really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
> person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
> sighted person to help me.
> In those situations I often think to myself, “There should be an app that 
> does this.”
> So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using 
> voice recognition features in new ways, here’s a little list of apps that I 
> think would be cool to have.
> Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
> list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.
> I’m hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
> functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So 
> often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for 
> blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and 
> put them out there.
> I’m sure it might happen, but I’m not putting this little list out there for 
> zealous nit-picking: “That’s not possible because,” or “that’s ridiculous 
> because,” etc.
> And I’m also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I’m 
> just saying, “Wouldn’t it be cool if I could use my phone to do … “
>  
> Ok, that’s my preamble. Here’s my starter list, add your own.
>  
> 1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and 
> pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
> useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
> glass, etc.
> 2.   Am I straight. This wouldn’t be an app for determining one’s sexual 
> orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a 
> couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven’t checked them recently but 
> I’ve found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn’t it be nice to hold up your 
> phone and have it tell you “A little higher on the left.” “Ooops, that’s too 
> much.” I realize that this would require having some way to determine that 
> the phone itself was more or less level but …
> 3.   “Does this go with that?” or “Can I go out wearing this?” As color 
> identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you 
> whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if 
> that pink shirt went with those russet pants.
> 4.“Where’s the pooh,” I read recently that there is now a new 
> external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. 
> Wouldn’t it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter. 
> Sometimes, in the night, I’ll hear my cat go through his impressive audio 
> wind up before throwing up a hairball; I’ll get a general idea of where it 
> is, but it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me where 
> exactly the mess is. I don’t have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so I 
> don’t know how easy or onerous it is to find your dog’s deposits, but 
> wouldn’t it be cool to have a spotter.
> 5.“O Spot,” similar to the above, wouldn’t it be nice to have an app 
> to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It

Re: There should be an app for ...

[Beverly]

Try taptapsee. It works as a color identifier as well.


Beverly Hunter
Senior Manager 
Lightyear Wireless
www.bhmarketinggroup.com
Phone:  770-892-8184
Email: bhmarketinggr...@lightyearwireless.com
Skype:  blackpearl1953
  - Original Message - 
  From: Regina Alvarado 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 12:14 PM
  Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...


  I love the color identifier ideas!! Knowing which colors go together and 
whether there are spots are pet peeves of mine. Today my color identifier said 
I was wearing blue and red. When I checked it was half right. It was blue and 
yellow. No dark on either color which could have been disaster to matching. 
Thought if I bought a color identifier app it would help, but it did only to a 
point. Never see updates on these apps either and they are important, not just 
to us but color blind too. Just an opinion.

  Reggie and Allegra

  On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:


  Hey All,

  Every now and then I’ll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
sighted person to help me.

  In those situations I often think to myself, “There should be an app that 
does this.”

  So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using 
voice recognition features in new ways, here’s a little list of apps that I 
think would be cool to have.

  Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

  I’m hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So often, 
sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for blind 
people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and put 
them out there.

  I’m sure it might happen, but I’m not putting this little list out there for 
zealous nit-picking: “That’s not possible because,” or “that’s ridiculous 
because,” etc.

  And I’m also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I’m 
just saying, “Wouldn’t it be cool if I could use my phone to do … “



  Ok, that’s my preamble. Here’s my starter list, add your own.



  1.   Text Id. The idea is for an 
app that would quickly scan an area and pinpoint whether and where there was 
text, and then read it. This would be useful, for instance, in finding a 
address on a building, or a sign behind glass, etc.

  2.   Am I straight. This wouldn’t 
be an app for determining one’s sexual orientation, but would be an easy to use 
leveler. I know there are already a couple of audio levelers out there, and I 
haven’t checked them recently but I’ve found them a bit tedious to use. 
Wouldn’t it be nice to hold up your phone and have it tell you “A little higher 
on the left.” “Ooops, that’s too much.” I realize that this would require 
having some way to determine that the phone itself was more or less level but …

  3.   “Does this go with that?” or 
“Can I go out wearing this?” As color identifiers get better it would be great 
to have an app that could tell you whether two different colors complimented 
each other. So you could know if that pink shirt went with those russet pants.

  4.“Where’s the pooh,” I read 
recently that there is now a new external ad on device for Android that offers 
other kinds of sensory gauges. Wouldn’t it be cool to use something like this 
to zero in on organic matter. Sometimes, in the night, I’ll hear my cat go 
through his impressive audio wind up before throwing up a hairball; I’ll get a 
general idea of where it is, but it would be nice to have something like a 
blacklight to tell me where exactly the mess is. I don’t have a guide dog or a 
dog of any kind, so I don’t know how easy or onerous it is to find your dog’s 
deposits, but wouldn’t it be cool to have a spotter.

  5.“O Spot,” similar to the 
above, wouldn’t it be nice to have an app to identify whether you had a spot on 
that shirt. It could be used both for checking your clothes before wearing them 
out in public, but also for finding spots to apply spot remover.



  Alright, that’s what I have so far; would love to hear other people’s 
creative ideas!



  Lisa


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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Fred Olver]

Thanks, Beverley
  - Original Message - 
  From: Beverly 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 3:47 PM
  Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...


  You should just call Megamate at 1-888-634-2628.  You can listen to messages, 
and reply for free, but if you want to talk live you have to pay. I like it.



  Beverly Hunter
  Senior Manager 
  Lightyear Wireless
  www.bhmarketinggroup.com
  Phone:  770-892-8184
  Email: bhmarketinggr...@lightyearwireless.com
  Skype:  blackpearl1953
- Original Message - 
From: Fred Olver 
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...


Thanks, but I meant by taking pic's say if you were at a large gathering.

Fred
  - Original Message - 
  From: Sieghard Weitzel 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 11:43 AM
  Subject: RE: There should be an app for ...


  Fred,

   

  There are many of those, lots of the dating apps are accessible and it's 
pretty standard that you can search for certain ranges in height, body type, 
hair colour etc and unless you check the casual encounters section where lots 
of married guys and girls are looking for something on the side the "single" 
status is usually a given.

   

   

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
Behalf Of Fred Olver
  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:37 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

   

  Or how about this, "What does he or she look like"

   

  Or could an app be developed to find people with certain characteristics 
like height, color of hair etc. for singles of course.

   

   

  Fred Olver

- Original Message - 

From: Lisa Larges 

To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:43 AM

Subject: There should be an app for ...

 

Hey All,

Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is 
either really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a 
sighted person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or 
finding a sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app 
that does this."

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around 
using voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that 
I think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but 
this list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or 
other functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So 
often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for 
blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and 
put them out there.

I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out 
there for zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's 
ridiculous because," etc.

And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. 
I'm just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

 

Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

 

1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an 
area and pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This 
would be useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign 
behind glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's 
sexual orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are 
already a couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them 
recently but I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold 
up your phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, 
that's too much." I realize that this would require having some way to 
determine that the phone itself was more or less level but .

3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As 
color identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell 
you whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if 
that pink shirt went with those russet pants.

4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new 
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. 
Wouldn't it be cool to us

Re: There should be an app for ...

[Beverly]

You should just call Megamate at 1-888-634-2628.  You can listen to messages, 
and reply for free, but if you want to talk live you have to pay. I like it.



Beverly Hunter
Senior Manager 
Lightyear Wireless
www.bhmarketinggroup.com
Phone:  770-892-8184
Email: bhmarketinggr...@lightyearwireless.com
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  - Original Message - 
  From: Fred Olver 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 2:34 PM
  Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...


  Thanks, but I meant by taking pic's say if you were at a large gathering.

  Fred
- Original Message - 
From: Sieghard Weitzel 
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 11:43 AM
Subject: RE: There should be an app for ...


Fred,

 

There are many of those, lots of the dating apps are accessible and it's 
pretty standard that you can search for certain ranges in height, body type, 
hair colour etc and unless you check the casual encounters section where lots 
of married guys and girls are looking for something on the side the "single" 
status is usually a given.

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Fred Olver
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
    Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

 

Or how about this, "What does he or she look like"

 

Or could an app be developed to find people with certain characteristics 
like height, color of hair etc. for singles of course.

 

 

Fred Olver

  - Original Message - 

  From: Lisa Larges 

  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:43 AM

  Subject: There should be an app for ...

   

  Hey All,

  Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is 
either really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a 
sighted person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or 
finding a sighted person to help me.

  In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that 
does this."

  So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around 
using voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that 
I think would be cool to have.

  Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

  I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So often, 
sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for blind 
people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and put 
them out there.

  I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there 
for zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous 
because," etc.

  And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm 
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

   

  Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

   

  1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area 
and pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
glass, etc.

  2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's 
sexual orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are 
already a couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them 
recently but I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold 
up your phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, 
that's too much." I realize that this would require having some way to 
determine that the phone itself was more or less level but .

  3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As 
color identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell 
you whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if 
that pink shirt went with those russet pants.

  4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new 
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. 
Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter. 
Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio wind 
up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it is, but 
it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me where ex

RE: There should be an app for ...

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Indoor navigation would be awesome especially in larger buildings like big
government buildings, universities, conference centers etc. However,
something like that could only work if the building was equipped with RFID
sensors or something like that. I think that will come, RFID is used and
works extremely well for inventory management in large companies and
warehouses, it is used for collecting toll fees when cards drive by which
have the appropriate RFID tag and it's relatively cheap.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of RobH!
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 12:04 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

I'd think the motion senser/pedometer mechanism would  have mileage in
working this one out.  Compass might get confused too in a metal building. 
It's a good idea, though it is also a mobility skill worth developing.  I'm
sure there was a developer here doing a servay with aspirations of doing an
indoor navigation app.
- Original Message -
From: "Sieghard Weitzel" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 6:24 PM
Subject: RE: There should be an app for ...


Hi Carol,



MyWay Classic will do this nicely, but the problem is that this will not
work indoors because you either only get a very weak or most likely no GPS
signal. Anyhow, with 3-5 meters accuracy no app will be good enough to do
this at this point. However, a guide dog will do this very nicely, if I am
inside somewhere it is rare that my dog will not find his way when I say
"Find the door".





Regards,

Sieghard



From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Carol Pearson
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...



Some of those are good, and maybe rone day.



I'd like an app that simply reverses wherever you have walked. So you start
it at the point where you want it started stop at the end and say reverse. I
would  find this particularly useful, say, if I was in the middle of a
restaurant and needed to get out through the door again.

Maybe I will think of some more later. Carol P

Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch


On 17 Jun 2013, at 04:43 PM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:

Hey All,

Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a
sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that
does this."

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using
voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that I
think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.

I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So
often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for
blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas
and put them out there.

I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there for
zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous
because," etc.

And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "



Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.



1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and
pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind
glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's sexual
orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a
couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them recently but
I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your
phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too
much." I realize that this would require having some way to determine that
the phone itself was more or less level but .

3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if
that pink shirt went with those russet pants.

4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new
ex

Re: There should be an app for ...

[RobH!]

I'd think the motion senser/pedometer mechanism would  have mileage in 
working this one out.  Compass might get confused too in a metal building. 
It's a good idea, though it is also a mobility skill worth developing.  I'm 
sure there was a developer here doing a servay with aspirations of doing an 
indoor navigation app.
- Original Message - 
From: "Sieghard Weitzel" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 6:24 PM
Subject: RE: There should be an app for ...


Hi Carol,



MyWay Classic will do this nicely, but the problem is that this will not
work indoors because you either only get a very weak or most likely no GPS
signal. Anyhow, with 3-5 meters accuracy no app will be good enough to do
this at this point. However, a guide dog will do this very nicely, if I am
inside somewhere it is rare that my dog will not find his way when I say
"Find the door".





Regards,

Sieghard



From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Carol Pearson
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...



Some of those are good, and maybe rone day.



I'd like an app that simply reverses wherever you have walked. So you start
it at the point where you want it started stop at the end and say reverse. I
would  find this particularly useful, say, if I was in the middle of a
restaurant and needed to get out through the door again.

Maybe I will think of some more later. Carol P

Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch


On 17 Jun 2013, at 04:43 PM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:

Hey All,

Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a
sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that
does this."

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using
voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that I
think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.

I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So
often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for
blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas
and put them out there.

I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there for
zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous
because," etc.

And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "



Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.



1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and
pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind
glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's sexual
orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a
couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them recently but
I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your
phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too
much." I realize that this would require having some way to determine that
the phone itself was more or less level but .

3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if
that pink shirt went with those russet pants.

4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges.
Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter.
Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio
wind up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it
is, but it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me
where exactly the mess is. I don't have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so
I don't know how easy or onerous it is to find your dog's deposits, but
wouldn't it be cool to have a spotter.

5."O Spot," similar to the above, wouldn't it be nice to have an app
to identify whether you had a spo

Re: There should be an app for ...

[Fred Olver]

Thanks, but I meant by taking pic's say if you were at a large gathering.

Fred
  - Original Message - 
  From: Sieghard Weitzel 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 11:43 AM
  Subject: RE: There should be an app for ...


  Fred,

   

  There are many of those, lots of the dating apps are accessible and it's 
pretty standard that you can search for certain ranges in height, body type, 
hair colour etc and unless you check the casual encounters section where lots 
of married guys and girls are looking for something on the side the "single" 
status is usually a given.

   

   

  From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Fred Olver
  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:37 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

   

  Or how about this, "What does he or she look like"

   

  Or could an app be developed to find people with certain characteristics like 
height, color of hair etc. for singles of course.

   

   

  Fred Olver

- Original Message - 

From: Lisa Larges 

To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:43 AM

Subject: There should be an app for ...

 

Hey All,

Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that 
does this."

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around 
using voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that 
I think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So often, 
sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for blind 
people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and put 
them out there.

I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there 
for zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous 
because," etc.

And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm 
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

 

Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

 

1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area 
and pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's 
sexual orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are 
already a couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them 
recently but I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold 
up your phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, 
that's too much." I realize that this would require having some way to 
determine that the phone itself was more or less level but .

3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color 
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you 
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if that 
pink shirt went with those russet pants.

4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new 
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. 
Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter. 
Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio wind 
up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it is, but 
it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me where exactly 
the mess is. I don't have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so I don't know how 
easy or onerous it is to find your dog's deposits, but wouldn't it be cool to 
have a spotter.

5."O Spot," similar to the above, wouldn't it be nice to have an 
app to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for 
checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for finding 
spots to apply spot remover.

 

Alright, that's what I have so far; would love to hear other people's 
cr

RE: There should be an app for ...

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Kevin,

I doubt Bread Crums will do a better job than MyWay Classic since it will
only be as good as the GPS signal is and inside a building GPS signals just
are weak or non-existent.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Kevin Barry
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:03 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

The forthcoming, hopefully, app Breadcrumbs from Looktel should do just that
among other things.
At 12:51 PM 6/17/2013, you wrote:
>Some of those are good, and maybe rone day.
>
>I'd like an app that simply reverses wherever you have walked. So you 
>start it at the point where you want it started stop at the end and say 
>reverse. I would  find this particularly useful, say, if I was in the 
>middle of a restaurant and needed to get out through the door again.
>
>Maybe I will think of some more later. Carol P Sent from my iPhone 
>using BrailleTouch
>
>On 17 Jun 2013, at 04:43 PM, "Lisa Larges" 
><<mailto:lisa.lar...@gmail.com>lisa.lar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hey All,
>>Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is 
>>either really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take 
>>for a sighted person to do, or  requires either some elaborate 
>>work-around, or finding a sighted person to help me.
>>In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app 
>>that does this."
>>So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around 
>>using voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of 
>>apps that I think would be cool to have.
>>Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but 
>>this list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about 
>>practicality.
>>I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or 
>>other functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their 
>>phone. So often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think 
>>would be helpful for blind people to have; I think it would be great 
>>if we generated the ideas and put them out there.
>>I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out 
>>there for zealous
>>nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous 
>>because," etc.
>>And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. 
>>I'm just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . 
>>"
>>
>>Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.
>>
>>1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that 
>>would quickly scan an area and pinpoint whether and where there was 
>>text, and then read it.
>>This would be useful, for instance, in finding a address on a 
>>building, or a sign behind glass, etc.
>>2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app 
>>for determining one's sexual orientation, but would be an easy to use 
>>leveler. I know there are already a couple of audio levelers out 
>>there, and I haven't checked them recently but I've found them a bit 
>>tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your phone and have it 
>>tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too much." I 
>>realize that this would require having some way to determine that the 
>>phone itself was more or less level but .
>>3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go 
>>out wearing this?" As color identifiers get better it would be great 
>>to have an app that could tell you whether two different colors 
>>complimented each other. So you could know if that pink shirt went 
>>with those russet pants.
>>4."Where's the pooh," I read recently 
>>that there is now a new external ad on device for Android that offers 
>>other kinds of sensory gauges. Wouldn't it be cool to use something 
>>like this to zero in on organic matter.
>>Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive 
>>audio wind up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea 
>>of where it is, but it would be nice to have something like a 
>>blacklight to tell me where exactly the mess is. I don't have a guide 
>>dog or a dog of any kind, so I don't know how easy or onerous it is to 
>>find your dog's deposits, but wouldn't it be cool to have a spotter.
>>5."O Spot," similar to the above, 
>>wouldn't it be nice to have an app to id

RE: There should be an app for ...

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Carol,

 

MyWay Classic will do this nicely, but the problem is that this will not
work indoors because you either only get a very weak or most likely no GPS
signal. Anyhow, with 3-5 meters accuracy no app will be good enough to do
this at this point. However, a guide dog will do this very nicely, if I am
inside somewhere it is rare that my dog will not find his way when I say
"Find the door".

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Carol Pearson
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

 

Some of those are good, and maybe rone day.

 

I'd like an app that simply reverses wherever you have walked. So you start
it at the point where you want it started stop at the end and say reverse. I
would  find this particularly useful, say, if I was in the middle of a
restaurant and needed to get out through the door again.

Maybe I will think of some more later. Carol P

Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch


On 17 Jun 2013, at 04:43 PM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:

Hey All,

Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a
sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that
does this."

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using
voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that I
think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So
often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for
blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas
and put them out there.

I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there for
zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous
because," etc.

And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

 

Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

 

1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and
pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind
glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's sexual
orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a
couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them recently but
I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your
phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too
much." I realize that this would require having some way to determine that
the phone itself was more or less level but .

3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if
that pink shirt went with those russet pants.

4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges.
Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter.
Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio
wind up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it
is, but it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me
where exactly the mess is. I don't have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so
I don't know how easy or onerous it is to find your dog's deposits, but
wouldn't it be cool to have a spotter.

5."O Spot," similar to the above, wouldn't it be nice to have an app
to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for
checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for
finding spots to apply spot remover.

 

Alright, that's what I have so far; would love to hear other people's
creative ideas!

 

Lisa

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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Kevin Barry]

The forthcoming, hopefully, app Breadcrumbs from 
Looktel should do just that among other things.

At 12:51 PM 6/17/2013, you wrote:

Some of those are good, and maybe rone day…

I'd like an app that simply reverses wherever 
you have walked. So you start it at the point 
where you want it started stop at the end and 
say reverse. I would  find this particularly 
useful, say, if I was in the middle of a 
restaurant and needed to get out through the door again.


Maybe I will think of some more later. Carol P
Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch

On 17 Jun 2013, at 04:43 PM, "Lisa Larges" 
<lisa.lar...@gmail.com> wrote:



Hey All,
Every now and then I’ll be doing something as a 
blind person that is either really time 
consuming, in comparison to the time it would 
take for a sighted person to do, or  requires 
either some elaborate work-around, or finding a sighted person to help me.
In those situations I often think to myself, 
“There should be an app that does this.”
So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation 
that was started around using voice recognition 
features in new ways, here’s a little list of 
apps that I think would be cool to have.
Some of these are doable, and some, are at 
least a long way off, but this list is more 
about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.
I’m hoping my list might spark some other folks 
ideas about apps or other functionality they 
would like as a blind user to have on their 
phone. So often, sighted folks have an idea 
about what they think would be helpful for 
blind people to have; I think it would be great 
if we generated the ideas and put them out there.
I’m sure it might happen, but I’m not putting 
this little list out there for zealous 
nit-picking: “That’s not possible because,” or 
“that’s ridiculous because,” etc.
And I’m also not looking for other ways to 
accomplish the same tasks. I’m just saying, 
“Wouldn’t it be cool if I could use my phone to do … “


Ok, that’s my preamble. Here’s my starter list, add your own.

1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that 
would quickly scan an area and pinpoint whether 
and where there was text, and then read it. 
This would be useful, for instance, in finding 
a address on a building, or a sign behind glass, etc.
2.   Am I straight. This wouldn’t be an app 
for determining one’s sexual orientation, but 
would be an easy to use leveler. I know there 
are already a couple of audio levelers out 
there, and I haven’t checked them recently but 
I’ve found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn’t 
it be nice to hold up your phone and have it 
tell you “A little higher on the left.” “Ooops, 
that’s too much.” I realize that this would 
require having some way to determine that the 
phone itself was more or less level but …
3.   “Does this go with that?” or “Can I go 
out wearing this?” As color identifiers get 
better it would be great to have an app that 
could tell you whether two different colors 
complimented each other. So you could know if 
that pink shirt went with those russet pants.
4.“Where’s the pooh,” I read recently 
that there is now a new external ad on device 
for Android that offers other kinds of sensory 
gauges. Wouldn’t it be cool to use something 
like this to zero in on organic matter. 
Sometimes, in the night, I’ll hear my cat go 
through his impressive audio wind up before 
throwing up a hairball; I’ll get a general idea 
of where it is, but it would be nice to have 
something like a blacklight to tell me where 
exactly the mess is. I don’t have a guide dog 
or a dog of any kind, so I don’t know how easy 
or onerous it is to find your dog’s deposits, 
but wouldn’t it be cool to have a spotter.
5.“O Spot,” similar to the above, 
wouldn’t it be nice to have an app to identify 
whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could 
be used both for checking your clothes before 
wearing them out in public, but also for finding spots to apply spot remover.


Alright, that’s what I have so far; would love 
to hear other people’s creative ideas!


Lisa

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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Kevin Barry]

Ha, sure, if she's pretty it says "hi" so-so it 
says "hello" and yect it says "how do you do".

Ripped that off from a movie I saw a long time ago.

At 12:36 PM 6/17/2013, you wrote:

Or how about this, "What does he or she look like"

Or could an app be developed to find people with 
certain characteristics like height, color of hair etc. for singles of course.



Fred Olver
- Original Message -
From: Lisa Larges
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:43 AM
Subject: There should be an app for ...

Hey All,

Every now and then I’ll be doing something as a 
blind person that is either really time 
consuming, in comparison to the time it would 
take for a sighted person to do, or  requires 
either some elaborate work-around, or finding a sighted person to help me.


In those situations I often think to myself, 
“There should be an app that does this.”


So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation 
that was started around using voice recognition 
features in new ways, here’s a little list of 
apps that I think would be cool to have.


Some of these are doable, and some, are at least 
a long way off, but this list is more about 
dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.


I’m hoping my list might spark some other folks 
ideas about apps or other functionality they 
would like as a blind user to have on their 
phone. So often, sighted folks have an idea 
about what they think would be helpful for blind 
people to have; I think it would be great if we 
generated the ideas and put them out there.


I’m sure it might happen, but I’m not putting 
this little list out there for zealous 
nit-picking: “That’s not possible because,” or 
“that’s ridiculous because,” etc.


And I’m also not looking for other ways to 
accomplish the same tasks. I’m just saying, 
“Wouldn’t it be cool if I could use my phone to do … “




Ok, that’s my preamble. Here’s my starter list, add your own.



1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that 
would quickly scan an area and pinpoint whether 
and where there was text, and then read it. This 
would be useful, for instance, in finding a 
address on a building, or a sign behind glass, etc.


2.   Am I straight. This wouldn’t be an app 
for determining one’s sexual orientation, but 
would be an easy to use leveler. I know there 
are already a couple of audio levelers out 
there, and I haven’t checked them recently but 
I’ve found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn’t 
it be nice to hold up your phone and have it 
tell you “A little higher on the left.” “Ooops, 
that’s too much.” I realize that this would 
require having some way to determine that the 
phone itself was more or less level but …


3.   “Does this go with that?” or “Can I go 
out wearing this?” As color identifiers get 
better it would be great to have an app that 
could tell you whether two different colors 
complimented each other. So you could know if 
that pink shirt went with those russet pants.


4.“Where’s the pooh,” I read recently 
that there is now a new external ad on device 
for Android that offers other kinds of sensory 
gauges. Wouldn’t it be cool to use something 
like this to zero in on organic matter. 
Sometimes, in the night, I’ll hear my cat go 
through his impressive audio wind up before 
throwing up a hairball; I’ll get a general idea 
of where it is, but it would be nice to have 
something like a blacklight to tell me where 
exactly the mess is. I don’t have a guide dog or 
a dog of any kind, so I don’t know how easy or 
onerous it is to find your dog’s deposits, but 
wouldn’t it be cool to have a spotter.


5.“O Spot,” similar to the above, 
wouldn’t it be nice to have an app to identify 
whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could 
be used both for checking your clothes before 
wearing them out in public, but also for finding spots to apply spot remover.




Alright, that’s what I have so far; would love 
to hear other people’s creative ideas!




Lisa

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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Carol Pearson]

Some of those are good, and maybe rone day…

I'd like an app that simply reverses wherever you have walked. So you start it 
at the point where you want it started stop at the end and say reverse. I would 
 find this particularly useful, say, if I was in the middle of a restaurant and 
needed to get out through the door again.

Maybe I will think of some more later. Carol P
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On 17 Jun 2013, at 04:43 PM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:

> Hey All,
> Every now and then I’ll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
> really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
> person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
> sighted person to help me.
> In those situations I often think to myself, “There should be an app that 
> does this.”
> So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using 
> voice recognition features in new ways, here’s a little list of apps that I 
> think would be cool to have.
> Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
> list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.
> I’m hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
> functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So 
> often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for 
> blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and 
> put them out there.
> I’m sure it might happen, but I’m not putting this little list out there for 
> zealous nit-picking: “That’s not possible because,” or “that’s ridiculous 
> because,” etc.
> And I’m also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I’m 
> just saying, “Wouldn’t it be cool if I could use my phone to do … “
>  
> Ok, that’s my preamble. Here’s my starter list, add your own.
>  
> 1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and 
> pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
> useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
> glass, etc.
> 2.   Am I straight. This wouldn’t be an app for determining one’s sexual 
> orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a 
> couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven’t checked them recently but 
> I’ve found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn’t it be nice to hold up your 
> phone and have it tell you “A little higher on the left.” “Ooops, that’s too 
> much.” I realize that this would require having some way to determine that 
> the phone itself was more or less level but …
> 3.   “Does this go with that?” or “Can I go out wearing this?” As color 
> identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you 
> whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if 
> that pink shirt went with those russet pants.
> 4.“Where’s the pooh,” I read recently that there is now a new 
> external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. 
> Wouldn’t it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter. 
> Sometimes, in the night, I’ll hear my cat go through his impressive audio 
> wind up before throwing up a hairball; I’ll get a general idea of where it 
> is, but it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me where 
> exactly the mess is. I don’t have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so I 
> don’t know how easy or onerous it is to find your dog’s deposits, but 
> wouldn’t it be cool to have a spotter.
> 5.“O Spot,” similar to the above, wouldn’t it be nice to have an app 
> to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for 
> checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for finding 
> spots to apply spot remover.
>  
> Alright, that’s what I have so far; would love to hear other people’s 
> creative ideas!
>  
> Lisa
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RE: There should be an app for ...

[Lisa Larges]

I'm guessing that Fred's thinking of something that could tell you whether
your pants are full of pet hair

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 11:43 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: There should be an app for ...

 

Fred,

 

There are many of those, lots of the dating apps are accessible and it's
pretty standard that you can search for certain ranges in height, body type,
hair colour etc and unless you check the casual encounters section where
lots of married guys and girls are looking for something on the side the
"single" status is usually a given.

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Fred Olver
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

 

Or how about this, "What does he or she look like"

 

Or could an app be developed to find people with certain characteristics
like height, color of hair etc. for singles of course.

 

 

Fred Olver

- Original Message - 

From: Lisa Larges <mailto:lisa.lar...@gmail.com>  

To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:43 AM

Subject: There should be an app for ...

 

Hey All,

Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a
sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that
does this."

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using
voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that I
think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So
often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for
blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas
and put them out there.

I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there for
zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous
because," etc.

And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

 

Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

 

1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and
pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind
glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's sexual
orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a
couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them recently but
I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your
phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too
much." I realize that this would require having some way to determine that
the phone itself was more or less level but .

3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if
that pink shirt went with those russet pants.

4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges.
Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter.
Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio
wind up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it
is, but it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me
where exactly the mess is. I don't have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so
I don't know how easy or onerous it is to find your dog's deposits, but
wouldn't it be cool to have a spotter.

5."O Spot," similar to the above, wouldn't it be nice to have an app
to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for
checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for
finding spots to apply spot remover.

 

Alright, that's what I have so far; would love to hear other people's
creative ideas!

 

Lisa

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RE: There should be an app for ...

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Fred,

 

There are many of those, lots of the dating apps are accessible and it's
pretty standard that you can search for certain ranges in height, body type,
hair colour etc and unless you check the casual encounters section where
lots of married guys and girls are looking for something on the side the
"single" status is usually a given.

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Fred Olver
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...

 

Or how about this, "What does he or she look like"

 

Or could an app be developed to find people with certain characteristics
like height, color of hair etc. for singles of course.

 

 

Fred Olver

- Original Message - 

From: Lisa Larges <mailto:lisa.lar...@gmail.com>  

To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:43 AM

Subject: There should be an app for ...

 

Hey All,

Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a
sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that
does this."

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using
voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that I
think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So
often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for
blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas
and put them out there.

I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there for
zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous
because," etc.

And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

 

Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

 

1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and
pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind
glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's sexual
orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a
couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them recently but
I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your
phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too
much." I realize that this would require having some way to determine that
the phone itself was more or less level but .

3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if
that pink shirt went with those russet pants.

4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges.
Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter.
Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio
wind up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it
is, but it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me
where exactly the mess is. I don't have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so
I don't know how easy or onerous it is to find your dog's deposits, but
wouldn't it be cool to have a spotter.

5."O Spot," similar to the above, wouldn't it be nice to have an app
to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for
checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for
finding spots to apply spot remover.

 

Alright, that's what I have so far; would love to hear other people's
creative ideas!

 

Lisa

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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Fred Olver]

let's take it one step further, an app to determine if the person you want to 
get to know has an iPhone or Android and allows you to communicate with that 
person's phone.

Fred Olver
  - Original Message - 
  From: Fred Olver 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 11:36 AM
  Subject: Re: There should be an app for ...


  Or how about this, "What does he or she look like"

  Or could an app be developed to find people with certain characteristics like 
height, color of hair etc. for singles of course.


  Fred Olver
- Original Message - 
From: Lisa Larges 
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:43 AM
Subject: There should be an app for ...


Hey All,

Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
sighted person to help me.

In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that 
does this."

So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around 
using voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that 
I think would be cool to have.

Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So often, 
sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for blind 
people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and put 
them out there.

I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there 
for zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous 
because," etc.

And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm 
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

 

Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

 

1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area 
and pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
glass, etc.

2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's 
sexual orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are 
already a couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them 
recently but I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold 
up your phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, 
that's too much." I realize that this would require having some way to 
determine that the phone itself was more or less level but .

3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color 
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you 
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if that 
pink shirt went with those russet pants.

4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new 
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. 
Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter. 
Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio wind 
up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it is, but 
it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me where exactly 
the mess is. I don't have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so I don't know how 
easy or onerous it is to find your dog's deposits, but wouldn't it be cool to 
have a spotter.

5."O Spot," similar to the above, wouldn't it be nice to have an 
app to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for 
checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for finding 
spots to apply spot remover.

 

Alright, that's what I have so far; would love to hear other people's 
creative ideas!

 

Lisa

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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Fred Olver]

Or how about this, "What does he or she look like"

Or could an app be developed to find people with certain characteristics like 
height, color of hair etc. for singles of course.


Fred Olver
  - Original Message - 
  From: Lisa Larges 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:43 AM
  Subject: There should be an app for ...


  Hey All,

  Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
sighted person to help me.

  In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that 
does this."

  So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using 
voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that I 
think would be cool to have.

  Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

  I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So often, 
sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for blind 
people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and put 
them out there.

  I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there for 
zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous 
because," etc.

  And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm 
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

   

  Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

   

  1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and 
pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
glass, etc.

  2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's sexual 
orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a 
couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them recently but 
I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your phone 
and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too much." I 
realize that this would require having some way to determine that the phone 
itself was more or less level but .

  3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color 
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you 
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if that 
pink shirt went with those russet pants.

  4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new 
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. 
Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter. 
Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio wind 
up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it is, but 
it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me where exactly 
the mess is. I don't have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so I don't know how 
easy or onerous it is to find your dog's deposits, but wouldn't it be cool to 
have a spotter.

  5."O Spot," similar to the above, wouldn't it be nice to have an app 
to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for 
checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for finding 
spots to apply spot remover.

   

  Alright, that's what I have so far; would love to hear other people's 
creative ideas!

   

  Lisa

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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Fred Olver]

Lisa, good idea, how about adding to the list "is there hair on this" 

Fred Olver
  - Original Message - 
  From: Lisa Larges 
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:43 AM
  Subject: There should be an app for ...


  Hey All,

  Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
sighted person to help me.

  In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that 
does this."

  So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using 
voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that I 
think would be cool to have.

  Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this 
list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. 

  I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So often, 
sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for blind 
people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and put 
them out there.

  I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there for 
zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous 
because," etc.

  And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm 
just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . "

   

  Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own.

   

  1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and 
pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
glass, etc.

  2.   Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's sexual 
orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a 
couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them recently but 
I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your phone 
and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too much." I 
realize that this would require having some way to determine that the phone 
itself was more or less level but .

  3.   "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color 
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you 
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if that 
pink shirt went with those russet pants.

  4."Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new 
external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. 
Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter. 
Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio wind 
up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it is, but 
it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me where exactly 
the mess is. I don't have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so I don't know how 
easy or onerous it is to find your dog's deposits, but wouldn't it be cool to 
have a spotter.

  5."O Spot," similar to the above, wouldn't it be nice to have an app 
to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for 
checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for finding 
spots to apply spot remover.

   

  Alright, that's what I have so far; would love to hear other people's 
creative ideas!

   

  Lisa

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Re: There should be an app for ...

[Regina Alvarado]

I love the color identifier ideas!! Knowing which colors go together and 
whether there are spots are pet peeves of mine. Today my color identifier said 
I was wearing blue and red. When I checked it was half right. It was blue and 
yellow. No dark on either color which could have been disaster to matching. 
Thought if I bought a color identifier app it would help, but it did only to a 
point. Never see updates on these apps either and they are important, not just 
to us but color blind too. Just an opinion.

Reggie and Allegra

On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges"  wrote:

Hey All,
Every now and then I’ll be doing something as a blind person that is either 
really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted 
person to do, or  requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a 
sighted person to help me.
In those situations I often think to myself, “There should be an app that does 
this.”
So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using 
voice recognition features in new ways, here’s a little list of apps that I 
think would be cool to have.
Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this list 
is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality.
I’m hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other 
functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So often, 
sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for blind 
people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and put 
them out there.
I’m sure it might happen, but I’m not putting this little list out there for 
zealous nit-picking: “That’s not possible because,” or “that’s ridiculous 
because,” etc.
And I’m also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I’m just 
saying, “Wouldn’t it be cool if I could use my phone to do … “
 
Ok, that’s my preamble. Here’s my starter list, add your own.
 
1.   Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and 
pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be 
useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind 
glass, etc.
2.   Am I straight. This wouldn’t be an app for determining one’s sexual 
orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a 
couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven’t checked them recently but 
I’ve found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn’t it be nice to hold up your phone 
and have it tell you “A little higher on the left.” “Ooops, that’s too much.” I 
realize that this would require having some way to determine that the phone 
itself was more or less level but …
3.   “Does this go with that?” or “Can I go out wearing this?” As color 
identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you 
whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if that 
pink shirt went with those russet pants.
4.“Where’s the pooh,” I read recently that there is now a new external 
ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. Wouldn’t it 
be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter. Sometimes, in 
the night, I’ll hear my cat go through his impressive audio wind up before 
throwing up a hairball; I’ll get a general idea of where it is, but it would be 
nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me where exactly the mess is. 
I don’t have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so I don’t know how easy or 
onerous it is to find your dog’s deposits, but wouldn’t it be cool to have a 
spotter.
5.“O Spot,” similar to the above, wouldn’t it be nice to have an app to 
identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for 
checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for finding 
spots to apply spot remover.
 
Alright, that’s what I have so far; would love to hear other people’s creative 
ideas!
 
Lisa
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