Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-06 Thread Dmitriy Konopatskiy
look at it because she just woke up. Can you demystify this for me? > > - Original Message - > *From:* Dmitriy > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Monday, February 04, 2013 10:30 AM > *Subject:* Re: Information on how TapTapSee works > > Jonathan, > >

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-05 Thread Grant Hardy
> it because she just woke up. Can you demystify this for me? > - Original Message - > From: Dmitriy > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 10:30 AM > Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works > > > Jonathan, > > >

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-05 Thread Alan Paganelli
To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works Jonathan, At the moment there is no way to "force crowdsourcing." However, that's something that we'll make a note of for the future. We want to keep th

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-05 Thread Dmitriy
Grant, No, it was for something else, but at the moment we're not utilizing that function. Therefore, we'll take it out with the next update. Best Regards, Dmitriy On Monday, February 4, 2013 4:40:41 PM UTC-8, Grant wrote: > > Cool, I thought maybe it was used for diagnostic data or something

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-04 Thread Grant Hardy
Cool, I thought maybe it was used for diagnostic data or something (which would have been perfectly reasonable. :) It's nothing I was worried about, I just wanted to know what it was used for.) Cheers. On 2/4/13, Dmitriy wrote: > Grant, > > Originally we had it in there for future features, howe

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-04 Thread Dmitriy
Grant, Originally we had it in there for future features, however, after reviewing it we decided to pull it out on the next update. So don't worry, we don't do anything with your location. In the next update, 1.3, that should come out this month you will not be asked to turn your location on.

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-04 Thread Dmitriy
Jonathan, At the moment there is no way to "force crowdsourcing." However, that's something that we'll make a note of for the future. We want to keep the app simple and easy to use. That was our main goal, to keep it as simple as possible. You're welcome. Glad to help! -Dmitriy On Saturday,

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works My exparimentations

2013-02-04 Thread Alan Paganelli
12:10 PM Subject: RE: Information on how TapTapSee works Well, I got two correct results out of about 7 that I tried today, then I unloaded it for now, it is all the time I have to play. As I said in an earlier message my cocktail sauce was reported as a classic coke, my green polo shir

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-03 Thread Lauren Simmons
t we are toying with them, then they will toy with us. LS - Original Message - From: "Andy Baracco" To: Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 9:29 PM Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works My thought is that these apps that depend on crowd sourcing are inconsistent an

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Grant Hardy
on "they" believe we >> need using their personal perspective and not necessarily the information >> we are looking to be described from a blind person's perspective. >> >> LS >> >> - Original Message - From: "Jonathan Mosen" >&g

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Andy Baracco
, but as time goes on, they just lose interest. Andy -Original Message- From: Jonathan Mosen Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 9:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works I agree with this Lauren, Vizwiz is a great initiative, but sometimes I

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Jonathan Mosen
rmation we are looking to be > described from a blind person's perspective. > > LS > > - Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Mosen" > To: > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:47 AM > Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works > >

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Dmitriy Konopatskiy
eb 2, 2013 at 6:54 AM, Hayri Tulumcu wrote: > and where can i find the interview? > > - Original Message - From: "Woody Anna Dresner" > > To: > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works > > > Hi, &

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Sandra Heaton
: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works Alex, After you click to take a picture does the app say "Picture 1 Take" or any other number for that matter? -Dmitriy On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Alex Stone wrote: Lauren, I had a feeling that was how it did it, but wasn&#

RE: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Rose Combs
Well, I got two correct results out of about 7 that I tried today, then I unloaded it for now, it is all the time I have to play. As I said in an earlier message my cocktail sauce was reported as a classic coke, my green polo shirt was reported as a black sweater and my can of soup never became an

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Dmitriy Konopatskiy
Jonathan, It works automatically, however, as we continue forward with TapTapSee, we're definitely looking for ways to improve the app itself, as well as the technology behind it. So to answer your question, something like that may become possible in the future, but not at the moment. -Dmitriy O

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Lauren Simmons
From: "Jonathan Mosen" To: Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:47 AM Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works Hi Dmitriy. Thanks for confirming what I suspected was happening. Might there be a way to force crowd sourcing in a future release? For example, I took a picture of

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Lauren Simmons
Hardy" To: Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 8:09 PM Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works Dmitriy, Are you able to share what TapTapSee does with location data? I'm happy to leave it on, even if it's only for diagnostic purposes. But I would like to know what it is use

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Grant Hardy
Dmitriy, Are you able to share what TapTapSee does with location data? I'm happy to leave it on, even if it's only for diagnostic purposes. But I would like to know what it is used for first. Cheers. Grant On 2/1/13, Dmitriy Konopatskiy wrote: > Lauren, > > It is a combination of a database a

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
rom: "Woody Anna Dresner" > To: > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works > > > Hi, > > I heard an interview with one of the developers, and yes, they're > combining machine search and crowd sourcing.

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Dmitriy. Thanks for confirming what I suspected was happening. Might there be a way to force crowd sourcing in a future release? For example, I took a picture of a bottle of wine the other day. The object recognition engine came back with "wine bottle". Well Dah. Lol. I'd really like to have

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Carol Pearson
I have also tried this app and the first time got a really good response of a white dog on a carpet. However, my second third and fourth responses were not at all. Other pictures stored on the iPhone, or do they disappear once you have the information? Carol P Sent from my iPhone On 1 Feb 20

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
y 02, 2013 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works > > > Hi, > > I heard an interview with one of the developers, and yes, they're combining > machine search and crowd sourcing. > > Cheers, > Anna > > > > On Feb 1, 2013, at

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Dmitriy Konopatskiy
Lauren, It is a combination of a database algorithm and crowdsourcing. The image does not always go to a human for identification. We have a complex technology behind TapTapSee. I actually work for the company that developed TapTapSee. As you mentioned, TapTapSee's new update does in fact have a

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Dmitriy Konopatskiy
Alex, After you click to take a picture does the app say "Picture 1 Take" or any other number for that matter? -Dmitriy On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Alex Stone wrote: > Lauren, I had a feeling that was how it did it, but wasn't sure. The > problem > I have though is that sometimes, you take

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Hayri Tulumcu
and where can i find the interview? - Original Message - From: "Woody Anna Dresner" To: Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 3:13 PM Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works Hi, I heard an interview with one of the developers, and yes, they're combining mac

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Hayri Tulumcu
what is crowd sourcing? - Original Message - From: "Woody Anna Dresner" To: Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 3:13 PM Subject: Re: Information on how TapTapSee works Hi, I heard an interview with one of the developers, and yes, they're combining machine search and

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Eileen Misrahi
If !his,is the case, then choosinh location services off may not be good idea. So, am i correct to say that location services should not be turned off to get quicker responses and more accurate,ones? Please,advise if it really,matters if location services effects the acckracy of the app: Tha

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-02 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, I heard an interview with one of the developers, and yes, they're combining machine search and crowd sourcing. Cheers, Anna On Feb 1, 2013, at 10:51 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > Hi Lauren, do you have a source for this information? I have a feeling crowd > sourcing may be used in some s

Re: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-01 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Lauren, do you have a source for this information? I have a feeling crowd sourcing may be used in some situations, however I'm also pretty confident, because of the speed of some results, that it is using some of the same object recognition database sources as Omoby and Vizwiz. Jonathan On 2

RE: Information on how TapTapSee works

2013-02-01 Thread Alex Stone
Lauren, I had a feeling that was how it did it, but wasn't sure. The problem I have though is that sometimes, you take a picture of something, and nothing happens. It doesn't tell you the image is being processed or anything Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [ma