I haven't had a lot of luck with the looktel money reader either. My iPhone is less than a month old so I'm sure it's not the camera. I've had more success with eyenote, which I believe is an app from the treasury dept.
As for the other looktel app I don't have it and so can't comment. Kimber On 6/8/12, Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I've posted in the past about the Looktel money recognizer being > unable to read any of the currency I throw at it. As of yet I've > never, ever had a bill be spoken. It doesn't matter if I put it on a > table, hold it in front of the camera, move it around, expose > different parts of the currency, and so on. > > The object recognizer also doesn't work particularly accurately and > often gives unexpected results. A good example is that I've actually > put, well, bills, into the database, and these are always mixed up. > > You don't suppose I could have a subtle problem with my camera, do > you? We don't notice anything when taking photos, but maybe there's a > subtle scratch on the camera or something? Do you have any ideas why > the Looktel apps would be behaving so oddly? > > Best, > > Grant > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- Kimberly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
