Hi Esther and everyone -- Esther, you have an amazing memory! Yep, I sure do have an iPhone 4S, and have posted about this before.
Everything should be pretty much golden. I'm not using a case; I've tried all manner of distances and angles and have even had a sighted person do the same; and other pictures seem to take fine. My iPhone has been restored in iTunes a few times since I initially tried the Looktel apps, but I'll remove them and reinstall them later today and will post if there are any better results - I can't imagine there will be, though. Basically, it's totally bizarre. Best, Grant On 6/8/12, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > HI Grant and Kimber, > > Grant, I know you've posted about this before -- that you were not > able to get Looktel Money Reader working even with sighted help -- but > I'm frankly baffled. As I recall, you now have an iPhone 4S, right? > I've tried this app out with an iPhone 4 on US, Australian, and > Canadian dollars, and Euros and pounds, and it has picked up all of > them. I don't have the newer Canadian bills to test, but I know that > other users, including some like Sieghard who had problems using the > first international update with these bills, use the current version > successfully. > > Apart from having your camera lens blocked by the hole in your case, > or a dirty lens, the only thing I can think of is having an > incompletely downloaded app, which you might try deleting and > downloading again. You do know, don't you, that some of the older > iPhone 4 cases that can fit the iPhone 4S may have holes for the > camera lens that aren't large enough to let all the light through? > You can still take pictures, it's just that you're not using the full > area of the camera lens, which will cut down on the amount of light > and quality of the images. If this is the case, you'll find that the > app works when your iPhone is taken out of a problematic case. > > With the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S, the Looktel money reader app > should even try to turn on the flash if there is insufficient light, > but with an iPhone 3GS you need to check the light level before you > use the app. I usually check light level first with the Light > Detector app anyway. > > Try holding the bills flat in your left hand with the iPhone on top of > the stack, and lifting the iPhone directly up about 6 inches from your > palm. (If you're left handed, use your right hand for the bills, and > lift the iPhone with your left hand.) For a more detailed description > of instructions, see my archived post on using the Looktel Money > Reader app in the Mail Archive pages for the mac-access list: > • Using LookTel Money Reader for the first time [was Re: Strange > behaviour with money reader.] > http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access%40mac-access.net/msg07238.html > > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jun 8, 7:50 am, Kimber Gardner <kimbersinbox1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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