Hi:
I have Goggles on my phone.
Is it still being updated and maintained and everything? Is it still usable?
Should I uninstall Goggles and install Ipolly instead?
I also have VizWiz...is that app still usable?
Thanks!
Kerri

On 1/8/16, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I think the whole thing about this is that you have to be skilled in
> handling the camera on the phone or iPad in order for it to work. I have
> never learned to take photos or handle the camera on the phone because i
> have always thought and still think that i as a blind person never am able
> to take satisfactory pictures without a whole truckload of guesswork so i’ve
> left that bit alone and so my results with apps like Goggles and Aipoly is
> soso at best. Only thing i can do is congratulate all those who actually can
> make it work because i can’t but that’s not the programs fault, it’s
> entirely mine.
> /Krister
>
>> 8 jan. 2016 kl. 11:17 skrev Andrew J. LaPointe <alapoint...@comcast.net>:
>>
>>     I installed aipoly last night and can’t find any way to make it work.
>> No matter where I tap on the screen, nothing.  As far as Goggles, nothing
>> does anything.  Andy and Shubert
>>
>> From: Annie Skov Nielsen <mailto:annieskovniel...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 2:10 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: Talking Goggles versus AIPoly
>>
>> Hi Sieghard.
>>
>> The app I found with the name AIPoly is called AIPoly vision,, is this the
>> correct one? I can not find the video tab but a tab called objects.
>>
>> Hope someone can help.
>>
>> I miss a replacement for goggles it does not work anymore.
>> Best regards Annie.
>>> Den 7. jan. 2016 kl. 20.52 skrev Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca
>>> <mailto:siegh...@live.ca>>:
>>>
>>> I just installed AIPoly and it definitely has potential. A nice, simple
>>> layout and on my 5S it automatically announced what it say after a couple
>>> of seconds. I was pointing it at various areas in the room I am currently
>>> in and it said things like “Closet”, “Door”, “Furniture”, “Curtains”
>>> etc.
>>> I then held a bottle of generic Tylonol 1 up to it, this is the stuff we
>>> can get here in Canada that has 8mg of Codeine as well as some Caffeine
>>> along with whatever the normal Tylonol incredient is and the generic name
>>> is “acetaminophen” and all AIPoly told me when I showed it various views
>>> of the bottle was “Pills”, “Medicine” or “prescription”.
>>> I then used Talking Goggles on it in video mode and it read all sorts of
>>> stuff to me including a lot number, expiry date, the word
>>> “acetaminophen”, “8mg Codeine” etc. Definitely a lot more useful than
>>> “Medicine” or “Pills”.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sieghard
>>>
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