You know I just cannot let this go without saying how wrong you are Kristeen. There was never any implication made that you as a totally blind person could or could not use the app, but instead it clearly was stated in short that sighted help would yield the best results for ensuring clarity of the image. If you understand how the app works then how can you call this a flaw? A flaw would imply that the intended functionality failed to work as specified because of a bug in the code etc. I really think you are essentially saying the app is a failure just because it was not designed explicitly for a totally blind person to use without any sighted help at all. I do not recall anywhere it being stated that the app could be used only with sighted assistance or could be used by a totally blind person. If you can line the camera up sufficiently to get a good image then this would be a non-issue and if not then maybe sighted help would be in order. Besides, 98% of the time means you have the opportunity to get some help if necessary. Oh and obviously all this is going to be dependent on how you use the app. So a flaw? No, not a flaw or deficit.
On Aug 31, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since I have no sighted assistance about 98 percent of the time, I think I > would tend to consider it a flaw at best and a deficit is probably more > accurate. > > Kristeen Hughes > > On Aug 30, 2012, at 10:39 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > >> I agree, David, just because a blind person is simply not capable of taking >> an image that is lined up and focused as well as a sighted person this does >> not make the app less useful or constitude a “deficit”. For LookTel >> Recognizer to be at its best the image has to be of the most unique part of >> a package and if possible contain no background. I had relatively good >> results by taking pictures myself by placing the item on a large white piece >> of paper, but I also don’t find it a big deal to make a list of items I want >> to put into Recognizer and then ask a sighted friend to take the pictures >> for me. One can always make this into a bit of a social get-together and I >> have long since learned that trying to be independent where it’s not really >> necessarily at best is time consuming and a pain in the neck and at worst it >> reduces one’s social skills and interaction with others. LookTel Recognizer >> is an awesome tool and for those often used every-day items it’s a one-time >> setup process which means that as my database grows I will need sighted help >> less often. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, >> visithttp://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 >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- > 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. 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.
