Try to focus on the upper left portion of the screen and you should find the view finder. Double tap on it and then do not touch the screen again until you wan to change something and just point the camera around at things and wait a few seconds for it to say something. HTH,
Richard “What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John Ruskin My web site: https://www.turner42.com > On Jul 30, 2022, at 11:42 AM, Margaret Thomas <avidrea...@fastmail.com> wrote: > > I'm new to the Camera app on my SE 2020 and can't get this to work. It says > New Quick Take Video and tap and hold the shutter to record a quick video and > something about dragging the shutter to the left. It also says 0 people. > I'm sliding my finger around the screen and not hearing anything about view > finder. I've pointed the lens at my refrigerator and my computer keyboard > and sometimes it says 0 people. It keeps repeating 0 people the way it does > when the last thing I check on the home screen is the charge level when I'm > charging the phone. > > I think I need Camera 101! > > Any help continuing my iPhone education is much appreciated. > > Margaret > > > >> On 7/26/2022 8:10 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: >> This is probably old news to everyone, but I just stumbled across something, >> and I’m so excited, I want to share. This is how clueless I am, but I was >> looking for a screen recording I’d just done, and not knowing where else to >> look, I brought up the camera app. While I was exploring the camera app, I >> heard it announcing things like no people, keyboard, … I realized it was >> telling me what was on my desk! After playing around, I found out that if >> you move focus to the top to the view finder, the camera app will read text >> to you and identify objects. I ran downstairs to show my wife, and I heard >> it say “cat on a flat surface with a laptop and a glass with a beverage”. I >> was pointing it at my kitchen table which had our cat on it, waiting to be >> fed, my wife’s laptop and her glass of sparkling water! It’s not going to >> replace the Seeing AI app for me yet, but it seemed awfully fast and >> accurate! >> -- >> Christopher (AKA CJ) >> Chaltain at Outlook >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/PH0PR14MB42963AB065B3FE6C8D3709B0C8979%40PH0PR14MB4296.namprd14.prod.outlook.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/PH0PR14MB42963AB065B3FE6C8D3709B0C8979%40PH0PR14MB4296.namprd14.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/bef30bec-104d-860a-9774-874586843ea7%40fastmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/53187C52-834F-4AE4-A924-7C1EA7AC2C79%40comcast.net.
