>From what I understood lidar is necessary for all of these things. I could be >mistaken but I'm sure I recall hearing that.
Chris Judge -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: September 16, 2022 12:37 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: How useful to blind users is the Lidar sensor? It has been marginally useful for some things, but with iOS 16 and the door detection feature, it should become more useful for people who travel where they need to find a door into a building or an office. I think GoodMaps Explore is beginning to incorporate it. The Image description in the Magnifier now even recognizes light switches on the wall. If you go to hotels much, this could be useful as well. Now, Door, image, and people detection may not need LIDAR unless you want to know how far away the item is; but I'm not sure since I only have the 13 pro, so I cannot test on something without LIDAR. Seeing AI and other apps use it, but their image database is pretty small. HTH, Richard “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” - Søren Kierkegaard My web site: https://www.turner42.com 🦅 -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Cris Ali Sent: Friday, September 16, 2022 8:26 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: How useful to blind users is the Lidar sensor? Hi listers, I can imagine that the Lidar sensor on the iPhone has great accessibility potentials. If there is any reason for me to have the urge to upgrade from XR to 14 pro is to have lidar on my phone. For those of you who have phones with lidar, how useful this has been so far? I am very curious. I hope to hear your opinions on the subject. Cheers Sent from my iPhone -- 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/BN8PR07MB5906664EECF716DACEF1FBAAC1489%40BN8PR07MB5906.namprd07.prod.outlook.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/02c101d8c9e2%241d0b47a0%245721d6e0%24%40comcast.net. -- 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/02a801d8ca89%24ba2fba50%242e8f2ef0%24%40gmail.com.
