Thanks so much for that detailed description! I bought the app last week end and used it to identify a bottle of over-the-counter medication. I thought it was well worth $.99 and now that I know it will keep a video camera running, I think it is even more intriguing.\ Penny
On 4/6/13, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hi Chandan, > > > > It is only 99 Cents and for the most part it's quite self-explanatory as > there are only 5 buttons. The app does, by the way, use it's own voice to > read out what it comes up with. The English is a female voice and sounds > OK. > Theoretically you could silence Voiceover with a 3-finger double tap and > the > app would still read out the results although if you leave Voiceover on you > can touch the screen in the middle and find the result and review it. > > > > There is a "Flash Off" button at the top left which turns into a "Flash" > button if you double tap it. > > If it says "Flash Off" then, well. the Flash is off. If it just says > "Flash", then the flash is on which means the Flash of the iPhone puts out > a > permanent and constant light. > > > > At the top right is a button that says "Flag En". I assume since it says > "Flag" that visually it displays a flag maybe of the States or England. > This > allows you to select a different voice/language. If you double tap on it a > list of languages comes up on the screen from Africans and Albanian to > Welsh > and Yiddish, I think it has a total of 51 languages and whichever one you > double tap will say "Selected" and the list goes away and the icon at the > top right displays the result in a 2-letter abbreviation like the "Flag > En". > > > > Across the bottom above the Home Key are 3 buttons, from Left to right they > are: > > > > Gallery - this will show you the albums and pictures on your iPhone, > similary to Photo Viewer. > > Camera Copy 14 - this is in the middle above the home key and I renamed > this > to "Take Picture" since that is what it does > > Video Camera - this will start continuous recording, the "Camera Copy 14" > button in the middle will turn to a stop button and if you stop recording > it > will say "Record". If you switch to video recording then the Video Camera > button on the right will turn into a "Still Camera" button and you can > double tap it to switch back to single picture/still camera mode. > > > > I agree with David, this app seems to be amazing, it recognizes logos and > it > does OCR and what's more, it does OCR while it's in video mode. Aim it at > something and hold it still for a bit and you'll get some results, I don't > even want to think what this thing will do with the Standscan. > > > > I had a can of corn and the first time I took a picture it told me it was > corn. This, by the way, is a Canadian Safeway product and Digit-Eyes did > not > know it's barcode since unfortunately Digit-Eyes doesn't know a lot of > Safeway barcodes from Canada. > > > > I then turned the can a bit and it started recognizing bits of text from > nutritional information and all sort of stuff. I pointed my phone into the > fridge and it told me I had Tropicana Orange Juice, I turned it a bit and > here was Lucern Milk. astounding. > > > > This is a great find and well worth the 99 Cents. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of chandan mokashi > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 8:02 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: talking goggles > > > > Can one of you make a short podcast on this app? So that it will give us a > good start. Just a suggestion. > > Thanks a lot for informing us about this app. > > Regards, > > Chandan. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On 06-Apr-2013, at 7:29 AM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > > After reading the below email, I purchased the app and tested it. Unlike > VizWiz and TapTapSee, Goggles does not appear to use people to describe > images. It seems to use image matching exclusively. All the buttons are > labelled. > > > > Based on my success with this app, I am considering purchasing the > company's > map app called Sparkling Maps. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 06/04/2013, at 13:43, "Troy Sullivan" <troysulliva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I found this app on the apple vis website. Here's a description: > > > Description of App > > > Talking Goggles can recognize images and speaks out what it finds. > > * Recognizes almost any image within seconds. Logos, landmarks, books, > products, artwork, text and more.. > * Shows the description of the image and speaks it out to you. > * Speaks it out using the correct accent of your selected language. > * Includes a torchlight to assist in reading. > * Video mode. Talking Goggles will continuously check the video stream > for any familiar images, and will present it and speak it out when it finds > something. > * Easy copy function. Use goggles as a scanner/translator and use the > results in any other application. > * Look up more details on the image found by doing a direct search. > Or, if it is a product, check where it is available nearby, and show a > price > comparison. > > Don't know the name of that actor on that poster? Just point your camera at > it and Talking Goggles will tell you! > > Want to find out if that product is really the cheapest around? Take a > picture and let Talking Goggles do a comparison for you. > > Point Talking Goggles at a logo, and you will be told the name of the > company after which you can do a search for it. > > Talking Goggles is particularly good at recognizing book covers and > posters. > Try it out! > > Reviews are very positive so far: > > 'This amazing application costs just $0.99 and is a masterpiece and could > be > a new trend.' > > 'You really need to try the app to see exactly how good it is.' > > 'This app worked well and quickly. I took a photo of a few products from my > cupboard and it identified them immediately, and offered access to the > internet to learn more.' > > > > Has anyone tried this app? > > Wonder if this will replace tap tap see or any of those other camera apps > out there for the blind? > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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