Yes, video mode is the only way I get any useable results. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone
On 07/04/2013, at 0:03, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: > Hi, > Before you all get to excited, let me tell you that i'm not sure what goggles > is reading, nor am i sure of if what i found can at all be workable for > anything or if it's just plain luck that i had. > Well, after hearing the success stories others had had with Talking goggles, > i decided i would do some experimenting on my own. I have long looked for an > app that can read displays of any shape or form and thereby help me get > things set on devices one normally can't operate without sighted assistance, > well guess what? I started with my Akai MPK61 Midi keyboard which obviously > has a quite bright display, because other apps have been able to get one or > two letters out of the display, though i couldn't be sure if it was the > display or the buttons it read, well with Goggles, i actually got as much > info out of the display that i could successfully load a midi preset into the > keyboard. This encouraged me a bit so i went to my kitchen to see if i could > actually get some info out of my microwave. This time i wasn't so successful, > but that could be because i actually don't quite know where the display is on > the machine. I decided to continue to experiment and went into the bathroom > to see if i could read the display of my washing machine and my tumble dryer, > and lo and behold, i got text out of the displays, not so much that i could > do settings based on the info, but still i got text out of the display and i > could actually see that it changed. This made me sit down and think, would it > be possible to actually get some info out of the Olympus LS-100 recorder in > places where the voice guidance wasn't present and the answer is yes, i can > actually read the display, but not yet so well that i can make settings and > adjustments based on what i read, either it is possible with training, or it > won't work and it won't get any better, but just the fact that an app makes > reading displays possible is exciting news to me. If anyone wants to continue > experimenting, please feel free to do it and please document what you find, > positive or negative. In my experimentations i used video mode which gave an > almost realtime experience. > /Krister > > -- > 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.
