As far as I know, Talking Goggles does not use human beings whereas Tap Tap See does. This would explain why Talking Goggles works better reading text rather than identifying objects. It does identify well known pictures as I mentioned in a previous message that you dismissed as frivolous. It failed to identify my dog as a dog and said she was an alp. However, it identified the picture on a place mat as Tower Bridge which is, of course, a famous image. It does a really good job on text in many different languages which is extremely useful for someone like me who lives in a country that is not English speaking.
But, as for all apps using the camera, sufficient light is essential. So if you have no light perception, you'd be advised to do what I do and use the Light Detector app before attempting to use Talking Goggles. That way, you'll know when to use the flash. Anne On 6 Apr 2013, at 19:21, Neal Ewers <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: > Hi, I find that I have to hold the phone much closer to objects with goggles > than with tap tap see. The other difference I am finding is that while tap > tap see will tell me things like the back of a person’s head, a man wearing a > blue shirt, goggles will not do this even in video mode, at least not for me. > If I point goggles at my electric stove controls, it does not say controls on > black stove as tap tap see does, it actually tries to read the writing on the > buttons. It says things like pre-heat, broil, etc. If I hold goggles close to > a page with writing, it actually tries to, as people have mentioned, read the > writing and does a rather nice job at it. But, I can hold it in front of any > picture in my house, and it says nothing. So, I am not quite sure what this > all means. > > It would appear that goggles is much better at reading text and the names of > buttons than tap tap see, but have others been able to identify objects with > it. So far, I can not. I try to take a picture of my couch, it says nothing. > I try my face, I guess I scared it because it said something like w3q. Hmmm, > I wonder if that is written on my forehead? <smile>. > > This is not an attempt to say if one of these apps is better than the other, > I’m simply trying to find out what people have been able to do with goggles > other than read text and buttons. So far, I don’t have much luck. > > Thanks for pointing out this app and for all people’s testing. > > Neal -- 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.
