Tap Tap See uses both digital recognition as well as crowd sourcing. Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 6, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Anne Robertson <annefromo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
