Hi Neil,
It means that it's very good at recognizing logos and doing OCR on some things and that it's not so good at telling you the controls on your stove are the controls on your stove which I think most people would be able to figure out without an app. Object recognition has its uses, but I honestly don't need to take a picture of a keyboard to know it's a keyboard or stuff like that. Anyhow, just because Talking Goggles is very good at certain things doesn't mean it completely replaces Digit-Eyes, Tap Tap See or other apps of that nature. One has to find out the strength and weaknesses of the tools one has at one's disposal and use them in a way that works. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 10:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: talking goggles 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 From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Maria & Joe Chapman Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 10:58 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: talking goggles HI. try video mode some people are saying this works. Maria Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi On 06/04/2013, at 3:21 PM, "Neal Ewers" <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: Hi, I have no luck with this app. I get lots of results with tap tap see, but not one with talking goggles. I'm obviously doing something wrong. I have it set to still camera, I hold it in front of the same objects I try with tap tap see and take a picture. I get a message that says something like no objects found. Tap tap see will give me amazing things like water color picture of vases of flowers. It gave me the names of 4 different boxes of crackers. Etc. So, the question is, why does talking goggles not work. I'm in the same room. I have used flash on and flash off and the lights in the room are on. Don't know. Neal From: <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@ <http://googlegroups.com> googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 10:53 PM To: <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: talking goggles Hi, This app is berry good. I especially like the video mode, it saves you having to take several pictures, if you need to check several objects. Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone On 06/04/2013, at 11:43 AM, "Troy Sullivan" < <mailto:troysulliva...@gmail.com> 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? 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