Hello Neal, Sorry, but Jonathan is correct in regards to how Tap Tap See works. It is true, the app first tries to get its answer from a database, but if no answer is available, then it does refer it to a human, which then identifies it. This does help make Tap Tap See so accurate with its results. I myself learned about this from a podcast done by Accessible Devices, where they interviewed the developer of the app. It is show #35, and the link is: http://accessible-devices.com/podcasts/?p=episode&name=2013-01-29_show35taptapsee.mp3
I hope this helps. Chris Chaffin Follow me on twitter at: Chris_Chaffin68 Or on FaceBook at: cchaf...@twcny.rr.com From: Neal Ewers Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 2:08 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Tat Tap See Hi Jonathan, I knew VizWiz did ask a human, but I didn’t know that tap tap see did. According to RNIB, “It compares your photo with a large database online to work out what it is.” I can find nothing about this using a human. I know VizWiz does because you actually send your request to a real person. Can you give me a source for how Tap Tap See uses human intervention? I ask because I am doing a presentation on iPhone apps in a few days and I don’t want to give them my incorrect information if it needs to be corrected. Thanks much. Have a nice day down under. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 1:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tat Tap See Hi Neal, TapTapSee employs two techniques. It uses an object recognition database first. If it can't get a result, then it will try crowd sourcing, that is to say, asking a human. Jonathan On 21/04/2013, at 3:19 PM, Neal Ewers <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: Hi Tap Tap see is never routed to a person. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Frank Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 10:15 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tat Tap See Does anyone know how the Crowd sourcing works with Tap Tap See? Does taking too many pictures overload the system? If the system doesn't recognize an object, is it always routed to a person? If so, I will be much more judicious on the number of objects I ask TTS to identify. Tom Frank vermont...@gmail.com On Apr 20, 2013, at 5:45 PM, "Neal Ewers" <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: Patti, This app cycles through 5 pictures which it then deletes. This is why you will hear it say something like picture 3 of 5. It gets to 5 and starts all over again, so not to worry. My guess is that there are two issues here. One, you may not have held the camera in the right place or maybe too close or to far away. Second, it will definitely depend on the light the camera sees. I can have it look at the same object in different times of day and it will say slightly different things. It does time out if it cannot see the picture or if it doesn’t know what it is. I would suggest practicing with this in your home where you know various objects are located and see if you can come up with some strategies of working with the camera. This might help you when you are in other locations. I hope this helps. Neal From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf OfPatti Johnson Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 3:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Tat Tap See Hey yall. I went to the store today with a friend and while she was off looking for something else, I got out my phone and opened up the Tap Tap See app to see what happened with it. I was in the pet aisle because I had just got a bag of cat litter. so, I opened up the app and it said when I took the first picture, that it was showing a bag of Meow Mix cat food. "Cool" I thought, so I tried it again, and none of the other pictures I took worked. Either they timed out or they were blurry. Do I need to delete each picture I take before I take a new one, I just couldn't figure out why I got those responses after that first picture. I didn't think I was holding the phone any differently. Just wondered, I could have a lot of fun with this app if I knew what I was doing wrong. 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