Ricardo, That's the nice thing about my alternative suggestion, no-one gives up their Anonymity, as they would have the benefit of signing in with a separate Apple ID for the purpose.
Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 29 Apr 2013, at 13:39, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > so, you wouldn't mind giving out your phone number or e-mail to total > strangers just to have them read a label on a can? Or your skype handle? > Because, to use the apps already out there, thats what it would take. > Granted, many wouldn't mind giving up there anonymity but, I'm sure there are > those who don't want personal information to be exchanged with strangers for > such a service. > > JMO. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Apr 29, 2013, at 3:37 AM, RobH! <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> True, the base of volunteers is good, I like that; but a specialist app >> still seems superfluous in the light of those two means of video transfer. >> >> Rh. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Roger Frischenmeyer" <thejayhawk...@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:09 AM >> Subject: Re: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of >> >> >> Those 2 ideas work very well, if you have family members but if not, they >> probably don't work well at all. I think this has potintial. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lauren Simmons" <simmonslaure...@gmail.com> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 5:44 PM >> Subject: Re: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of >> >> >> For the most part, this already exists, its called Skype. Its also called >> Facetime. The volunteers are family members. I've been doing a similar thing >> for years. :) >> >> LS >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Søren Jensen" <s...@coolfortheblind.dk> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:16 AM >> Subject: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of >> >> >> Hi all. >> >> I'm involved in this cool project. Read more here: >> >> Be My Eyes is a non-profit initiative that aims to equip blind with "a pair >> of eyes" which fits into your pocket. This can be done by the blind at any >> time, on his/her smart phone: you start an application, and can through this >> be put in direct video connection with a voluntary sighted person. The >> sighted volunteer helps you through the camera in the blind person's smart >> phone to see (video transmitted to the helpers smart phone) what the blind >> person is pointing at with the smart phone camera and can solve a given >> task. The task could, for example. be: Reading the date on a milk carton, >> see if two socks are alike, read the buttons on the washing machine, etc. It >> is the blind who has control over what the volunteer sees, while the >> volunteer can for example say "a little closer" or "date is on the other >> side of the milk carton." This way the blind and the sighted volunteer help >> each other to solve the given task. >> >> The technical part of the project is, first, to develop an application >> available for the blind that can connect the users with sighted volunteers - >> here is so far developed a prototype. The second part is to develop a system >> on a server that all Be My Eyes will run on. When you create a user account >> on the system, you could choose whether you are the visual impaired who >> needs help, or if you are the sighted person who wants to help. The sighted >> help to be able both to use the system on an iPhone (or other smart phone >> platforms), an iPad tablet (or other tablet platforms) with a larger screen >> so it's easier to see the image and on a computer where the image is, of >> course, it depends on the screen connected to the computer. >> >> The idea is to build a network of volunteers who want to help. You can even >> sign in and out anything useful, and you can specify what time of the day or >> week you have time to help, where you will be notified accordingly. If >> technology allows, then the visually impaired also use the app over 3G and >> 4G, making the possibilities endless, since in this way you can use the >> system anywhere. This requires of course that as a visually impaired learn >> some techniques to use the camera properly. The advantage of video interview >> is that the sighted volunteer can guide one to use the camera properly, >> which eventually becomes better and better. >> >> The team behind Be My Eyes is a mixture of blind, partly sighted and sighted >> people who know the depth of the problems the project to solve. All involved >> have contributed on a strictly volunteer basis. >> >> The idea stems from Hans Jørgen Wiberg who himself is visually impaired. >> Hans Jørgen works as a visually impaired consultant in the Danish Blind >> Society. Here he experienced countless times to sighted assistance in a >> moment would have made the blind able to solve a variety of tasks on their >> own. When Hans tried video conferencing on his smart phone "dropped the >> pieces in place" - through a voluntary network could be in the moments when >> the blind was faced with tasks that required vision, get assistance via >> video chat on your mobile! >> >> We are looking for volunteer programmers, visually impaired as impaired. The >> advantage is that a visually impaired programmer familiar with the >> challenges of accessibility, and a sighted programmer to help with the >> visual. We are looking for both people who create applications for PC / Mac, >> iOS and server based systems. >> >> In order to implement this exciting project, we are also looking for >> financial help, as all in the team is working volunteer and we need some >> help outside the company as programmers and such, which is not cheap. >> >> If you want that all this comes true, then you can donate to us on Indiegogo >> at the following link: >> www.indiegogo.com/projects/be-my-eyes-community-help-for-the-blind >> >> Read more on our website at: >> http://www.facebook.com/l/0AQHAl41NAQG333R7tdGulVawm-wGyuVVtA68MvtPCYSjfg/ >> >> www.bemyeyes.org >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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. 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