Lisa, good idea, how about adding to the list "is there hair on this"
Fred Olver ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Larges To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 10:43 AM Subject: There should be an app for ... Hey All, Every now and then I'll be doing something as a blind person that is either really time consuming, in comparison to the time it would take for a sighted person to do, or requires either some elaborate work-around, or finding a sighted person to help me. In those situations I often think to myself, "There should be an app that does this." So, somewhat in the spirit of the conversation that was started around using voice recognition features in new ways, here's a little list of apps that I think would be cool to have. Some of these are doable, and some, are at least a long way off, but this list is more about dreaming up possibilities then about practicality. I'm hoping my list might spark some other folks ideas about apps or other functionality they would like as a blind user to have on their phone. So often, sighted folks have an idea about what they think would be helpful for blind people to have; I think it would be great if we generated the ideas and put them out there. I'm sure it might happen, but I'm not putting this little list out there for zealous nit-picking: "That's not possible because," or "that's ridiculous because," etc. And I'm also not looking for other ways to accomplish the same tasks. I'm just saying, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could use my phone to do . " Ok, that's my preamble. Here's my starter list, add your own. 1. Text Id. The idea is for an app that would quickly scan an area and pinpoint whether and where there was text, and then read it. This would be useful, for instance, in finding a address on a building, or a sign behind glass, etc. 2. Am I straight. This wouldn't be an app for determining one's sexual orientation, but would be an easy to use leveler. I know there are already a couple of audio levelers out there, and I haven't checked them recently but I've found them a bit tedious to use. Wouldn't it be nice to hold up your phone and have it tell you "A little higher on the left." "Ooops, that's too much." I realize that this would require having some way to determine that the phone itself was more or less level but . 3. "Does this go with that?" or "Can I go out wearing this?" As color identifiers get better it would be great to have an app that could tell you whether two different colors complimented each other. So you could know if that pink shirt went with those russet pants. 4. "Where's the pooh," I read recently that there is now a new external ad on device for Android that offers other kinds of sensory gauges. Wouldn't it be cool to use something like this to zero in on organic matter. Sometimes, in the night, I'll hear my cat go through his impressive audio wind up before throwing up a hairball; I'll get a general idea of where it is, but it would be nice to have something like a blacklight to tell me where exactly the mess is. I don't have a guide dog or a dog of any kind, so I don't know how easy or onerous it is to find your dog's deposits, but wouldn't it be cool to have a spotter. 5. "O Spot," similar to the above, wouldn't it be nice to have an app to identify whether you had a spot on that shirt. It could be used both for checking your clothes before wearing them out in public, but also for finding spots to apply spot remover. Alright, that's what I have so far; would love to hear other people's creative ideas! Lisa No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3199/6413 - Release Date: 06/15/13 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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