Hi Lisa, I love these ideas! I've wished for apps for identifying spots, matching clothes and identifying text time and time again. Now this might sound silly, but I'd love to have a "Trash Can Finder" app which will direct me to the nearest such receptacle when I'm in a public place. It'd be nice not to have to hunt around with my cane, ask sighted people, or carry my trash around when I'm in the subway station, walking down the street, or navigating any other public area.
Lindsay On 6/19/13, Fred Olver <goodfo...@charter.net> wrote: > Thank you Segert, it is not voice vision, it is photo voice. I guess I > dis-remembered. > > Fred Olver > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:13 AM > Subject: RE: There should be an app for ... > > > Hi Nancy, > > > > You could use Photovoice, it allows you to take a picture and record a > description with your own voice. If you move the pictures to your computer > or email one of those the recorded description will go along with it. The > app is 99 Cents, here is what it says in the App Store followed by the > link: > > > > PhotoVoice: Take Picture- Add Voice - Share With World INSTANTLY! > > > > Easy to use! - by KB Kerr - Version 1.0 > > "Just point, click and talk! If you can't use this app you shouldn't own > an iPhone." > > > > Exactly as promised - by DarrinHarvey - Version 1.0 > > "Does what it claims to do PERFECTLY." > > > > For the first time, your iPhone photos can talk! > > Take a photo (or select any image already on your iPhone). > > Record a brief commentary in your own voice. > > Send your new PhotoVoice to your friends, and when they view your photo > they'll automatically hear YOUR voice narrating it. > > Bring your photos to life with your voice. > > Better than a photo. Better than a movie. Easy as 1 - 2 - 3. > > > > App Store Link: > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photovoice/id492150568?mt=8 > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Nancy Wyman > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:53 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Cc: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: There should be an app for ... > > > > How about an app that will caption of photographs. Here's what I mean. > Let's say I am on vacation and I take a picture of my family in front of the > Grand Canyon. Because I can't see the picture later, I want to caption it > right away. There should be an app where I can dictate the caption and it > will appear below the photograph. Also voice over will be able to read it > later. > > Nancy Badger, Ph.D > > Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services > > UT Chattanooga > > Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling > errors. > > > On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Lisa Larges" <lisa.lar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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 > > -- > 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. > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3199/6420 - Release Date: 06/18/13 > > > -- > 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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