I haven't tested it with products yet but it does a decent enough job at reading the computer screen for me to understand it. So although not perfect, it is helpful enough when no sighted help is around.
On 8/7/13, Joseph FreeTech <joseph.freet...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > To add to the information from the user below, I just used goggles to > quickly identify a few items, and it identified them correctly: Cheerios, > almonds, wonder bread. There was no more than a second or two delay. I then > > tried goggles on a can of soda and it failed pretty miserably. I then > launched TapTapSee and it identified the can of 7Up for 3 out of the 4 > pictures I took. The picture it identified correctly, in TapTapSee's > defense, it did say the can was green as is the case with 7Up cans. :) > > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sieghard > Weitzel" <siegh...@live.ca> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 10:21 PM > Subject: RE: Talking Goggles > > > Hi Tom, > > > > I just tried the Talking Goggles update on my 4S and for the first item, a > bag of rice, the app came back almost instantly with "Jasmin Rice". I tried > a few more things like 2 different bottles of vinegar and the app performed > some OCR and read the result and for me it's definitely working. All of > this > was done in video mode which I prefer for Talking Goggles. > > > > I did also perform one comparison test by taking a picture of the bottle of > white wine vinegar in still camera mode with Talking Goggles and it read a > bunch of stuff including "wine vinegar". I then took the same picture with > Tap Tap See and got "Wine Vinegar" without the other stuff. A bit earlier I > used Tap Tap See on that same bottle and got the full "White Vine Vinegar", > I guess it too recognizes slightly different things based on exactly what > it > sees. > > > > As to why Talking Goggles doesn't work for you I can't say, but it would be > good to know if you have Tap Tap See to do a similar test. Hold your phone > in as close as possible the same place and take a picture of something with > both apps and see if you get a result from Tap Tap See and not from > Goggles. > If you don't get a result from either one then you know that something else > is at fault and you might want sighted help. > > > > I had a problem in March where suddenly Digit-Eyes recognized absolutely > nothing. I finally asked one of my employees to take a look and try it and > he told me that the picture was all blurry and the camera didn't focus. I > called Apple and after making sure the lens was clean which it was, doing a > restart of the phone and eventually a factory reset of iOS they said that > apparently the camera was not working as it should. I had the phone for > about a year and a half at that point, but I bought Apple Care back when I > bought the 4S as an unlocked phone directly from Apple and 3 days later I > had a new phone. Well, I guess probably a refurbished phone, but a like-new > phone anyways. Apple provided the return label in the box and all I did is > take the new phone out of the box, put my old one in it (after doing a > factory restore again to wipe it clean) and call UPS to pick it up. I was > definitely glad I had purchased Apple care since otherwise I would have > been > 6 months past my warranty period. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Tom Lange > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 9:40 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Talking Goggles > > > > Hi, > > I uninstalled and reinstalled the app as someone suggested recently and > noticed no appreciable improvement. With the older version I'd get a > response in a matter of a few seconds or so, but not with this one. . > > > > Tom > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Eileens Misrahi <mailto:eileen.misr...@gmail.com> > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 9:29 PM > > Subject: Re: Talking Goggles > > > > fello, > > The responsiveness of Talking Goggles has been inconsistent. Hwever, I have > gotten it to tell me something I don't know and identify a product or words > on my PC. I haven't figured out why at times the results will take several > minutes for it to speak. I am grateful that the app is functioning to a > degree. May be others can pipe in and report on their use of the app. :) > > Eileen > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 6, 2013, at 8:47 PM, Tom Lange <lang...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't know why, but even after updating the app this morning I'm not > getting anything useful from the app. Not a peep out of it. > > > > Tom > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lea Langley <mailto:wrenlang...@sbcglobal.net> > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Cc: <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com%3e> <viphone@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 2:05 PM > > Subject: Re: Talking Goggles > > > > Hi, if you have talking Goggles on your phone, and if you go to the app > store and select updates, hopefully it will show you the new update that is > there. It was just recently updated. I think maybe yesterday or the day > before. Sorry I can't remember. God bless, wren > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 6, 2013, at 6:54 AM, "Rizzino, Bonnie" <brizz...@pghvis.org> wrote: > > Search for goggles. > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Sharon > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 6:31 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Talking Goggles > > Hi all, > > I was wondering if Talking Goggles has been taken out of the app store? I > was telling someone about the program and they couldn't find it, so I went > looking for it in the app store and I couldn't find it either. 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