I too use Talking Goggles in video mode. We have a high efficiency washer and dryer. Both have digital displays showing remaining time. The problem for me is, that time changes depending on the amount of moisture remaining. The problem gets more complicated because both appliances sit on top of a pedestal. They are both front loaders and spin at high speeds so there is a certain amount of shaking side to side so talking goggles his it's job cut out for it and yet in the end, it captures and announces the remaining time. Yes, it requires pulling my iPhone 4 back or moving it closer or moving it left or right but then again, hey I'm blind too so what the hey! With having to fight all those conditions, it's truly amazing that it gets me the information I need at all. It's a great app. If I had an iPhone 5 instead, I'd guess my chances would be even better!
Thanks for a great app. It's a must have in my book! ------- Regards, Alan Go Chicago Bears in 2013! Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents? Act now!!!!! Move out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything. Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! ----- Original Message ----- From: Brett To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 4:11 PM Subject: Re: Talking Goggles Hi, I have been successful reading the screen of my laptop with both Goggles and Text Detective. Goggles in video mode was the best. Perhaps the issue was the large screen, as the camera would have to be further away to read the larger text and less would fit in the cameras view. Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone > On 8 Aug 2013, at 8:55 am, Joseph FreeTech <joseph.freet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi John, Please convey the specifications of your computer monitor such as > size and resolution. Finding an app that can help read monitor screens can > prove to be very helpful to us both when screen readers crash or when there > is a problem at bootup. Using goggles I've yet to get more than 3 words or > so at a time. To some, I guess technically this would mean goggles is > reading the screen, but to many others this is still very unusable unless > one has an incredible amount of time and patience to read 3 words at a time. > I also believe very much that this information can be very useful to those > who are reading this thread and would like to read error messages on their > screens but also find goggles is not very effective. Thank you for your time > and patience. > > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Diakogeorgiou" <jdiakoge2...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 10:12 AM > Subject: Re: Talking Goggles > > > 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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