Try ColorVisor. There is a podcast by AnnonyMouse on AppleVis reviewing this app.
Also, you may want to change the subject of this email to reflect that you are looking for opinions on color identifiers. Good luck. Regards, Anita also known as "Gadget Girl". Sent via my Apple gadget. Apple, Take a bite, Express yourself! On Aug 7, 2013, at 3:49 PM, "E. Wayne Brumley" <ewaynebrum...@gmail.com> wrote: > Speaking of color identifier apps, can anyone recommend a good one? I've > bought ISpectrum and ColorId. Originally ColorId was way too much > information with so many obscure color names. They did improve it by > allowing a more restricted color palette but I still find it hard to use. > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Regards, > Wayne > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Eileens Misrahi > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 1:53 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Talking Goggles > > Hello, > I just used Talking Goggle this morning on a bottle of coffee creamer. I > have 2 that are the same size and from the same company. I played around > with the lighting and where in the general area I thought the flavor would > be printed. With some persistence, I finally found it. Hence, I was able to > open up the correct bottle. As cara had recently pointed out in a previous > email, lighting plays a tremendous role in how successful one will be with > Talking Goggles or any other app that relies on lighting for excellent > results, such as OCR and color ID apps. > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 7, 2013, at 10:12 AM, John Diakogeorgiou <jdiakoge2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 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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