I use it in video mode and you have to be a bit patient. Also, good lighting helps. I have an iPhone 5.
Cheers, Anne On 8 Nov 2013, at 14:32, Jesper Holten <jesper.hol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > Is it as a still camera or as the video. I have a 4s and I does not > get as good results as I usually get with taptapsee. > Best regards, Jesper. > > On 11/8/13, Anne Robertson <annefromo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello Robin, >> >> I do so agree with you. I use Talking Goggles more than any other object >> recognition app. I also use Tap Tap See and CamFind, but Talking Goggles is >> more informative. For instance, TapTapSee will identify a can of dog food, >> but Talking Goggles will tell me which variety it is. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >> On 8 Nov 2013, at 13:16, Robin Christopherson >> <robin.christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear listers >>> I have seen that there have been dozens of Tap Tap See and Camfind msgs >>> flying around and I’ve read a few but by no means all so apols if this has >>> been covered but I just want to reiterate the jawdroppingly useful app >>> that is Talking Goggles. I can’t recall how much it is but it’s certainly >>> no more than a few dollars (if not free) – I can’t check as I already own >>> it – and it’s certainly nowhere near X dollars a month that Tap Tap See >>> has become, and yet I use it all the time to great effect. >>> I have a 5S so admittedly a good camera but only this morning my computer >>> stopped talking to me while I had about 10 different apps open and all >>> half way through something and before I went nuclear with the power button >>> I thought I’d try Talking Goggles and it read out to me the message about >>> IE having stopped working and the Send/Don’t send thing. I know I could >>> have got out of this by trial and error with some keystrokes but I knew >>> that even hitting Escape on the wrong thing could have been bad news. >>> And this is just one example. So long as you have good bandwidth (as it’s >>> live video it’s processing) you can just point it at anything and it >>> usually reads it or recognises it just fine. I know it’s not perfect but I >>> also know that it’s invaluable and doesn’t have the drawbacks of either >>> having to take multiple snap and hope images or having to pay big bucks >>> (or should that be plenty of pounds) for it either. >>> I should end by saying that I’m not as familiar with the other apps as I >>> am with this one so please don’t consider this as an anti-the-others msg, >>> just a pro-Talking Goggles one. >>> Thanks, Robin. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> >>> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> >>> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >>> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >>> 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. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> 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. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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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