Hi: I use TapTapSee. I haven't had any luck with Goggles. On Nov 9, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Kellie and my lab pack <pebbles...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would appreciate tips on successfully using talking goggles as well. I have > heard of others success but haven’t achieved it myself. I tried both the > video and still camera mode and get nothing. I try holding the phone steady > and still receive no feedback. I really would like to have success with this > app but any tips on how to get it to even speak would be helpful. I have > tried waiting for 30 seconds and don’t have a sound. I know for sure that it > was pointed at text. > > Kellie, Guide Loki and retired July > > From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 4:59 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: The best object recognition app out there I know > > Hi David, > > > > Here is just one example using Talking Goggles in Still Camera mode and then > using Tap Tap See. > > > > I took the pictures in the complete dark, no lights other than my Flash on > the iPhone 5S and I was doing the same picture holding the iPhone approx. in > the same position for both shots > > > > The object was a 4 Litre pack of Jackson-Triggs Cabernet Sauvignon red wine > which I just bought where Jackson-Triggs is the name of the winery in the > Okanagan Valley of southern British Columbia and Cabermet Sauvignon is a > variety of grape which produces red wine. > > > > When I took the picture with Talking goggles it red a bunch of information, > some of it was spelled, but it included “Jackson Triggs Cabernet Sauvignon”. > > > > When I took the picture with Tap Tap See all it said was “Jackson-Triggs”. > > > > What is more, the result from Talking Goggles came back after about 2 > seconds, the result from Tap Tap See took about 8 or 10 seconds. In reality > it appeared as if Talking goggles started reading information basically > immediately after I took the picture. Tap Tap See appeared to take a long > time compared to Talking Goggles. > > > > I also used Talking Goggles recently in video mode when I was at home and on > WiFi to go over about 8 or 10 pages of various documents including cards as > in plastic cards similar to credit cards as well as my Canadian citizenship > certificate, my HSA Open Water Scuba certificate, my University graduation > certificate etc. > > > > Tap Tap See produced almost nothing for most of these whereas Talking Goggles > in video mode identified enough words of any of the documentsv for me to know > what they were. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > David Chittenden > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 4:23 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: The best object recognition app out there I know > > > > Well, that depends on what you require, and how you prefer to pay your costs. > > > > VizWiz will do the same as TapTapSee, and it even has the means for you to > ask a question along with your picture. In fact, a question is required. It > is a free app. It accesses a couple of the internet image databases to see if > it can get a good match. It also sends the query to a volunteer for > identification. And, you can choose which of the above you want it to do. > However, because it accesses the image databases at free access, its queries > do not have priority when access is in strong demand. Also, the volunteers > are just that, people who are doing other things on their computers and have > a window that pops up with your image and your question. If no volunteers are > available, or if there are too many images waiting for identification, your > query will take a considerable amount of time. I have gotten responses back > immediately, and I have gotten responses back in a few minutes, and I have > not gotten responses back at all. When I used it and TapTapSee, I usually try > VizWiz first because I can ask the question. > > > > For money recognition, I always use LookTel Money Identifier. It is fast, > accurate, and no data is sent. > > > > For product recognition of products I already have acquired good images for, > I use LookTel Recognizer. I occasionally have sighted friends take pictures > for my database. > > > > In all honesty, save when I used TapTapSee to compare it with VizWiz when it > initially was released, I don't use the app. I had two reasons for my > decision. First, because I knew people were playing with the app, and I knew > the company was paying for every image, I did not want to increase the burden > on the company when I could get alternative solutions to work. Second, I have > always preferred asking the question because, the information I need is not > necessarily the information a sighted identifier thinks I need. > > > > With barcode objects, I occasionally use DigitEyes. > > > > When out somewhere, I occasionally use CamFind because I know this product is > general market, has ads to help fund it, and gives me product and price > information. > > > > When I have good WiFi, I will occasionally use Talking Goggles. However, the > company already went out once because Google changed the access for the video > stream recognition matching, and as far as I know, this may happen again at > any time. So, I do not want to become reliant on this product. > On 9 Nov 2013, at 12:43, "Pablo Morales" <pablomorale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > so tab tab see still is the better then. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: David Chittenden > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 5:44 PM > > Subject: Re: The best object recognition app out there I know > > > > What's the expression? You get what you pay for. Talking Goggles is > written for a much larger market of sighted people, so they can make money > from ads that are targeted to their market. Also, you must use the video > stream, so you need a good wifi connection. I have never gotten individual > pictures to work with this app. Finally, as you found, the developer has not > put much effort into accessibility. > > > > All that said, when the video stream is good and the wifi is strong, I > have received nice success with this app. Because video data is data > intensive, I usually will not use this app over 3g or 4g as it will more > quickly use up my mobile data allotment for the month. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 9 Nov 2013, at 10:15, "Pablo Morales" <pablomorale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > well, but at the first view, it is not very frendly for blind people. > The buttons, and icons are labled very weird, and some buttons has not label, > and I don't know how understand this app. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Anthony Vece > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:57 AM > > Subject: Re: The best object recognition app out there I know > > > > Hi Anne and List; > > > > I just installed Talking Goggles. > > > > If you work hard enough at perfecting something it should work. > > > > So, that's exactly what I'm going !d. > > > > Anthony > > > > Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5s! > > > On Nov 8, 2013, at 7:23 AM, 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. > 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