Gosh, even if I am lucky enough to be around a sighted person, and ask
for information on an item, they do not provide me with the information
I am seeking on the first time--at least half the time. I recently
moved, and since there was no way I could pack my entire household by
myself in the amount of time we had, I started unpacking and no idea
what all of these bottles were. I used Tap Tap See and while I got some
"woman holding black and blue bottle" I bet 95% of the time I got true
useful information.
I too would love to see a text box put in, because when I held up a bag
of coffee, I wanted to know if it was decaf or reg, and instead I just
got the brand name. Digit-Eyes solved it for me, but. . .
On 2/1/2014 9:59 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote:
Hi,
I really value your post. I have been one of those who have been out
on the fence and not purchase a 100 picture package, nor have I
updated TaTapSee, which sits in my app store. Do you have Talking
Goggles? I know it's not perfect, but it could give you enough of the
info to identify the items you need. I just used it yesterday when I
needed to trouble shoot my computer screen and give me the info I
needed to make a decision on how to proceed. It's just a thought. Like
you, I am disappointed that TapTapSee changed their business model,
but I do understand why. In the past, there had been times when I
needed to take more than one picture and the picture and would have
counted against my 100 count. It's not that I object to supporting the
debs and paying the fee, but I would like to have increased accuracy
in the responses. I guess I am still one of the luckier ones that I
still get a response to VizWiz when I send them a picture. JMO.
Best,
Eileen
On Feb 1, 2014, at 8:15 PM, Kay Malmquist <kay.malmqu...@gmail.com
<mailto:kay.malmqu...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Yes, but the ability to ask questions has already been put to the
fine people at TTS and still nothing as of yet. That is not to say
it isn't being worked on. I don't care how small or stupid to some
people a fortune is, not everybody is going to want the same things
from an app. It has done me many favors and read some really neat
things to me but it seems more and more as though it is not doing the
job expected. Several months ago, if I took a picture of a fortune
cookie paper, which I had done, it would be read the first time.
This is not the case any more. I have meat in my freezer which I buy
by the side and by the pig and It does not have bar codes on it and
just has labels that have to be read. TTS Used to get these right on
the first try and this is not the case any more. I have to resort to
CamFind to get the job done any more and nothing has changed I might add.
----- Original Message -----
*From:*Robin Frost <mailto:robinn...@gmail.com>
*To:*viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
*Sent:*Saturday, February 01, 2014 9:44 PM
*Subject:*Re: a tap tapt see rant
Hi,
I write the following in humility and with the utmost respect.
While I too have always been a proponent of an ask a specific
question feature and think it certainly could serve only to
enhance the usefulness and efficiency of the app for all users,
it seems to me that your reaction in this instance might be a bit
unfair. After all given the scope of the information the app
delivers to recognizers at this juncture they did give accurate
information based on that which they had available to them. You
know what they say about assuming (smile). We can't assume that
what we wish to know is obvious to them any more than they could
or necessarily should assume that they can deduce exactly that
you wanted the actual text of the fortune. In truth I'm amazed
that it came out clearly enough for someone to eventually
recognize for you. Again I'm not disagreeing that an ask a
specific question via text feature in the app isn't greatly
longed for and perhaps necessary to enhance its usefulness. I'm
just saying that I'm glad your rant was first directed at us as
opposed to them (smile).
Perhaps when the heat of the moment has dissipated a request for
such a feature and explanation of how it could only benefit both
users of the app and those who recognize images might be easier
for you to send their way. Just my two cents no one asked for and
no one is obligated to live by.
Robin
*From:*Kay Malmquist <mailto:kay.malmqu...@gmail.com>
*Sent:*Saturday, February 01, 2014 10:33 PM
*To:*viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
*Subject:*a tap tapt see rant
I need to write this to the people at Tap Tap See, but right now
I am anything but constructive. For some odd reason I love to
know what my fortune cookie says. So I started tap tap see and
took a picture. first come back was, "fortune cookie paper".
Brilliant deduction Sherlock. I am blind not dense. Next came
back with numbers. Oops! wrong side so I flip it over. Then
next I get, "white paper with black text". No kidding! Next I
finally am treated to the actual fortune. Now I had another one
stuffed in my jacket pocket so I decided since I was in picture
wasting mode I might as well try for more. First was fortune
cookie paper, then text on white paper, then numbers, my bad
again, turn it over. Then back to same stuff different side.
Finally, the words I had been waiting to hear. all in all, 11
pictures wasted before outcome is achieved. I have paid for 100
pictures and feel this is a huge rip off. If I had a way to ask
even though in this case I don't feel I should have to state the
obvious, A lot of time and wasted effort could have been
eliminated. Any thoughts anybody?
Kay Malmquist
kay.malmqu...@gmail.com <mailto:kay.malmqu...@gmail.com>
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