Hi Rajesh, The best kind of hands on training is possible with face-to-face contact. I can however train you over skype. There is a mini tutorial on the site. I have also written a tutorial which is at: http://www.sensorysubstitution.co.uk/tutorial/
Pranav On 12/18/09, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Pranav > Since I wrote about vOICe, I have been trying to use it, but with limited > success. > This mail of yours gives an impression that the software can be used > extensively to know shapes, colors and even their exact position. I have > also listened to the chat. > Now, I would like to have some hands-on-training to use it optimally. > Is there any training link on the site? > Maybe, there is, but I could not open it. > Please guide further so that such a software can be of maximum use. > Is it particularly helpful in navigating alone indoors or outdoors? > > > > Regards > > "Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God-- > but to create Him." > > --Arthur C. Clarke > > Rajesh Asudani > > Assistant General Manager, > Reserve Bank of India > Nagpur > 09420397185 > O: 0712 2806676 > Res: 0712 2591349 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pranav Lal > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 6:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] mobile as colour identifier > > Hi Himalaya and all, > > The vOICe does indeed have a free color identifier. You can get it at > http://www.seeingwithsound.com > > You need the mobile java version of the vOICe. The vOICe does work with > Talks and I believe with mobile speak. > > The vOICe can report colors of the shape that is in the center of the camera > view. However, an interesting mode is the "analyze" mode where you can set > the vOICe to cycle through all the colors it knows. It will then speak the > color and will also then sound that part of the view. So, if you have a blue > tea shirt with green stripes, the vOICe will sound the blue part of the > tea-shirt when it says "blue" and then also sound the stripes when it says > "green". This is handy for situations where you have items that have more > than a single color. There is also a color filter where you can set the > vOICe to sound objects that have a specific color. So, if I am looking for > the green biscuit box on a table, I set the vOICe to only tell me about > green objects and then focus the phone on the objects on the table. Once I > hear a sound, I determine its position and then reach out for the box and > take it. I have a blog that is mostly about the vOICe. You can see it at > http://techesoterica.wordpress.com. > > Note: > For those of you who want to access the seeingwithsound.com site on your > mobile phones, you can navigate to > http://phone.seeingwithsound.com and download the vOICe from that page. > > When using mobile phone based color identifiers, you need to take ambient > lighting into account. Colors appear different under different levels of > light. Do remember to keep the camera in a way that light falls on to the > object that you are examining. I have been often asked what is the > difference between a mobile phone color identifier and a dedicated color > identifier. The difference lies in a reference light. Dedicated color > identifiers have a reference light that can be used by the color identifier > when checking the color of an object. Mobile phone color identifiers do not > have such a light hence the variable accuracy. You could well ask why not > use the flash incorporated into most mobile phones? The problem lies with > the programming support for the flash in java and how well symbian and other > operating systems support this across phones. There is a surprising amount > of variability in the kind of java support available across phones. > > Pranav > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, > review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in > this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. 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