Re: got a new android phone
Hi Sid,
> as far as placing cane is concerned, i placed it horizontally and then moved the phone camera
> back then forward, but it kept playing a tone in the middle and its pitch was not changing.
Pitch does not indicate distance but elevation in the camera view. If you move the cane up and down, or tilt the phone up and down, you should hear the pitch change correspondingly. The vOICe is very different from a sonar device by not encoding distance but brightness as a function of direction, like a camera or the eye does.
> if i'm pointing the phone's camera to the front where there is no object, it still keeps playing a distinct tone
The object can be well beyond your reach, so how can you know that there is no object or visual pattern?
> many times it plays irregular tones when pointing the camera at a plane surface like a glass table.
A glass table is not visually smooth: the camera may look right through the glass and "see" objects underneath it, or it may register objects in your environment reflected in the glass. Glass can be a quite confusing material, visually. Maybe try a book shelf, and notice how its rhythm of books slows down as you move closer.
> it also keeps announcing compass directions, even after closing the app, is there any solution for this?
Compass directions continue if you switch off the phone with the power button, but they stop if you first close the app with the Back button. If you want to completely disable the compass directions, you can do so via the menu Options, Talking compass.
Best regards,
Peter
The vOICe for Android
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/android.htm
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta … OICe.vOICe
hi,
thanks for the replies.as far as placing cane is concerned, i placed it horizontally and then moved the phone camera back then forward, but it kept playing a tone in the middle and its pitch was not changing.
i'm trying to become familiar with the vOICe, but so far itsa bit confusing, mainly because even if i'm pointing the phone's camera to the front where there is no object, it still keeps playing a distinct tone, and many times it plays irregular tones when pointing the camera at a plane surface like a glass table.
it also keeps announcing compass directions, even after closing the app, is there any solution for this?
regards,
sid.
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