Hmm that's interesting. maybe in a few years. You never know. You just never know. On Dec 17, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Glenn wrote:
> I wonder if it will lead to facial recognition, so it will say mom on left > and dad on right, for example. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dónal Fitzpatrick" <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 4:39 PM > Subject: Re: VO helping me center a face in my iPhone's viewfinder > > > Apropos of this thread, I saw a lovely app at the recent Assets conference > in Dundee which assisted blind photography. Hasn't been released yet but > some people are doing some very interesting things in this domain. > On 17 Dec 2011, at 22:37, Glenn wrote: > >> I have an iPhone 4, and it has worked flawlessly since I stumbled upon it >> just as Bryan did. >> Glenn >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sarah Alawami" <marri...@gmail.com> >> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> >> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 3:55 PM >> Subject: Re: VO helping me center a face in my iPhone's viewfinder >> >> >> lol. I can hardly get that to work in ios 5 on my iPhone 4 but maybe I'll >> have better luck with my 4s when I get it in june. or if not the 4s then >> what ever is out there by then. I've heard good things about this face >> thing >> and I hope it improves with time. >> On Dec 17, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> I imagine most of you already know about this feature, but I don't recall >>> knowing about it until this afternoon when I stumbled upon it completely >>> by accident. I think this is pretty darn cool. >>> >>> I was lying on the floor with the dog snoring against my left side and >>> the cat purring against my right, so I thought I'd hold the iPhone camera >>> at arm's length and try to snap a photo. I launched the native camera app >>> on my iPhone 4 running IOS 5, put it in photo mode with auto flash and >>> back-facing camera, held it straight in front of me with the back-facing >>> lens aimed in the general direction of my face, and prepared to snap one >>> of my standard off-center photos. >>> >>> . Next thing I knew, VO started saying," One face, small face, near top >>> edge." I tilted the iPhone a bit and VO announced, "One face, small face, >>> near left edge. I kept tilting the phone until VO announce, "face >>> centered." Then I moved the camera closer to my face and VO announced, >>> "One face, large face, face centered." >>> >>> I then switched cameras to the front camera and got the same results. I >>> also tried this in video mode but VO was silent. >>> >>> Lastly, I tried aiming the back facing camera at my Black Lab's face but >>> could not get VO to recognize her. The cat decided she didn't want to be >>> part of this experiment and ran off somewhere. >>> >>> I wonder what other IOS accessibility marvels I'm missing. <grin> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Bryan >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by >>> visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >> at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > Dónal Fitzpatrick > dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. 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