lol. there's a demo that someone did on twitter he just put the bill with the short side facing you and hell the camera about 10 inches up and it worked. On Mar 8, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Cheree wrote:
> Cheree Heppe here: > > I am techno challenged. > > How do I get the money identifier to work? When I pass the warning notice > about identifying counterfeit bills, there seems to be a blank screen. > > Where do I point the camera? > > How do I get the camera to take the picture? > > I should have been born technologically gifted instead of soooo good looking. > (smile) > > > Regards, > Cheree Heppe > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 08/03/2011, at 12:55, Greg Aikens <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, just bought it. Works very fast for me as well. >> >> Greg >> On Mar 8, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: >> >>> I saw the discussion, bought it for my IPhone 3GS and tried it on a 1 and 5 >>> dollar bill. It was really fast. >>> >>> Kev >>> On Mar 8, 2011, at 3:18 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>>> I guess. I'm someine who remains scheptibal but maybe I might give it a >>>> try. I only have a dollar on me at present, I think? if I didn't spend it >>>> lol! but if this works I might sell my ibil or something. It is a very >>>> very good machine and provides some stuff that I don't think the look >>>> thing can do yet such as vibrations or beeps. Now that would be cool! >>>> On Mar 8, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Esther wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Sarah, >>>>> >>>>> I tried out this app. It's really fast on an iPhone 4. My guess is that >>>>> it works this fast because it's optimized for U.S. currency only. If the >>>>> camera stays on, it can process a series of images taken at slightly >>>>> different positions to reconstruct the full image of the bill. Further, >>>>> if this is U.S. currency, you can take advantage of similarity of the >>>>> bill structure that has proved a problem for other programs to do this in >>>>> two passes: one to decide whether this is U.S. money (if not, don't try >>>>> to run the program), if so, concentrate on identifying the parts of the >>>>> bill that are distinct enough to identify the currency uniquely. This >>>>> could be a corner that has the denomination amount, the picture of the >>>>> president in the front center (Washington for $1, Lincoln for $5, etc.) >>>>> or the image on the back center of the same bill (sorry, don't know what >>>>> these are off the bat). There's a Chinese character OCR program for the >>>>> iPhone (not accessible, alas!) that's running the same way -- the camera >>>>> has to be on continuously for a bit to get a match. Looktel really does >>>>> run fast. At least on an iPhone 4. I can't speak for the other options, >>>>> but this app is certainly working for the iPhone 3GS. It is definitely >>>>> faster and easier to use than oMoby. (On that note, I once had a result >>>>> that identified a $1 bill that was very creased with the amount, but also >>>>> came up with Google links for "tired money" from oMoby.) >>>>> >>>>> Try it yourself, and see what you think. I'd say this program is worth >>>>> it. I'd like to hear feedback from folks who have the fourth generation >>>>> iPod Touch, though, or others who can compare the results from iPhone >>>>> 3GS, iPhone 4, and 4th generation iPod Touch. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Esther >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 8, 2011, at 09:33, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm still a sceptic. I saw the video. no way can you identify money >>>>>> that fast. it' sjust impossibil. I mean how could you identify those 4 >>>>>> or 5 bills in about 20 seconds? is it riged? >>>>>> >>>>>> Takle care all. >>>>>> Sarah Alawami >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 8, 2011, at 11:03 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, too bad this is only for US currency right now. Canadians have a >>>>>>> stand alone bill reader which we can get for free, but I like LookTel. >>>>>>> They do a lot of things right. I'd buy it just to support them, >>>>>>> especially if it isn't breaking the bank. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Have fun, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Erik Burggraaf >>>>>>> User support consultant, >>>>>>> Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, >>>>>>> 1-888-255-5194 >>>>>>> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2011-03-08, at 1:59 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Get it if you have an iPhone! It is faster than any other. Just open >>>>>>>> the program, click ok that you won't use it to identify counterfit >>>>>>>> money, then point the camera to the bill. 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