Hi Mike and Ricardo, Yes, there did used to be an app called Noogle Noggles for iOS that was a very slick implementation of Google Goggles by the people who wrote Delicious Library. It was experimental, and worked for nearly 6 months from it's release date in October 2010 till Google changed the search interface, which would have required a complete rewrite of the app.
I'd suggest using VizWiz on the iPhone for the situations that Mike describes. The problem with using the oMoby app, which can be used to identify items you take a picture of, is that you can end up taking a picture of a can, and have it turn out that the identifying label is turned the wrong way, or that the item is not well-centered in the picture. With VizWiz, they use both IQ engines to try to automatically identify the product, as well as crowd-sourcing, so that you can pass in a question. If your picture was fine, VizWiz will give you the kind of information that oMoby can provide, but you can also get a response from a person who can tell you that you need to rotate your can a quarter turn so they can read the label, or that the item is at the right edge of the picture, could you please move your iPhone camera further to the right so that they can identify the item. Read about the VizWiz app in the January Applevis Hall of Fame list: http://www.applevis.com/apps/hall-of-fame "VizWiz Snap a photo, record a question related to the content of the photo, and get the answer back from a real person within seconds. It's like having a sighted-friend at hand 24 hours a day. Inducted: January 2012" • VizWiz by ROHCHI (free): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vizwiz/id439686043?mt=8&; App Description: "VizWiz lets blind users recruit remote sighted workers to help them with visual problems in nearly real-time. Users take a picture with their phone, speak a question, and then receive multiple spoken answers." HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jan 20, 2012, at 02:13, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > I know there was an app for IOS but, I don't think its in the app store > anymore. Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken about that. I do > recommend oMoby. I think this will more or less do what you ask. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Jan 20, 2012, at 6:30 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Does anyone know how well Google Goggles works for those of us (most of the >> people on this list, I assume) who have a visual impairment? >> >> I frequently run into situations when I don't have sighted assistance, and >> it would be great to be able to have Google Goggles tell me what is in the >> can or box of food I am considering opening? >> >> Thus the following two questions: >> 1. Will Google Goggles identify food in cans or packages? >> >> 2. Is there a blind-friendly Google Goggles app for either the iPhone or >> Mac? >> >> Best regards and thanks, >> >> Mike >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
