Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Rajmund]

Hello,
You need to click on use pid"ore.



Sent from a Braille Sense 

- Original Message -
From:  fzlmahmoo...@gmail.com
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2016 6:57 am
Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
look at the world

>
>
> Hi, list.
> 
> When the pictures taken, the app gives me several options but I am not sure 
> whether I am supposed to do anything here, should I leave it alone or make a 
> selection?
> Thanks!
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Dec 1, 2016, at 12:56 AM, Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND 
> >  wrote:
> > 
> > So far I have gotten some good results with this app.  When set to the text 
> > mode, it was able to identify a jar as being blackberry jam, and it was 
> > able to read the temperature display on the oven.
> > 
> > I agree that a repeat feature would be nice.  
> > 
> > 
> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Evan 
> > Reese [ment...@dslextreme.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:43 PM
> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a 
> > new look at the world
> > 
> > No cost.
> > I've done some testing on it, and for me at least, it doesn't work as well
> > as TapTapSee does.
> > Quite a number of times it just quit when I gave it a picture. I would wait
> > for a description, and the app just closed itself. I don't mean it stopped
> > running, just went into the background like when you hit the Home button.
> > It's also more complicated to operate. First you hit the Take Photo button,
> > which apparently opens the Camera app. Then, you have to hit a Take Picture
> > button. Finally, you have to hit a Use Picture button before it will try to
> > identify what the picture is. Then it says "loading" and you wait for a
> > description, which, as I said, most of the time I never got.
> > I took the same pictures of several things using Identifi and TapTapSee and
> > TapTapSee was more informative overall and worked every time, whereas, I did
> > get a couple of descriptions from Identifi, but the first one was
> > nonsensical, and I didn't quite understand all of the second one, which
> > leads me to another disadvantage of this app, you can't repeat anything. If
> > you miss the description, you have to go through the three step picture
> > taking process all over again. There are three settings in it, Text, where
> > it will try to read the text on something, High Accuracy Image, for a more
> > detailed description, and Low Accuracy for a more generic description. I
> > tried the Text setting with a jar of handcream and a bottle of something,
> > which I didn't know what it was. I got the nonsensical mumbling when I
> > snapped a picture of the jar of hand cream, and the app just quit when I
> > tried the bottle of whatever. Then I switched to High Accuracy and the app
> > still kept quitting. Then, I closed it and reopened it and took a picture of
> > a shelf of books with some papers lying on them. I got a description, which
> > I cannot recall and cannot get the app to repeat, and I did get a
> > description of a picture I took of some clothes lying on a chair, which was
> > about the same as TapTapSee gave me.
> > I think this app still needs a good bit of work to catch up to TapTapSee.
> > I'm still impressed with that apps abilities, and I've impressed many
> > sighted people with it as well. With its Text setting, Identifi has the
> > potential to do something TapTapSee currently doesn't, but it isn't there
> > yet for me.
> > I'm using an iPad Mini 4 with 128GB, so memory is not an issue.
> > Evan
> > 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Casey
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:14 PM
> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a
> > new look at the world
> > 
> > Hi is there A cost for this App and if so how much?
> > 
> > 
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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Kimber Gardner]

Be aware that the app is identify rather than identify. Check your
spelling to be sure there's an I at the end and not a y.

On 11/30/16, Richard Turner  wrote:
>
> My first 6 attempts had more detailed description than any of the other
> identification apps like TapTapSee, AIPoly, etc.
> I am using my iPod Touch 6, but will be trying this on an iPad II, an iPhone
> 5s and 6s.
> It does take a while after you double tap on the use photo button. You can't
> just take a picture, you have to then double tap on the use photo button.
> Richard
>
>
> “By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others."
> - Satsuki Shibuya
>
>
> (Sent from my iPod 6)
>
> On Nov 30, 2016, at 2:45 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
>
> hi,
> I just downloaded this app and, while it seems totally accessible, having
> taken a shot, I get no response. Has anyone managed to make this work?
> Thanks, Sandy
>
> sent from the dark side of the moon
>
> On 30 Nov 2016, at 00:43, Andy Baracco
> mailto:w...@socal.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
> -Original Message- From: Mike B.
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM
> To: blindt...@groups.io
> Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new
> look at the world
>
> Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for
> blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or
> iPad. (Andrew
> Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |
>
> A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people
> around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object with
> the
> quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.
>
> Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in
> Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
> artificial
> intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching
> himself
> how to code.
>
> Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who
> worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye
> care for
> people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship at
> a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising firms,
> led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.
>
> “I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and
> help
> visually impaired people,” he said.
>
> Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually
> any
> object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.
> People
> can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27
> languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the can
> of
> pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.
>
> Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the
> Canadian National Institute for the Blind,
> tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market, gave
> it a rave review.
>
> “I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12
> person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would make
> his
> life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.
>
> “If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take
> a
> picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very
> useful,” he said.
>
> It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that involved
> months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder.
> He
> had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —
> computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that
> recognizes
> objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.
>
> Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural
> networks,
> and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate
> of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.
>
> “I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games
> and
> using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel
> said.
>
> For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over.
>
> He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app,
> and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the app
> has
> been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60
> countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing.
>
> “I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of the
> financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great
> technology
> and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.”
>
> https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/toronto-teen-uses-app-to-give-visually-impaired-a-new-look-at-the-world.html
>
>
> Take care.
> Mike
>

Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Deidre Muccio]

You sure do add color to it every day events now don't you Jewel? I'm going to 
download the identify program and see what those subtle additional bits of 
information can do for me.

Deidre


> On Nov 30, 2016, at 7:20 PM, Jewel  wrote:
> 
> The very first photo I took with Tap Tap See had me sold on it.
> I aimed the camera at my clothes line that had my freshly-washed laundry upon 
> it, or so I thought.  However, TTS ignored the washing * on the line, but 
> told me that there was a blue cloth lying on green grass.  I was, thus, 
> alerted to the fact that one of my blue bed sheets was, no longer, on the 
> line, but was on the ground, not, precisely, green grass, but green weeds, 
> but, as the saying goes:  "One man's trash is another man's treasure!"  so 
> they may have been nuisance * weeds to me, but if me had been a bee, I might 
> have found them a great source of nectar and pollen.
>  
>Jewel
> 
> From: Richard Turner
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 6:47 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give  visually-impaired a 
> new look at the world
> 
> 
> The name was in the article. It is: iDentifi
> Check the spelling so you have it correct when searching.
> Richard
> 
> 
> “By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others."
> - Satsuki Shibuya
> 
> 
> (Sent from my iPod 6)
> 
>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Pablo Cesar Morales  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> But what is the name of this app?
>> How can I  find it in the appstore?
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of Daniel L. Gervais
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 11:43 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a 
>> new look at the world
>> 
>> In the app, you can either open a picture from your camera roll or take one 
>> from within the app.  Within the settings, you can even change the mode to 
>> either have a generic description, detailed description or text.  When 
>> selecting a mode, if you swipe to the right, there is a description of what 
>> the mode does and how long it takes for the photo to upload and return 
>> results.  So that is most likely the reason why it may have taken a little 
>> while before it read the description.
>> 
>> The app is layed out very simply, the top left corner is a Settings button, 
>> the top right is an Instructions button, that when pressed a built in voice 
>> reads out the instructions on how to use the app.  The bottom left corner is 
>> to choose a photo from your camera roll, and it appears you can even select 
>> a photo from your drop box as well.  And lastly, the bottom right is the 
>> button to take a picture from within the app.
>> 
>> Hope this helps!
>> 
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RE: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I believe you have to say "Use this picture" to proceed.


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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
fzlmahmoo...@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 10:57 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
look at the world

Hi, list.

When the pictures taken, the app gives me several options but I am not sure 
whether I am supposed to do anything here, should I leave it alone or make a 
selection?
Thanks!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 1, 2016, at 12:56 AM, Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND 
>  wrote:
> 
> So far I have gotten some good results with this app.  When set to the text 
> mode, it was able to identify a jar as being blackberry jam, and it was able 
> to read the temperature display on the oven.
> 
> I agree that a repeat feature would be nice.  
> 
> 
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on behalf of 
> Evan Reese [ment...@dslextreme.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:43 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give 
> visually-impaired a new look at the world
> 
> No cost.
> I've done some testing on it, and for me at least, it doesn't work as 
> well as TapTapSee does.
> Quite a number of times it just quit when I gave it a picture. I would 
> wait for a description, and the app just closed itself. I don't mean 
> it stopped running, just went into the background like when you hit the Home 
> button.
> It's also more complicated to operate. First you hit the Take Photo 
> button, which apparently opens the Camera app. Then, you have to hit a 
> Take Picture button. Finally, you have to hit a Use Picture button 
> before it will try to identify what the picture is. Then it says 
> "loading" and you wait for a description, which, as I said, most of the time 
> I never got.
> I took the same pictures of several things using Identifi and 
> TapTapSee and TapTapSee was more informative overall and worked every 
> time, whereas, I did get a couple of descriptions from Identifi, but 
> the first one was nonsensical, and I didn't quite understand all of 
> the second one, which leads me to another disadvantage of this app, 
> you can't repeat anything. If you miss the description, you have to go 
> through the three step picture taking process all over again. There 
> are three settings in it, Text, where it will try to read the text on 
> something, High Accuracy Image, for a more detailed description, and 
> Low Accuracy for a more generic description. I tried the Text setting 
> with a jar of handcream and a bottle of something, which I didn't know 
> what it was. I got the nonsensical mumbling when I snapped a picture 
> of the jar of hand cream, and the app just quit when I tried the 
> bottle of whatever. Then I switched to High Accuracy and the app still 
> kept quitting. Then, I closed it and reopened it and took a picture of 
> a shelf of books with some papers lying on them. I got a description, 
> which I cannot recall and cannot get the app to repeat, and I did get 
> a description of a picture I took of some clothes lying on a chair, which was 
> about the same as TapTapSee gave me.
> I think this app still needs a good bit of work to catch up to TapTapSee.
> I'm still impressed with that apps abilities, and I've impressed many 
> sighted people with it as well. With its Text setting, Identifi has 
> the potential to do something TapTapSee currently doesn't, but it 
> isn't there yet for me.
> I'm using an iPad Mini 4 with 128GB, so memory is not an issue.
> Evan
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Casey
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:14 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give 
> visually-impaired a new look at the world
> 
> Hi is there A cost for this App and if so how much?
> 
> 
> --
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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[fzlmahmood30]

Hi, list.

When the pictures taken, the app gives me several options but I am not sure 
whether I am supposed to do anything here, should I leave it alone or make a 
selection?
Thanks!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 1, 2016, at 12:56 AM, Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND 
>  wrote:
> 
> So far I have gotten some good results with this app.  When set to the text 
> mode, it was able to identify a jar as being blackberry jam, and it was able 
> to read the temperature display on the oven.
> 
> I agree that a repeat feature would be nice.  
> 
> 
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Evan 
> Reese [ment...@dslextreme.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:43 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a 
> new look at the world
> 
> No cost.
> I've done some testing on it, and for me at least, it doesn't work as well
> as TapTapSee does.
> Quite a number of times it just quit when I gave it a picture. I would wait
> for a description, and the app just closed itself. I don't mean it stopped
> running, just went into the background like when you hit the Home button.
> It's also more complicated to operate. First you hit the Take Photo button,
> which apparently opens the Camera app. Then, you have to hit a Take Picture
> button. Finally, you have to hit a Use Picture button before it will try to
> identify what the picture is. Then it says "loading" and you wait for a
> description, which, as I said, most of the time I never got.
> I took the same pictures of several things using Identifi and TapTapSee and
> TapTapSee was more informative overall and worked every time, whereas, I did
> get a couple of descriptions from Identifi, but the first one was
> nonsensical, and I didn't quite understand all of the second one, which
> leads me to another disadvantage of this app, you can't repeat anything. If
> you miss the description, you have to go through the three step picture
> taking process all over again. There are three settings in it, Text, where
> it will try to read the text on something, High Accuracy Image, for a more
> detailed description, and Low Accuracy for a more generic description. I
> tried the Text setting with a jar of handcream and a bottle of something,
> which I didn't know what it was. I got the nonsensical mumbling when I
> snapped a picture of the jar of hand cream, and the app just quit when I
> tried the bottle of whatever. Then I switched to High Accuracy and the app
> still kept quitting. Then, I closed it and reopened it and took a picture of
> a shelf of books with some papers lying on them. I got a description, which
> I cannot recall and cannot get the app to repeat, and I did get a
> description of a picture I took of some clothes lying on a chair, which was
> about the same as TapTapSee gave me.
> I think this app still needs a good bit of work to catch up to TapTapSee.
> I'm still impressed with that apps abilities, and I've impressed many
> sighted people with it as well. With its Text setting, Identifi has the
> potential to do something TapTapSee currently doesn't, but it isn't there
> yet for me.
> I'm using an iPad Mini 4 with 128GB, so memory is not an issue.
> Evan
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Casey
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:14 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a
> new look at the world
> 
> Hi is there A cost for this App and if so how much?
> 
> 
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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Jewel]

The very first photo I took with Tap Tap See had me sold on it.
I aimed the camera at my clothes line that had my freshly-washed laundry upon 
it, or so I thought.  However, TTS ignored the washing * on the line, but told 
me that there was a blue cloth lying on green grass.  I was, thus, alerted to 
the fact that one of my blue bed sheets was, no longer, on the line, but was on 
the ground, not, precisely, green grass, but green weeds, but, as the saying 
goes:  "One man's trash is another man's treasure!"  so they may have been 
nuisance * weeds to me, but if me had been a bee, I might have found them a 
great source of nectar and pollen.

   Jewel


From: Richard Turner 
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 6:47 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
look at the world




The name was in the article. It is: iDentifi
Check the spelling so you have it correct when searching.
Richard



“By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others."
- Satsuki Shibuya




(Sent from my iPod 6)

On Nov 30, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Pablo Cesar Morales  wrote:


  But what is the name of this app?
  How can I  find it in the appstore?


  -Original Message-
  From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Daniel L. Gervais
  Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 11:43 AM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a 
new look at the world

  In the app, you can either open a picture from your camera roll or take one 
from within the app.  Within the settings, you can even change the mode to 
either have a generic description, detailed description or text.  When 
selecting a mode, if you swipe to the right, there is a description of what the 
mode does and how long it takes for the photo to upload and return results.  So 
that is most likely the reason why it may have taken a little while before it 
read the description.

  The app is layed out very simply, the top left corner is a Settings button, 
the top right is an Instructions button, that when pressed a built in voice 
reads out the instructions on how to use the app.  The bottom left corner is to 
choose a photo from your camera roll, and it appears you can even select a 
photo from your drop box as well.  And lastly, the bottom right is the button 
to take a picture from within the app.

  Hope this helps!

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RE: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND]

So far I have gotten some good results with this app.  When set to the text 
mode, it was able to identify a jar as being blackberry jam, and it was able to 
read the temperature display on the oven.

I agree that a repeat feature would be nice.  


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Reese [ment...@dslextreme.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:43 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
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look at the world

No cost.
I've done some testing on it, and for me at least, it doesn't work as well
as TapTapSee does.
Quite a number of times it just quit when I gave it a picture. I would wait
for a description, and the app just closed itself. I don't mean it stopped
running, just went into the background like when you hit the Home button.
It's also more complicated to operate. First you hit the Take Photo button,
which apparently opens the Camera app. Then, you have to hit a Take Picture
button. Finally, you have to hit a Use Picture button before it will try to
identify what the picture is. Then it says "loading" and you wait for a
description, which, as I said, most of the time I never got.
I took the same pictures of several things using Identifi and TapTapSee and
TapTapSee was more informative overall and worked every time, whereas, I did
get a couple of descriptions from Identifi, but the first one was
nonsensical, and I didn't quite understand all of the second one, which
leads me to another disadvantage of this app, you can't repeat anything. If
you miss the description, you have to go through the three step picture
taking process all over again. There are three settings in it, Text, where
it will try to read the text on something, High Accuracy Image, for a more
detailed description, and Low Accuracy for a more generic description. I
tried the Text setting with a jar of handcream and a bottle of something,
which I didn't know what it was. I got the nonsensical mumbling when I
snapped a picture of the jar of hand cream, and the app just quit when I
tried the bottle of whatever. Then I switched to High Accuracy and the app
still kept quitting. Then, I closed it and reopened it and took a picture of
a shelf of books with some papers lying on them. I got a description, which
I cannot recall and cannot get the app to repeat, and I did get a
description of a picture I took of some clothes lying on a chair, which was
about the same as TapTapSee gave me.
I think this app still needs a good bit of work to catch up to TapTapSee.
I'm still impressed with that apps abilities, and I've impressed many
sighted people with it as well. With its Text setting, Identifi has the
potential to do something TapTapSee currently doesn't, but it isn't there
yet for me.
I'm using an iPad Mini 4 with 128GB, so memory is not an issue.
Evan

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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Evan Reese]

No cost.
I've done some testing on it, and for me at least, it doesn't work as well 
as TapTapSee does.
Quite a number of times it just quit when I gave it a picture. I would wait 
for a description, and the app just closed itself. I don't mean it stopped 
running, just went into the background like when you hit the Home button.
It's also more complicated to operate. First you hit the Take Photo button, 
which apparently opens the Camera app. Then, you have to hit a Take Picture 
button. Finally, you have to hit a Use Picture button before it will try to 
identify what the picture is. Then it says "loading" and you wait for a 
description, which, as I said, most of the time I never got.
I took the same pictures of several things using Identifi and TapTapSee and 
TapTapSee was more informative overall and worked every time, whereas, I did 
get a couple of descriptions from Identifi, but the first one was 
nonsensical, and I didn't quite understand all of the second one, which 
leads me to another disadvantage of this app, you can't repeat anything. If 
you miss the description, you have to go through the three step picture 
taking process all over again. There are three settings in it, Text, where 
it will try to read the text on something, High Accuracy Image, for a more 
detailed description, and Low Accuracy for a more generic description. I 
tried the Text setting with a jar of handcream and a bottle of something, 
which I didn't know what it was. I got the nonsensical mumbling when I 
snapped a picture of the jar of hand cream, and the app just quit when I 
tried the bottle of whatever. Then I switched to High Accuracy and the app 
still kept quitting. Then, I closed it and reopened it and took a picture of 
a shelf of books with some papers lying on them. I got a description, which 
I cannot recall and cannot get the app to repeat, and I did get a 
description of a picture I took of some clothes lying on a chair, which was 
about the same as TapTapSee gave me.
I think this app still needs a good bit of work to catch up to TapTapSee. 
I'm still impressed with that apps abilities, and I've impressed many 
sighted people with it as well. With its Text setting, Identifi has the 
potential to do something TapTapSee currently doesn't, but it isn't there 
yet for me.

I'm using an iPad Mini 4 with 128GB, so memory is not an issue.
Evan

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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Daniel L. Gervais]

It's free


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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Dane]

The app is free. I'm using a 4s with 9.x and it works great.
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RE: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Daniel L. Gervais]

The app is called...

iDentifi- Object Recognition for the Visually Impaired




From:   "Pablo Cesar Morales" 
To: 
Date:   2016/11/30 12:11 PM
Subject:    RE: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired 
a new look at the world

But what is the name of this app?
How can I  find it in the appstore?


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In the app, you can either open a picture from your camera roll or take one 
from within the app.  Within the settings, you can even change the mode to 
either have a generic description, detailed description or text.  When 
selecting a mode, if you swipe to the right, there is a description of what the 
mode does and how long it takes for the photo to upload and return results.  So 
that is most likely the reason why it may have taken a little while before it 
read the description.

The app is layed out very simply, the top left corner is a Settings button, the 
top right is an Instructions button, that when pressed a built in voice reads 
out the instructions on how to use the app.  The bottom left corner is to 
choose a photo from your camera roll, and it appears you can even select a 
photo from your drop box as well.  And lastly, the bottom right is the button 
to take a picture from within the app.

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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Richard Turner]

The name was in the article. It is: iDentifi
Check the spelling so you have it correct when searching.
Richard


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On Nov 30, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Pablo Cesar Morales 
mailto:pablocmd2...@gmail.com>> wrote:

But what is the name of this app?
How can I  find it in the appstore?


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Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
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In the app, you can either open a picture from your camera roll or take one 
from within the app.  Within the settings, you can even change the mode to 
either have a generic description, detailed description or text.  When 
selecting a mode, if you swipe to the right, there is a description of what the 
mode does and how long it takes for the photo to upload and return results.  So 
that is most likely the reason why it may have taken a little while before it 
read the description.

The app is layed out very simply, the top left corner is a Settings button, the 
top right is an Instructions button, that when pressed a built in voice reads 
out the instructions on how to use the app.  The bottom left corner is to 
choose a photo from your camera roll, and it appears you can even select a 
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RE: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Pablo Cesar Morales]

But what is the name of this app?
How can I  find it in the appstore?


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In the app, you can either open a picture from your camera roll or take one 
from within the app.  Within the settings, you can even change the mode to 
either have a generic description, detailed description or text.  When 
selecting a mode, if you swipe to the right, there is a description of what the 
mode does and how long it takes for the photo to upload and return results.  So 
that is most likely the reason why it may have taken a little while before it 
read the description.

The app is layed out very simply, the top left corner is a Settings button, the 
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out the instructions on how to use the app.  The bottom left corner is to 
choose a photo from your camera roll, and it appears you can even select a 
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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

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In the app, you can either open a picture from your camera roll or take one 
from within the app.  Within the settings, you can even change the mode to 
either have a generic description, detailed description or text.  When 
selecting a mode, if you swipe to the right, there is a description of what the 
mode does and how long it takes for the photo to upload and return results.  So 
that is most likely the reason why it may have taken a little while before it 
read the description.

The app is layed out very simply, the top left corner is a Settings button, the 
top right is an Instructions button, that when pressed a built in voice reads 
out the instructions on how to use the app.  The bottom left corner is to 
choose a photo from your camera roll, and it appears you can even select a 
photo from your drop box as well.  And lastly, the bottom right is the button 
to take a picture from within the app.

Hope this helps!

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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Evan Reese]

This app sounds intriguing, but the descriptions you give here that the app 
gave you don't sound any more detailed than those that I've gotten from 
TapTapSee. Someone else posted that they got more detailed descriptions 
though, so I guess I'll check it out.
I have an iPad Mini 4 with 128GB on it, so memory shouldn't be an issue 
here.
One question though, how did you get it to describe photos that you 
previously took? That is something I don't think TapTapSee can do, and it 
would make it worth getting all by itself.

Evan

-Original Message- 
From: Bill Gallik

Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:31 AM
To: viPhone E-Mail List
Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a 
new look at the world


Hi All,

After reading this thread I installed iDentifi to see what was going on. 
The first thing I tried was to take a picture of my left hand reaching out 
with all fingers spread out.  I snapped the photo and waited a couple of 
seconds, but nothing happened.  As was reported in this thread, it tells you 
the photo was taken and then nothing.  But as I was preparing to “Select A 
Photo” the app reported “A raised hand in a long sleeve black shirt.”  That 
was exactly correct as I’m wearing one of my long sleeve black T-shirts.


This piqued my curiosity so I decided to try the ceiling fan just to see 
what would happen; it reported “Dropped 4-bladed ceiling fan."


I suppose it figured the fan was “dropped” because that would probably seem 
likely, but how it knew it was a ceiling fan is more than I can figure!


Then, given the problems reported in this thread, I started “looking at” 
photos from my Camera Roll (most of which are pictures generated while using 
KNFB Reader; iDentifi did not try to read the documents, but accurately 
reported the gist of the formerly scanned documents.  When encountering 
actual photos of objects it was a bit “hit and miss” but I soon realized 
that those “missed photos” were reported as “blurry” by the photo app.


I’m using my 128 GB iPhone 6 with iOS 10.1.1 and I suspect this iDentifi app 
requires a huge amount of space to do what it does (scientists report that 
our vision uses 80% of brain resources) .


I have to wonder if available space on a given iDevice may not be the 
critical resource needed for this app to work properly.  I plan to install 
iDentifi on my iPad II, that iDevice has only 16 GB but I’m going to bed for 
tonight - will be back tomorrow with results on that.


Bill & Leader Dog Holland
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RE: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Pablo Cesar Morales]

What is the name of this app?

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 8:42 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
look at the world

 

 

My first 6 attempts had more detailed description than any of the other 
identification apps like TapTapSee, AIPoly, etc.

I am using my iPod Touch 6, but will be trying this on an iPad II, an iPhone 5s 
and 6s.

It does take a while after you double tap on the use photo button. You can't 
just take a picture, you have to then double tap on the use photo button.

Richard

 

“By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others."

- Satsuki Shibuya

 

 

(Sent from my iPod 6)


On Nov 30, 2016, at 2:45 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > wrote:

hi,
I just downloaded this app and, while it seems totally accessible, having taken 
a shot, I get no response. Has anyone managed to make this work?
Thanks, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon




On 30 Nov 2016, at 00:43, Andy Baracco mailto:w...@socal.rr.com> > wrote:

 

 

 

-Original Message- From: Mike B.

Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM

To: blindt...@groups.io <mailto:blindt...@groups.io> 

Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look 
at the world

 

Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for

blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or

iPad. (Andrew

Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |

 

A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people

around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object with

the

quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.

 

Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in

Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly

artificial

intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching himself

how to code.

 

Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who

worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye

care for

people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship at

a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising firms,

led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.

 

“I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and help

visually impaired people,” he said.

 

Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually any

object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.

People

can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27

languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the can

of

pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.

 

Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the

Canadian National Institute for the Blind,

tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market, gave

it a rave review.

 

“I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12

person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would make

his

life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.

 

“If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take a

picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very

useful,” he said.

 

It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that involved

months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder. He

had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —

computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that

recognizes

objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.

 

Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural networks,

and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate

of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.

 

“I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games and

using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel said.

 

For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over.

 

He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app,

and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the app

has

been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60

countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing.

 

“I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of the

financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great technology

and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.”

 

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/

Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Richard]

Hi Richard,
I don't recall the instructions saying anything about double tapping the 
"use photo" button,
and I found the results to be very slow in coming compared to other similar 
apps.

Rick
- Original Message - 
From: "Richard Turner" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a 
new look at the world



My first 6 attempts had more detailed description than any of the other 
identification apps like TapTapSee, AIPoly, etc.
I am using my iPod Touch 6, but will be trying this on an iPad II, an iPhone 
5s and 6s.
It does take a while after you double tap on the use photo button. You can't 
just take a picture, you have to then double tap on the use photo button.
Richard


“By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others."
- Satsuki Shibuya


(Sent from my iPod 6)

On Nov 30, 2016, at 2:45 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> wrote:

hi,
I just downloaded this app and, while it seems totally accessible, having 
taken a shot, I get no response. Has anyone managed to make this work?
Thanks, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 30 Nov 2016, at 00:43, Andy Baracco 
mailto:w...@socal.rr.com>> wrote:



-Original Message- From: Mike B.
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM
To: blindt...@groups.io<mailto:blindt...@groups.io>
Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
look at the world

Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for
blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or
iPad. (Andrew
Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |

A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people
around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object with
the
quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.

Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in
Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
artificial
intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching himself
how to code.

Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who
worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye
care for
people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship at
a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising firms,
led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.

“I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and help
visually impaired people,” he said.

Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually any
object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.
People
can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27
languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the can
of
pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.

Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the
Canadian National Institute for the Blind,
tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market, gave
it a rave review.

“I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12
person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would make
his
life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.

“If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take a
picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very
useful,” he said.

It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that involved
months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder. He
had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —
computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that
recognizes
objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.

Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural networks,
and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate
of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.

“I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games and
using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel said.

For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over.

He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app,
and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the app
has
been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60
countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing.

“I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of the
financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great technology
and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.”

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/to

Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Richard Turner]

My first 6 attempts had more detailed description than any of the other 
identification apps like TapTapSee, AIPoly, etc.
I am using my iPod Touch 6, but will be trying this on an iPad II, an iPhone 5s 
and 6s.
It does take a while after you double tap on the use photo button. You can't 
just take a picture, you have to then double tap on the use photo button.
Richard


“By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others."
- Satsuki Shibuya


(Sent from my iPod 6)

On Nov 30, 2016, at 2:45 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> wrote:

hi,
I just downloaded this app and, while it seems totally accessible, having taken 
a shot, I get no response. Has anyone managed to make this work?
Thanks, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

On 30 Nov 2016, at 00:43, Andy Baracco 
mailto:w...@socal.rr.com>> wrote:



-Original Message- From: Mike B.
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM
To: blindt...@groups.io
Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look 
at the world

Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for
blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or
iPad. (Andrew
Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |

A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people
around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object with
the
quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.

Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in
Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
artificial
intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching himself
how to code.

Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who
worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye
care for
people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship at
a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising firms,
led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.

“I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and help
visually impaired people,” he said.

Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually any
object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.
People
can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27
languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the can
of
pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.

Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the
Canadian National Institute for the Blind,
tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market, gave
it a rave review.

“I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12
person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would make
his
life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.

“If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take a
picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very
useful,” he said.

It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that involved
months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder. He
had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —
computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that
recognizes
objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.

Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural networks,
and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate
of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.

“I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games and
using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel said.

For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over.

He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app,
and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the app
has
been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60
countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing.

“I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of the
financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great technology
and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.”

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/toronto-teen-uses-app-to-give-visually-impaired-a-new-look-at-the-world.html


Take care.
Mike
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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Harry Bell]

The app works on my iPhone 7 plus, though there is a very long pause after 
taking the photo before the voice tells me what the object is. Perhaps 45 
seconds. Harry

> On 30 Nov 2016, at 15:15, Julie Dawson  wrote:
> 
> I had the same result. I took a picture in good lighting but got no result 
> when the picture was taken. When I went to where the photos were stored it 
> just said sharp image which tells me nothing. Any feedback appreciated.
> Julie with Thanks
> Live  simply,
> Love generously,
> Care  deeply,
> Speak  kindly
> And  leave the rest to God!
> Please join me on
> www.gamesgaloreandmore.com
> where through learning, friendship, activities, and growth, together we can 
> build a site to be proud of.
> 
> 
> - Original Message - From: "Candie Stiles" 
> To: 
> Sent: November 29, 2016 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a 
> new look at the world
> 
> 
> I downloaded this app and tried using it and haven't been able to get any 
> descriptions of the pictures I take. I hear the speech in the app say 
> loading, but then nothing happens after that. Has anyone gotten this to work?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 29, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Andy Baracco  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message- From: Mike B.
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM
>> To: blindt...@groups.io
>> Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
>> look at the world
>> 
>> Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for
>> blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or
>> iPad. (Andrew
>> Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |
>> 
>> A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people
>> around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object with
>> the
>> quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.
>> 
>> Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in
>> Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
>> artificial
>> intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching himself
>> how to code.
>> 
>> Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who
>> worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye
>> care for
>> people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship at
>> a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising firms,
>> led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.
>> 
>> “I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and help
>> visually impaired people,” he said.
>> 
>> Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually any
>> object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.
>> People
>> can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27
>> languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the can
>> of
>> pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.
>> 
>> Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the
>> Canadian National Institute for the Blind,
>> tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market, gave
>> it a rave review.
>> 
>> “I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12
>> person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would make
>> his
>> life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.
>> 
>> “If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take a
>> picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very
>> useful,” he said.
>> 
>> It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that involved
>> months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder. He
>> had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —
>> computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that
>> recognizes
>> objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.
>> 
>> Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural networks,
>> and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate
>> of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.
>> 
>> “I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games and
>> using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel

Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Julie Dawson]

I had the same result. I took a picture in good lighting but got no result 
when the picture was taken. When I went to where the photos were stored it 
just said sharp image which tells me nothing. Any feedback appreciated.

Julie with Thanks
Live  simply,
 Love generously,
 Care  deeply,
 Speak  kindly
 And  leave the rest to God!
Please join me on
www.gamesgaloreandmore.com
where through learning, friendship, activities, and growth, together we can 
build a site to be proud of.



- Original Message - 
From: "Candie Stiles" 

To: 
Sent: November 29, 2016 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a 
new look at the world



I downloaded this app and tried using it and haven't been able to get any 
descriptions of the pictures I take. I hear the speech in the app say 
loading, but then nothing happens after that. Has anyone gotten this to 
work?


Sent from my iPhone


On Nov 29, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Andy Baracco  wrote:



-Original Message- From: Mike B.
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM
To: blindt...@groups.io
Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
look at the world


Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for
blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or
iPad. (Andrew
Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |

A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people
around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object 
with

the
quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.

Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in
Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
artificial
intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching 
himself

how to code.

Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who
worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye
care for
people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship 
at
a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising 
firms,

led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.

“I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and 
help

visually impaired people,” he said.

Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually 
any

object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.
People
can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27
languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the 
can

of
pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.

Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the
Canadian National Institute for the Blind,
tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market, 
gave

it a rave review.

“I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12
person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would 
make

his
life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.

“If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take 
a

picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very
useful,” he said.

It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that 
involved
months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder. 
He

had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —
computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that
recognizes
objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.

Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural 
networks,

and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate
of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.

“I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games 
and
using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel 
said.


For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over.

He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app,
and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the app
has
been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60
countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing.

“I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of the
financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great 
technology

and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.”

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/toronto-teen-uses-app-to-give-visually-impaired-a-new-look-at-the-world.html


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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Ketan Kothari]

Hi,

I am in India and have received lovely response.  Even Hindi text is
being read though not the whole text.

With best wishes,

Ketan

On 11/30/16, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone  wrote:
> hi,
> I just downloaded this app and, while it seems totally accessible, having
> taken a shot, I get no response. Has anyone managed to make this work?
> Thanks, Sandy
>
> sent from the dark side of the moon
>
>> On 30 Nov 2016, at 00:43, Andy Baracco  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message- From: Mike B.
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM
>> To: blindt...@groups.io
>> Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new
>> look at the world
>>
>> Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for
>> blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or
>> iPad. (Andrew
>> Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |
>>
>> A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people
>> around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object
>> with
>> the
>> quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.
>>
>> Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in
>> Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
>> artificial
>> intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching
>> himself
>> how to code.
>>
>> Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who
>> worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye
>> care for
>> people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship
>> at
>> a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising
>> firms,
>> led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.
>>
>> “I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and
>> help
>> visually impaired people,” he said.
>>
>> Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually
>> any
>> object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.
>> People
>> can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27
>> languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the
>> can
>> of
>> pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.
>>
>> Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the
>> Canadian National Institute for the Blind,
>> tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market,
>> gave
>> it a rave review.
>>
>> “I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12
>> person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would
>> make
>> his
>> life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.
>>
>> “If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take
>> a
>> picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very
>> useful,” he said.
>>
>> It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that
>> involved
>> months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder.
>> He
>> had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —
>> computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that
>> recognizes
>> objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.
>>
>> Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural
>> networks,
>> and application program interfaces as though he were a university
>> graduate
>> of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.
>>
>> “I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games
>> and
>> using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel
>> said.
>>
>> For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over.
>>
>> He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app,
>> and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the
>> app
>> has
>> been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60
>> countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing.
>>
>> “I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of
>> the
>> financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great
>> technology
>> and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.”
>>
>> https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/toronto-teen-uses-app-to-give-visually-impaired-a-new-look-at-the-world.html
>>
>>
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>> Mike
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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

['Sandratomkins' via VIPhone]

hi,
I just downloaded this app and, while it seems totally accessible, having taken 
a shot, I get no response. Has anyone managed to make this work?
Thanks, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

> On 30 Nov 2016, at 00:43, Andy Baracco  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message- From: Mike B.
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM
> To: blindt...@groups.io
> Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
> look at the world
> 
> Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for
> blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or
> iPad. (Andrew
> Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |
> 
> A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people
> around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object with
> the
> quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.
> 
> Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in
> Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
> artificial
> intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching himself
> how to code.
> 
> Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who
> worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye
> care for
> people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship at
> a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising firms,
> led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.
> 
> “I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and help
> visually impaired people,” he said.
> 
> Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually any
> object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.
> People
> can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27
> languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the can
> of
> pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.
> 
> Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the
> Canadian National Institute for the Blind,
> tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market, gave
> it a rave review.
> 
> “I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12
> person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would make
> his
> life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.
> 
> “If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take a
> picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very
> useful,” he said.
> 
> It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that involved
> months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder. He
> had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —
> computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that
> recognizes
> objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.
> 
> Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural networks,
> and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate
> of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.
> 
> “I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games and
> using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel said.
> 
> For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over.
> 
> He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app,
> and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the app
> has
> been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60
> countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing.
> 
> “I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of the
> financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great technology
> and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.”
> 
> https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/toronto-teen-uses-app-to-give-visually-impaired-a-new-look-at-the-world.html
> 
> 
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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Bill Gallik]

Hi All,

After reading this thread I installed iDentifi to see what was going on.  The 
first thing I tried was to take a picture of my left hand reaching out with all 
fingers spread out.  I snapped the photo and waited a couple of seconds, but 
nothing happened.  As was reported in this thread, it tells you the photo was 
taken and then nothing.  But as I was preparing to “Select A Photo” the app 
reported “A raised hand in a long sleeve black shirt.”  That was exactly 
correct as I’m wearing one of my long sleeve black T-shirts.

This piqued my curiosity so I decided to try the ceiling fan just to see what 
would happen; it reported “Dropped 4-bladed ceiling fan."

I suppose it figured the fan was “dropped” because that would probably seem 
likely, but how it knew it was a ceiling fan is more than I can figure!

Then, given the problems reported in this thread, I started “looking at” photos 
from my Camera Roll (most of which are pictures generated while using KNFB 
Reader; iDentifi did not try to read the documents, but accurately reported the 
gist of the formerly scanned documents.  When encountering actual photos of 
objects it was a bit “hit and miss” but I soon realized that those “missed 
photos” were reported as “blurry” by the photo app.

I’m using my 128 GB iPhone 6 with iOS 10.1.1 and I suspect this iDentifi app 
requires a huge amount of space to do what it does (scientists report that our 
vision uses 80% of brain resources) .

I have to wonder if available space on a given iDevice may not be the critical 
resource needed for this app to work properly.  I plan to install iDentifi on 
my iPad II, that iDevice has only 16 GB but I’m going to bed for tonight - will 
be back tomorrow with results on that.

Bill & Leader Dog Holland
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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[michv]

hi I am having the same problum as you describe. I have loaded some picks 
from my camra roal and all it will say is loading and then nothing. I to 
would like to know if any one elts has gotten this to work? from Mich.


-Original Message- 
From: Candie Stiles

Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:20 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a 
new look at the world


I downloaded this app and tried using it and haven't been able to get any 
descriptions of the pictures I take. I hear the speech in the app say 
loading, but then nothing happens after that. Has anyone gotten this to 
work?


Sent from my iPhone


On Nov 29, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Andy Baracco  wrote:



-Original Message- From: Mike B.
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM
To: blindt...@groups.io
Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
look at the world


Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for
blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or
iPad. (Andrew
Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |

A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people
around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object 
with

the
quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.

Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in
Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
artificial
intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching 
himself

how to code.

Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who
worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye
care for
people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship 
at
a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising 
firms,

led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.

“I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and 
help

visually impaired people,” he said.

Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually 
any

object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.
People
can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27
languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the 
can

of
pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.

Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the
Canadian National Institute for the Blind,
tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market, 
gave

it a rave review.

“I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12
person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would 
make

his
life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.

“If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take 
a

picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very
useful,” he said.

It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that 
involved
months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder. 
He

had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —
computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that
recognizes
objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.

Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural 
networks,

and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate
of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.

“I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games 
and
using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel 
said.


For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over.

He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app,
and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the app
has
been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60
countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing.

“I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of the
financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great 
technology

and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.”

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/toronto-teen-uses-app-to-give-visually-impaired-a-new-look-at-the-world.html


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Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new look at the world

[Candie Stiles]

I downloaded this app and tried using it and haven't been able to get any 
descriptions of the pictures I take. I hear the speech in the app say loading, 
but then nothing happens after that. Has anyone gotten this to work? 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 29, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Andy Baracco  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message- From: Mike B.
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM
> To: blindt...@groups.io
> Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new 
> look at the world
> 
> Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for
> blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or
> iPad. (Andrew
> Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |
> 
> A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people
> around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object with
> the
> quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.
> 
> Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in
> Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
> artificial
> intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching himself
> how to code.
> 
> Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who
> worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye
> care for
> people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship at
> a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising firms,
> led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.
> 
> “I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and help
> visually impaired people,” he said.
> 
> Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually any
> object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.
> People
> can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27
> languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the can
> of
> pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.
> 
> Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the
> Canadian National Institute for the Blind,
> tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market, gave
> it a rave review.
> 
> “I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12
> person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would make
> his
> life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.
> 
> “If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take a
> picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very
> useful,” he said.
> 
> It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that involved
> months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder. He
> had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —
> computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that
> recognizes
> objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.
> 
> Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural networks,
> and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate
> of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.
> 
> “I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games and
> using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel said.
> 
> For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over.
> 
> He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app,
> and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the app
> has
> been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60
> countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing.
> 
> “I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of the
> financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great technology
> and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.”
> 
> https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/toronto-teen-uses-app-to-give-visually-impaired-a-new-look-at-the-world.html
> 
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