Lol! I can't get out of the tutorial! It keeps saying page 5 of 5. I flik up thinking that will help... nope. Any suggesttions?
Jenifer Barr Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2016, at 6:51 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > AIPoly (pronounced A I Poly) was released a couple of days ago; > unfortunately the announcement ended up in my spam folder, so I only > saw it this morning. > > For anyone who doesn't remember, a few months ago, AIPoly received a > fairly large amount of media coverage with the usual hard-hitting > headlines like "app allows blind people to see" and then as is usually > the case we heard next to nothing about it. However, unlike most other > projects like this, the app is actually available in the app store > right now & it does sort of work. > Here is a good article that gives some background: > http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/17/aipoly-puts-machine-vision-in-the-hands-of-the-visually-impaired/ > > I'm not one for writing up lengthy tutorials, but since I found the > app a bit confusing I've provided some pointers below: > > After you have swiped through the tutorial you will be on the main > screen. To start recognizing objects, point the device at an object > and press the "toggle AIPoly" button. You will receive no feedback > what so ever. When this button is pressed the device will constantly > be trying to recognize things - E.G. you are able to move the device > around & it will automatically try to recognize whatever is in front > of it. > After a few seconds, feel just under the middle of the screen and you > should find out what AIPoly thinks the object is. If focus remains on > this element future objects will sometimes be spoken but sometimes > not, so it's best to keep feeling around the same area. > The "pencil" button is used to teach AIPoly about an object although > I've yet to give this a go. > For me, it takes about 5 seconds for an object to be recognized, but > as I say, you receive no feedback at all, so it's hard to know when > it's safe to move the phone away and when a result is returned. > > The app definitely has a lot of potential and since it's free you > can't really beat the price, but the user experience needs quite a bit > of work. > > Cheers, > Ben. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
