Have a friend with a five iPhone does it need to be a 5S or newer can someone get back to me on here would appreciate it
My thoughts for today > On Jan 5, 2016, at 10:49 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > > For this app to work, you need an iPhone5S or later. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 5 Jan 2016, at 12:51, 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. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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