I agree, David, just because a blind person is simply not capable of taking an image that is lined up and focused as well as a sighted person this does not make the app less useful or constitude a "deficit". For LookTel Recognizer to be at its best the image has to be of the most unique part of a package and if possible contain no background. I had relatively good results by taking pictures myself by placing the item on a large white piece of paper, but I also don't find it a big deal to make a list of items I want to put into Recognizer and then ask a sighted friend to take the pictures for me. One can always make this into a bit of a social get-together and I have long since learned that trying to be independent where it's not really necessarily at best is time consuming and a pain in the neck and at worst it reduces one's social skills and interaction with others. LookTel Recognizer is an awesome tool and for those often used every-day items it's a one-time setup process which means that as my database grows I will need sighted help less often.
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