Another option might be bespecular. Take a picture and get human feedback about 
colors of clothes. 

Hope Paulos

> On Nov 16, 2016, at 9:13 AM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Todd,
> 
> The reason I suggested TapTapSee, is that it is made by the same people who 
> make CamFind, but it doesn't clutter the screen with ads for where you can 
> buy things. Also, be sure you find the button when you install a camera app 
> that asks for permission to use the camera, otherwise they won't work at all. 
> Here is the link to TapTapSee - Blind & Visually Impaired Camera by CamFind 
> Inc.
> https://appsto.re/us/mXw1H.i
> 
> 
> “By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others."
> - Satsuki Shibuya
> 
> 
> (Sent from my iPod 6)
> 
> On Nov 16, 2016, at 6:04 AM, Paul Richard McGann <rkmcg...@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> sieghard and richard,
>>  
>> very understanding. that is how I was given fro blind tech trainer who 
>> expalined to me. somehow, he forgot about multi-color like plaid, and desig. 
>> no problem. sieghard, yes, I deid in good light. wink!
>>  
>> richard, blind tech trainer said that digital eye is good for heairng blind 
>> who rely on voce, not brialle. so that is why I was advised not to use 
>> digital eye as well as blind square as they are mostly work in voice. we eed 
>> to depend on brialle display. wink1 thank you1
>>  
>> suincerely,
>> rich
>>  
>>  
>> From: Richard Turner
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 11:56 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: color id app
>>  
>>  
>> I have to mostly agree with Sieghard on this one.
>> Digit-Eyes sells labels that can be sown into clothes and will last through 
>> dozens of washing and drying cycles.
>> If you don't want to go to that extent, try TapTapSee. I am hoping the 
>> output stays on the screen long enough to use with a braille display. 
>> Sieghard is right, that the iPhone is not very good at color identification, 
>> but TapTapSee will at least identify patterns and if the light is good, at 
>> least come close on the color.
>> I've used it fairly successfully with shirts with a wide variety of patterns 
>> and colors and it is probably 75% accurate with color in mediocre lighting 
>> and gets better in good lighting.
>> But, you will always want sighted confirmation or good labels like Sieghard 
>> suggested for any time that being well dressed is important. If it is a 
>> casual event, and exact matching isn't necessary, with practice TapTapSee 
>> can do OK. Plus it is free.
>> HTH,
>> Richard
>> 
>> 
>> “By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others."
>> - Satsuki Shibuya
>> 
>> 
>> (Sent from my iPod 6)
>> 
>> On Nov 15, 2016, at 8:12 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Rich and Todd,
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately iPhone apps for colour identification are all very 
>>> problematic and inaccurate. The problem is that any results greatly depend 
>>> on what light you are in, whether it is daylight or artificial light, 
>>> direct or indirect light and on and on. Dedicated talking colour 
>>> identifiers like the Colorino  have an internal light source, you push the 
>>> opening right up against what you want to identify and because all other 
>>> light from the outside is cut off the results are much more accurate and 
>>> consistent. I know that a talking colour identifier may be of very limited 
>>> use to somebody who is hard of hearing and probably it is useless for the 
>>> DeafBlind, but unfortunately all apps are equally bad at given good 
>>> results. All in all it is probably easier if you tag your clothing with 
>>> washable barcodes and code the barcodes with information as to what sort of 
>>> material and colour the clothing is, then use an app like Digit-Eyes to 
>>> read these labels since I am quite sure this would also work with a braille 
>>> display.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Sieghard
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>>> Of Todd Patkus
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 5:43 PM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: RE: color id app
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Rich,
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I noticed the same thing as you said below months ago after downloading 
>>> that Color ID app.  I can tell by the way it behaves, not from VO, but from 
>>> what the Braille Sense U2 Mini Braille display said in Braille.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> If you or I moved the iPhone a little bit, it will make the camera see 
>>> something where the color is still the same but makes the camera think 
>>> differently.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I have not used the app for a long time now.  It needs some improvements.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> My U2 Mini is muted so Braille is the only means.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Todd
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>>> Of Paul Richard McGann
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 7:36 PM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: color id app
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> dear sir,
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I am brialle user. okay!
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I did test say color and color id appa as there is osmthing.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> close friend said that she listened to voice and said that since my shirt 
>>> has multi-colors. so say color and color id only pick one color instead of 
>>> saying plaid or something like this. I tried few times again on my shirt 
>>> and few times they change different colors.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> have you notice anything like this? do they change colors if you move 
>>> iphone around.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> sincerely,
>>> 
>>> rich
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
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