Update today claims Google Lens is now available in Google Photos in U.K. But when I selected a photo, voiceover could not read any of the buttons. Harry
> On 19 Mar 2018, at 23:44, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Rich, > > Well, as far as I can tell, some people have access to Lens in their apps and > some do not. A friend of mine in New York has it but no one that I know of, > in California, so far, has access. > > Mark > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 12:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Google Lens is now available on iOS, The Verge > > Mark, > I have the version 3.15 of Google Photos, and nowhere can I find any options > about Google lens. > It sounds like this is a feature of their photos app and not a separate app. > This is with VoiceOver with iOS 11.2.6. > Richard > > > “The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.” > - Mitch Albom from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, page 1 > > On Mar 19, 2018, at 4:11 AM, Kay Malmquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you think that blind people will be able to utilize some of these > features? Sounds interesting. Even the point about being able to scan in a > business card and put it in your contacts. > > Kay Malmquist > [email protected] > KINDNESS > Kindness in words creates confidence. > Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. > Kindness in giving creates love. > -- Lao-Tzu > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M. Taylor" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2018 7:58 PM > Subject: Google Lens is now available on iOS, The Verge > > > Google Lens is now available on iOS > By Thuy Ong > > Google is officially rolling out its Lens feature to Apple iOS devices over > the next few weeks. Lens is an on-demand object recognition tool, accessible > through the Google Photos app. When users take a photo of a book or > painting, for example, Lens recognizes it and spits out information telling > you more details about the object. > > Lens works on photos of business cards, books, landmarks and buildings, > paintings in a museum, plants or animals, and flyers and event billboards. > When you use Lens on a photo that has phone numbers or an address, you can > automatically save this information as a contact on your phone, while events > will be added to your calendar. > > Starting today and rolling out over the next week, those of you on iOS can > try the preview of Google Lens to quickly take action from a photo or > discover more about the world around you. Make sure you have the latest > version (3.15) of the app.https://goo.gl/u9uz8z > > To access the feature on your iOS device, launch the Google Photos app, > select a photo, then tap on the Google Lens icon. Depending on what the > photo is, you can then check the details Google provides, or take an action. > Google notes that if your web and app activity setting is switched on, your > Google Lens activity will be saved to your Google account. You can delete > any history from your My Activity page at any time. The feature is rolling > out to version 3.15 of the iOS app, so make sure you update. > > Lens debuted last October on the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. 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