Good job Richard. That was very informative. Thank you Sent from my Verizon iPhone X!!!
> On Apr 5, 2018, at 9:10 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Bill, > > I will chime in with my two cents worth and list each of your apps and then > my observation. > > KNFB Reader: keep it for sure as it works well with all iPhones and like you > said, you spent the most for it. > > > > Be My Eyes: I’ve not used it, but based on their recent announcement that > they are partnering with companies to give you direct access to experts from > other companies, I am likely going to start using it. I use Windows > computers, and Microsoft Accessibility is the first company to partner with > them. > > > Color Visor: Color Visor is fine. I like Examine Clothes Color a bit > better, and it is free, though you mention later TapTapSee, it also does a > good job with color and also patterns. Though no iPhone app is going to > match a physical Color Identifier like the Rainbow II. > > is good, and I have used it. I wonder if it will survive when I finally do > the iOS 11 upgrade. > > > > Goggles: Goggles is pretty useless. Seeing AI is free and does more than > Goggles ever thought of doing. > > BeSpecular: I’ve not used. > > iNote: This one is going to work great on a newer device. They had an update > in January of 2018 to work with iOS 11 and 64 bit phones. > > > > iDentifi: This one seems to have died on the vine. No updates. The high > school kid that developed it must have gotten focused on other things. > > > > Tap Tap See: TapTapSee, is an excellent app for identifying many things. You > simply need to practice taking pictures with it. I find being about 8 inches > away from the object works quite well. It doesn’t save pictures to your > camera roll, though it keeps a history of things you have identified, but > doesn’t seem to take up much memory. > > Boop: Boop, Light Detector, and Seeing AI, and I think others; are good apps > to have. If you don’t have Seeing AI, get it and check out the videos by the > blind developer. I stick with Boop for quick light detection because it is > free. You simply point the camera and it beeps based on the amount of light > in the room. You can also move it around to find the brightest light source. > > > > Digit Eyes: The $9.99 version does a lot more, but seeing AI has a product > channel now that is also quite good with bar codes. Digit-Eyes might be a > bit faster in pulling up the information. > > Light Detector: as you say, do you need two of these. Probably not. Boop > beeps, whereas Light Detector gives a solid tone. Keep the one you like best. > > > > Seeing AI app store link: > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298?mt=8 > > > > HTH, > > Richard > > -- > 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. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list 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. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list 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.
