I hope everyone is clear that I was simply sharing information. I would no sooner spend that much on a color identifier, than I would several times that for a bar code scanner. But, since some people prefer stand-alone devices, at any ridiculous price, I thought it was worth sharing.
On the bright side, it is less expensive than a previous color identifier that they sold for over $700. If I were to buy a stand alone color identifier, it would be the Rainbow II. But, I can get close enough color and pattern descriptions from TapTapSee, which is free. But, it is very true that no app on the iPhone is going to be as accurate as a stand alone device simply because of the limits of the iPhone camera. That may be changing with the newest phones, I don't know as I am happy sticking with my SE as long as possible which cost about what the Color Star is priced at and it can do a lot more than tell me about colors. And, unless you are a blind clothes designer, I am not sure you need to know a thousand different shades. 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 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 9:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: New color identifier, article from blind bargains I think I said a third the price of my iPhone - my iPhone cost a third of the price for the color identifier. Best regards, Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 10:23 AM To: viPhone E-Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: New color identifier, article from blind bargains Sieghard, as usual, I agree completely with you! My first thoughts as I was reading the initial message was, “I wonder the price?” When I “read” that (near) $500 price-tag I almost fell out of my chair! Now please understand everybody, I certainly appreciate the information about this new Color Star color identifier. It’s just that I have to ask why these items seem always to be so exorbitantly priced. I realize all about the small market those who might buy such “blind community” products represents and recouping R&D expenses, but I still have to ask that question. ************ - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - “The Early Bird may get the worm, but the Second Mouse gets the cheese!” - Contributor Unknown On May 15, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Certainly not a device I’ll buy. That is half the price of a brand-new iPhone or the price of a Sonos Play 5 which I would use a lot more often and given what you can do with one or two apps I can’t see too many people shelling out 500 bucks for that. The LED colour thing is nice, but the odd time I need this I can call somebody with Be my Eyes for free and-probably get better feedback. 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