Thanks. I will buy the App and have a go.I will also listen to the Podcast.
Thanks again. Kawal. On Oct 24, 2012, at 2:41 PM, "Jan Blüher, visorApps" <jn.b...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hallo Kawal, > > the ColorVisor has on its bottom three main tabs. Color recognition with the > camera is in the left tab called ColorScanner, which is the default selection. > > If you are in the ColorScanner tab, the app continiously scans the color with > the backward camera as default (you can change the camera with a button on > the screen). Whenever the camera is calibrating itself, a constant sound is > played (Version 2.0). This happens quite often and every time you move the > device. So you have to focus the object you want to identify and keep the > device still. After some seconds, the calibration sound will stop and > VoiceOver will announce the detected color. > > There are two ways to focus an object. First, hold the camera 5 to 10 > centimeters away from it. This works very well if the light conditions are > optimal. However, incoming light or shadow will effect the measurement and > you have to take care about it. > > The second method is to turn on the torch (if available). You can do this by > shaking the iPhone or find the appropriate button on the screen. Then, lay > the camera close onto the object to eliminate all light influences from the > environment. The results are not as good as with the first method under > optimal conditions, but they are good enough and you have control over the > light conditions. The only exception for this mehtod are very light and white > surfaces. The best result you can get is grey and often the camera shifts the > white color to even green. This is an issue of the camera and the image > processing. It is possible to scan white surfaces with the first method, > which, by the way, can be also used by all iPod touch and iPad owners who do > not have the opportunity of using the torch. > > I hope this did help you a bit. You will find a user manual of the ColorVisor > in the app or on the support web site at http://visorApps.com/ColorVisor. > There is also a nice AppleVis podcast about the ColorVisor at: > http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/color-recognition-apps-part-1-colorvisor > which might give you an expression. Note, the podcast covers version 1.1 of > the ColorVisor and there have been introduced some major changes in version > 2.0. > > Please let me know if you need further assistance. > > Greetings > > Jan > > > --- > ColorVisor - The app to identify colors. > Available on the App Store: > http://itunes.com/app/ColorVisor > --- > Dr. Jan Blüher > visorApps - Accessible apps for iPad & iPhone > Bayreuther Str. 2 > D-01187 Dresden > Germany > > phone: +49 (0) 351 16053907 > mobile: +49 (0) 176 34926242 > e-mail: jan.blue...@visorapps.com > web: http://visorApps.com > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/#visorApps > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/VisorApps > > tax number: DE281706766 > > > > > > Am 24.10.2012 um 14:59 schrieb Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com>: > >> How is it used, i.e. do you have to put the I phone on the clothes or point >> it at something? The reason for asking, I have never successfully taken a >> picture or had digitise read me a bar code, or have had little success with >> text detective, simply because I don't have any one to hand to tell me what >> I'm doing wrong. >> >> Kawal. >> >> On Oct 24, 2012, at 1:15 PM, "Jan Blüher, visorApps" >> <jn.b...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hallo Kawal, >>> >>> the ColorVisor is especially targeted for blind people although it can be >>> used by sighted persons, too. I am totally blind, as well. >>> >>> Greetings >>> >>> Jan >>> >>> --- >>> ColorVisor - The app to identify colors. >>> Available on the App Store: >>> http://itunes.com/app/ColorVisor >>> --- >>> Dr. Jan Blüher >>> visorApps - Accessible apps for iPad & iPhone >>> Bayreuther Str. 2 >>> D-01187 Dresden >>> Germany >>> >>> phone: +49 (0) 351 16053907 >>> mobile: +49 (0) 176 34926242 >>> e-mail: jan.blue...@visorapps.com >>> web: http://visorApps.com >>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/#visorApps >>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/VisorApps >>> >>> tax number: DE281706766 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 24.10.2012 um 13:54 schrieb Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com>: >>> >>>> Hello. >>>> >>>> I'd just like opinion on how this App works is it tailored for the blind? >>>> >>>> Kawal. >>>> >>>> On Oct 24, 2012, at 12:19 PM, "Jan Blüher, visorApps" >>>> <jn.b...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hallo list, >>>>> >>>>> today, version 2.0 of the ColorVisor has been released and is now >>>>> available on the App Store and for update. There are a number of new >>>>> features. Some of them are: >>>>> >>>>> * There is now a better color naming due to refreshed reference color >>>>> palettes. >>>>> * You can choose to identify only basic colors or differentiated color >>>>> shades. >>>>> * VoiceOver verbosity during the color scan is now configurable. By >>>>> default, it does not announce color names during camera calibration >>>>> processes. >>>>> * Additionally, a sound is played when the camera is calibrating itself. >>>>> This two things avoid the announcement of wrong color names during the >>>>> calibration, which was a problem in former versions. >>>>> * The CMYK color components were replaced by HSB. >>>>> >>>>> VoiceOver support is still unbroken and you can configure the ColorVisor >>>>> to behave as in former Versions. >>>>> >>>>> The ColorVisor and even more details can be found on the App Store at >>>>> http://iTunes.com/app/ColorVisor >>>>> >>>>> More information and a user manual are available on the ColorVisor >>>>> support page at >>>>> http://visorApps.com/ColorVisor/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> ColorVisor - The app to identify colors. >>>>> Available on the App Store: >>>>> http://itunes.com/app/ColorVisor >>>>> >>>>> If you have any questions, hints, or comments do not hesitate to contact >>>>> me via this list, on my web site, or by using the new in-app support >>>>> request. Any feedback is much appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Greetings >>>>> >>>>> Jan >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> Dr. Jan Blüher >>>>> visorApps - Accessible apps for iPad & iPhone >>>>> Bayreuther Str. 2 >>>>> D-01187 Dresden >>>>> Germany >>>>> >>>>> phone: +49 (0) 351 16053907 >>>>> mobile: +49 (0) 176 34926242 >>>>> e-mail: jan.blue...@visorapps.com >>>>> web: http://visorApps.com >>>>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/#visorApps >>>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/VisorApps >>>>> >>>>> tax number: DE281706766 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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