In future, have the staff show you to your room, orient you to the
thermostat, TV remote control, outlets, regular vs. decaf coffee, and
shampoo vs. conditionervs. lotion.  It only takes a few minutes, and they
are happy to do so.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Raul A. Gallegos
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: VizWiz?

Hi, in my recent stay in Austin I was in a hotel and needed to find out 
which button setting would put the thermostat to the air conditioning. I 
knew I had a 50/50 outcome possible since the button was a 3 position 
button. Middle being off, and left being AC and right being heater. 
However I didn't know that at the time. I used Vizwiz to ask the 
question, which setting is for the air conditioner. Left or right. The 
first time I got the response that I was too far from the thermostat. So 
I took a closer picture, and eventually I got 5 responses. However all 
of them were dead wrong. The responses ranged from white, to 71, to 
thermostat. None of which actually answered my question. So I gave it up 
as a bad job and flipped the switch to the left, since on mine at home, 
left is AC, and sure enough, I gambled right.


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On 2/28/2013 11:09 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> Hi Nimit,
>
> It all depends on the question you record along with your picture. If, for
> example, I send a picture of the LCD screen of my thermostat via VizWiz
and
> do not record a question like "What is the temperature shown on this
> thermostat display"? I may not get an answer or maybe I get an answer like
> "LCD screen with numbers".
> The advantage of VizWiz is that you can send a picture to a web worker and
> ask a very specific question regarding the picture. I haven't used Tap Tap
> See, but I don't recall reading that you can send a question along with
your
> picture, can you?
>
>
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Nimit Kaur
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:48 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: VizWiz?
>
> Hello!
>
> I heard there are people who work for it and answer question of the
> picture you send unless it's computorized already?  Maybe your picture
> wasn't so common and the person took a while to get to you?  Just a
> guesss.  I have tried wiz-wiz and I am really confused.  Thanks!
> The descriptions sometimes don't help me.
>
>
> On 2/27/13, Patrick Neazer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello Debbie:
>>
>> I am sorry that you got such a slow response from vizwiz. that is not the
>> norm. Try switching on IQ engine and see if you get a better response. I
> am
>> a fan of both Tap Tap See and vizwiz. Having options never hurts :).
>>
>> Let us know if switching on IQ engines works for you if you try it.
>>
>> Take good care and I wish you enough.
>>
>> Patrick
>> On Feb 27, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Debbie Downey <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Patrick,
>>>
>>> Yes, I finally got an answer but it sure was slow. I was using the Web
>>> Worker option.
>>>
>>> I think I may stick with TapTap See!
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> Debbie
>>>
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf
>>> Of Patrick Neazer
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 3:09 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: VizWiz?
>>>
>>> Hello Debbie:
>>>
>>> Vizwiz is working here. Remember to take the picture, make the
recording,
>>> stop the recording, press send and wait for a few seconds. sometimes,
>>> depending upon the picture, it might take a few minutes to receive a
>>> response. It took about 7 minutes for me to receive a response to a
>>> picture of a can I took on Saturday.
>>>
>>> I also have IQ engines checked.
>>>
>>> Please let us know if that information proves useful to you.
>>>
>>> Take good care and I wish you enough.
>>>
>>> Patrick
>>> On Feb 27, 2013, at 1:58 PM, Debbie Downey <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know if the VizWiz app is still working? Frankly I've never
>>>> used it and just tried it for the first time but can't get it to work.
> It
>>>> comes back with an answers heading but there are no answers and it
tells
>>>> me to start over. I tried using the Web Workers.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
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