Question:
I'm asuming when you use the facebook option it sends the photo and the question to your facebook friends? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Caron" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: VizWiz?


Viz Wiz has consistently worked for me to solve complicated visual problems. Example I wanted to hook up stereo speakers and needed to know which jacks on my receiver were red positive or black negative. I took the picture of the back of the receiver and asked the question are the red connectors on the top or bottom. In about 30 seconds I got my answer that the red ones were on top. Ive had success with many similar very specific questions. I like Tap Tap See, but seldom do I just need to know what is in the picture. Usually I need something more specific and Viz Wiz does that reliably for me.

Eric Caron

On Mar 7, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Cara Quinn <[email protected]> wrote:

If you're using the web workers, it sure sounds like they're not actually listening to the question but just writing something as soon as the picture comes up.

These experiences would be worth sharing with the app developers / sponsors.

Smiles,

Cara :)
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On Mar 7, 2013, at 7:10 AM, Scott Davert <[email protected]> wrote:

As of a few months ago when I last tried VizWiz, it was not helpful. I
took a picture of a medicine bottle that was either Adville or Adville
PM. Big difference in the morning when you don't want to sleep your
day away. Anyway, I asked VizWiz whether the bottle was Adville or
Adville PM, and got responses like: white pill bottle, medicine, and
bottle. Not very helpful. Perhaps it's worth another try? I'm really
not sure.

Scott

On 3/6/13, Raul A. Gallegos <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi there. I am replying very late on this thread, but I am still going
through several messages which I had For later replying to. I can of course have one of the hotel staff members show me everything in the room. However that was not the point of my message. I merely wanted to use an app to see
how well it would work identify what I was looking for. I travel quite
frequently and so am aware of the layout of most hotel rooms. Also in
regards to the thermostat, I knew that it was a 50/50 hit or miss on whether I turned on the AC or the heater. So mostly it was a point of curiosity with
the app.

On Feb 28, 2013, at 1:06 PM, "Dulce Weisenborn" <[email protected]>
wrote:

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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