Hi I tried my thermostat. It read many of the buttons, but I could not get it to read the temperature. Perhaps I was not looking in the right place.
Neal -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Troy Sullivan Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 9:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: I experimented a little with talking goggles, here is what i found I'm going to try the display on my digital thermostat and see what it says, that is whenever I turn the heat on again, it's off now do to warmer weather.s ----- Original Message ----- From: "lsterling0" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 9:30 AM Subject: RE: I experimented a little with talking goggles, here is what i found > Hi I tried the computer screen and it gave me results, my husband was > playing a game and it told me what game. I am going to try some more > on my computer later today I will let the list know what I find. > Owner of vipspouses a list for visually impaired and blind individuals > to discuss frustrations in their lives. > for an invertation To join contact > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 6:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: I experimented a little with talking goggles, here is what i > found > > Hi, > Before you all get to excited, let me tell you that i'm not sure what > goggles is reading, nor am i sure of if what i found can at all be > workable for anything or if it's just plain luck that i had. > Well, after hearing the success stories others had had with Talking > goggles, i decided i would do some experimenting on my own. I have > long looked for an app that can read displays of any shape or form and > thereby help me get things set on devices one normally can't operate > without sighted assistance, well guess what? I started with my Akai > MPK61 Midi keyboard which obviously has a quite bright display, > because other apps have been able to get one or two letters out of the > display, though i couldn't be sure if it was the display or the > buttons it read, well with Goggles, i actually got as much info out of > the display that i could successfully load a midi preset into the > keyboard. This encouraged me a bit so i went to my kitchen to see if i > could actually get some info out of my microwave. This time i wasn't > so successful, but that could be because i actually don't quite know > where the display is on the machine. I decided to continue to > experiment and went into the bathroom to see if i could read the > display of my washing machine and my tumble dryer, and lo and behold, > i got text out of the displays, not so much that i could do settings > based on the info, but still i got text out of the display and i could > actually see that it changed. This made me sit down and think, would > it be possible to actually get some info out of the Olympus > LS-100 recorder in places where the voice guidance wasn't present and > the answer is yes, i can actually read the display, but not yet so > well that i can make settings and adjustments based on what i read, > either it is possible with training, or it won't work and it won't get > any better, but just the fact that an app makes reading displays > possible is exciting news to me. If anyone wants to continue > experimenting, please feel free to do it and please document what you > find, positive or negative. In my experimentations i used video mode > which gave an almost realtime experience. > /Krister > > -- > 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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