Hi all. Thanks for your comments so far. Well, this project doesn't seems to interest a lot of people.
Yes, Facetime does work very well and I'm using it very often. But I sometimes feel like I'm disturbing my friends and family. It's not all who are able to use Facetime though. Skype won't simply work for me. I have got stuck on the call screen a lot of time, where VOiceover just got stuck on the statusbar, showing me my battery and stuff. I have had so much trouble on switching to the backside camera, so I'll say it's not worth it. The accessibility in Skype does change between the versions, so I'll not say this is a good solution. Here is a list of features we have discussed in the team, which would be nice to have in the system: Client for helpers for Windows, Mac and IOS. In this way, the helpers can choose what machine they wanna use. It's much easier to see smaller objects and text on a bigger screen. The possibility to take a picture remotely in HD quallity. In this way, the sighted person can guide the blind person to point the camera at a text, and remotely take a picture when the text is centered. I find it difficult to take a picture using the touch screen without moving the camera. When the blind person logs into the system, it should show a list of online volunteer helpers, and you can choose who you wanna call, and how many helpers who's available. When a call has ended, it should be possible to give the call points, and leave comments and feedback to help the team to get even better, so we know what works and what doesn't. We'll of course train the helpers in the team to guide using the camera so that will be easier for the blind person to use the system. Trust me, it's not all people who are able to guide someone using a camera. :) And it's not all people who even know how to use a camera! We have discussed lots of other things as well, but those are the most important things. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: [email protected] Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 29/04/2013 kl. 14.39 skrev Ricardo Walker <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > so, you wouldn't mind giving out your phone number or e-mail to total > strangers just to have them read a label on a can? Or your skype handle? > Because, to use the apps already out there, thats what it would take. > Granted, many wouldn't mind giving up there anonymity but, I'm sure there are > those who don't want personal information to be exchanged with strangers for > such a service. > > JMO. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Apr 29, 2013, at 3:37 AM, RobH! <[email protected]> wrote: > >> True, the base of volunteers is good, I like that; but a specialist app >> still seems superfluous in the light of those two means of video transfer. >> >> Rh. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Roger Frischenmeyer" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:09 AM >> Subject: Re: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of >> >> >> Those 2 ideas work very well, if you have family members but if not, they >> probably don't work well at all. I think this has potintial. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lauren Simmons" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 5:44 PM >> Subject: Re: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of >> >> >> For the most part, this already exists, its called Skype. Its also called >> Facetime. The volunteers are family members. I've been doing a similar thing >> for years. :) >> >> LS >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Søren Jensen" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:16 AM >> Subject: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of >> >> >> Hi all. >> >> I'm involved in this cool project. Read more here: >> >> Be My Eyes is a non-profit initiative that aims to equip blind with "a pair >> of eyes" which fits into your pocket. This can be done by the blind at any >> time, on his/her smart phone: you start an application, and can through this >> be put in direct video connection with a voluntary sighted person. The >> sighted volunteer helps you through the camera in the blind person's smart >> phone to see (video transmitted to the helpers smart phone) what the blind >> person is pointing at with the smart phone camera and can solve a given >> task. The task could, for example. be: Reading the date on a milk carton, >> see if two socks are alike, read the buttons on the washing machine, etc. It >> is the blind who has control over what the volunteer sees, while the >> volunteer can for example say "a little closer" or "date is on the other >> side of the milk carton." This way the blind and the sighted volunteer help >> each other to solve the given task. >> >> The technical part of the project is, first, to develop an application >> available for the blind that can connect the users with sighted volunteers - >> here is so far developed a prototype. The second part is to develop a system >> on a server that all Be My Eyes will run on. When you create a user account >> on the system, you could choose whether you are the visual impaired who >> needs help, or if you are the sighted person who wants to help. The sighted >> help to be able both to use the system on an iPhone (or other smart phone >> platforms), an iPad tablet (or other tablet platforms) with a larger screen >> so it's easier to see the image and on a computer where the image is, of >> course, it depends on the screen connected to the computer. >> >> The idea is to build a network of volunteers who want to help. You can even >> sign in and out anything useful, and you can specify what time of the day or >> week you have time to help, where you will be notified accordingly. If >> technology allows, then the visually impaired also use the app over 3G and >> 4G, making the possibilities endless, since in this way you can use the >> system anywhere. This requires of course that as a visually impaired learn >> some techniques to use the camera properly. The advantage of video interview >> is that the sighted volunteer can guide one to use the camera properly, >> which eventually becomes better and better. >> >> The team behind Be My Eyes is a mixture of blind, partly sighted and sighted >> people who know the depth of the problems the project to solve. All involved >> have contributed on a strictly volunteer basis. >> >> The idea stems from Hans Jørgen Wiberg who himself is visually impaired. >> Hans Jørgen works as a visually impaired consultant in the Danish Blind >> Society. Here he experienced countless times to sighted assistance in a >> moment would have made the blind able to solve a variety of tasks on their >> own. When Hans tried video conferencing on his smart phone "dropped the >> pieces in place" - through a voluntary network could be in the moments when >> the blind was faced with tasks that required vision, get assistance via >> video chat on your mobile! >> >> We are looking for volunteer programmers, visually impaired as impaired. The >> advantage is that a visually impaired programmer familiar with the >> challenges of accessibility, and a sighted programmer to help with the >> visual. We are looking for both people who create applications for PC / Mac, >> iOS and server based systems. >> >> In order to implement this exciting project, we are also looking for >> financial help, as all in the team is working volunteer and we need some >> help outside the company as programmers and such, which is not cheap. >> >> If you want that all this comes true, then you can donate to us on Indiegogo >> at the following link: >> www.indiegogo.com/projects/be-my-eyes-community-help-for-the-blind >> >> Read more on our website at: >> http://www.facebook.com/l/0AQHAl41NAQG333R7tdGulVawm-wGyuVVtA68MvtPCYSjfg/ >> >> www.bemyeyes.org >> >> -- >> 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. >> 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. > 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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