Hi Neil. Thank you very much for your thought. Great idea, but I don't know if Apple would allow sharing Apple IDs in that way. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: [email protected] Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
Den 02/05/2013 kl. 10.41 skrev Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]>: > I suppose, the cross connected idea, which would require very little > development here would be to have a web-site of volunteers… they all sign > into Face Time using a designated e-mail address, this would be a universal > address that they all would use. > > They could sign in and out dependant on their availability. > > Now, next time you want help, rather than Face Timing a friend, you would > Face Time that e-mail address. > > Apple would connect the call to all currently connected online devices, the > first one to answer gets it. > > boom, issue solved. free of charge bar a user database and simple to manage > web-site. > > you could even have different Apple iCloud e-mail addresses dependent on > spoken language. > > so for example; > > [email protected] > [email protected] > > etc. > > That would then allow someone to get a volunteer in their native language. > > this seems to make a lot of sense like this and has the benefit of being > almost instantly available and at very low setup cost. > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple > iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - [email protected] > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 29 Apr 2013, at 08:34, RobH! <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't want to be a wet blanket, but don't such an app already exist, >> don't we use facetime for this already; just flick the camera or phone round >> and show them anything; this works already, generically. >> Developing specialist apps where the basic generic one already does the job >> perfectly, strikes me as a little pointless. This is more a "Sighted" >> mindset. >> >> Rh. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Søren Jensen" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 5:16 PM >> 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. 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