Yes I have used Facetime for that. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: [email protected] Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
Den 01/05/2013 kl. 02.51 skrev Lelia Struve <[email protected]>: > Has anyone actually use an app to tell them the expiration date on a gallon > or carton of milk? If so what app was it? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 30, 2013, at 6:41 PM, "Andrew Head" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Vizwiz already does this. You take a photo record a question and it uploads >> to a server and volunteers send answers back. >> This is just my humble opinion, but if you skype or facetime a person just >> to get the answer to a question like what can is this or the expiary date >> etc, using vizwiz or even a scanning app such as text detective seems much >> quicker and more efficient, and if you were to call a stranger ask your >> question and have them answer you probably in less than a minute, seems a >> bit pointless use of data and time consumption when there are already other >> apps out there. >> I agree when you have sighted family and friends as well as other apps I've >> mentioned and others, I personally feel there isn't a need for this one. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of John Diakogeorgiou >> Sent: Tuesday, 30 April 2013 12:35 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of >> >> Hi: >> Hi: >> Their are people who don't have access to family or friends that can help >> them sometimes. However the technology already exists to do what is being >> proposed. The idea of using volunteers and Skype or facetime has more >> potential. If people are concerned with privacy and not giving away their >> info all they need to do is set up accounts in Skype or email that they >> don't care about. >> >> >> On 4/29/13, Lauren Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Ron, >>> >>> I realize the following has the probability of coming off as rude; >>> especially as we all just finished discussing this reading >>> comprehension point, but you have lost track of the thread. You might >>> want to slow down your screen reader or take a little more time to >>> carefully read messages. I >>> >>> have no association with this project. :) >>> >>> LS >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Ron Pelletier" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 6:44 AM >>> Subject: RE: BeMyEyes: A ground braking product I'm a part of >>> >>> >>> Hi Lauren, >>> >>> I think you have a good idea and I would like to make a donation but, >>> I can't bring myself to doing so until you have something more concrete. >>> Right now you seem to have good plans but they are only plans. Most of >>> what you suggest already exists . I have no way of knowing if this >>> will ever go to market. >>> >>> Ron & Danvers >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Roger Frischenmeyer >>> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 7:10 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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-wGyuVVtA68MvtPCYS >>> jfg/ >>> >>> 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]. 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