Bite your tongue, Raul. We never say “drumstick” around here. Crystal
From: Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:19 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: taking photos when blind Wow, at first I thought that the chicken was offering herself as a KFC dinner. -- Raul A. Gallegos A photon checks into a hotel. When asked if he needed any help with his luggage he replied "No thanks, I Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 6/4/2013 3:56 PM, Crystal French wrote: > I wonder how many of us have not thought at some time,’I wish I could > take a picture.’ > A few days ago, Ethel, one of my hens, had gotten up on a chair where I > had set a cast iron skillet. She had settled herself happily in the > frying pan, chirring softly, probably talking about the egg she was > going to lay. > When I realized where she was, I started laughing and wished I could get > a picture of her. > Rather than assuming I couldn’t, I wish I had, at least, tried. > Oh, and for clarification, Ethel, chair, and skillet were on the porch, > not in my kitchen. <smile> > Crystal > *From:* Cara Quinn <mailto:modelc...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 04, 2013 2:41 PM > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* Re: taking photos when blind > Hi Robert, Voiceover will tell you when the image is focused but not > centered. > > When the camera recognizes a face, then I believe that VO will say where > that face is in the frame, but for objects in general, VO will not be > able at present, to tell you where that object is in the frame, simply > because it does not know what object you are aiming at. > > the idea of focus is different from when an object is centered or not. > Focus means that the subject of the image is being seen clearly by the > camera so it will produce a clear image when the shot is taken. Does > this make sense? > > The two concepts are different… > > HTH and have a great day! > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > On Jun 4, 2013, at 11:25 AM, Robert Fenton <robert.fen...@samobile.net> > wrote: > > Hello: > > This discussion about taking pictures when totally blind interests me. > How does one focus the image correctly? I read somewhere that VoiceOver > is supposed to tell you when the image is centered. I have never seen > that happen. > > Thanks for your help. > > Bob Fenton > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2013-06-04, at 2:13 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> wrote: > > > Hello Sieghard. yes of course. I must have been using my iPhone > up-side-down. <grin>. Seriously, thanks for the reminder. I keep > forgetting that sometimes jailbreak tweaks add things which one gets > used to and then one uses them as if they had always been there. > > > > -- > > Raul A. Gallegos > > I love strawberry Quik. It's my favorite pink fluid narrowly beating > out Pepto-Bismol. - Sheldon Cooper > > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > > > > On 6/4/2013 11:33 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > >> Hi Raul, just a small correction, it is the volume up button that > takes the > >> picture. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf > >> Of Raul A. Gallegos > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 8:02 AM > >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com > >> Subject: Re: taking photos when blind > >> > >> Hi, one thing which helps with iPhone picture taking is pressing the > volume > >> down button also simulates the shutter button. So you don't have to > worry > >> about moving the phone out of focus when double-tapping the take picture > >> button at the bottom center of the screen or doing a 2-finger > double-tap. > >> > >> -- > >> Raul A. Gallegos > >> Harry Potter brand condoms: "Protect your slytherin from Hogwarts while > >> you're in her chamber of secrets." - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook > >> user ID: rau47 > >> > >> On 6/1/2013 7:31 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Not sure if such apps exist, however, there are technics you can > use that > >> will give you reasonable result with whatever you are photographing. > It can > >> use in both iphones and also digital camera. > >>> > >>> I'm not sure what device you have, let say, you using an iphone. if you > >> taking picture of something, try to aline it on your forhead, as if, > your > >> eyes become the camera lance. So, whatever you see will be what will > be the > >> camera sees. If you can picture yourself in front of the object or the > >> subject you photographing of, you usually have 80% chance of taking > it in a > >> line as your eye sees it. > >>> > >>> It is much easier using a camera, however, using it on an iphone > help as > >> well. However, using an iphone does require a lot of practice, as > the take > >> picture button is on the sscreen. > >>> > >>> Another tip, place the phone slitely left to your eye, or to your > >> forehead, as the lance of the back facing camera is on the top right > side of > >> the camera. however, if you using the front facing camera, its on > the top > >> middle. > >>> > >>> Again, it takes a lot of practice to get use to, but you'll > eventually get > >> there. > >>> > >>> Hope this help. > >>> > >>> I hope this help. > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> JoanneSent from my iPad > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 01/06/2013, at 5:07, James Lockwood <lockwoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Ok. does anyone know of an application for the iphone that gives > feedback > >> about when an item you are taking a picture of is centered ect? the > camera > >> sometimes does it with faces already. but is there any program out there > >> which helps people who are completely blind take good or reasonably good > >> photos without the object being half off the screen or off center > >> drastically? 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