Hi, You are not alone, talking goggles has never worked for me and my colleagues. We thought it was a regional issue because we are in Ghana West Africa. Godwin Adoyi
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 9:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Talking Goggles I have the same problems using talking goggles on my 21 inch IMac. Mostly i get nothing but the only time i got something out of it it was like one word and i don't even know where it got it from. I was hoping to be able to read lcd/led displays in real time, and it looked promising in the beginning, but now, well i don't know. /Krister 8 aug 2013 kl. 02:00 skrev Joseph FreeTech <[email protected]>: > I have tried anywhere from 3 inches to 2 feet with no success. I think > I should add that I have no problem scanning with apps such as > TapTapSee, cam find and alike, so I think we can rule out user error. > Thank you for your time, but I think this is one of those situations with no easy solution. > Hmm, too bad as an app for reading a computer monitor can prove to be > incredibly useful for blind computer users especially the technician types. > > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Chittenden" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 4:44 PM > Subject: Re: Talking Goggles > > > How far are you holding the iPhone from the screen? For a 13 inch > laptop, it should be 6 to 18 inches. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 08/08/2013, at 11:40, Joseph FreeTech <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have varied as well as setting the resolution as high as possible >> on my laptop and I can't get anymore than a few words of gibberish at >> a time with goggles. When you say you have been successful, please >> detail what is meant by "successful." Are you getting full reads of >> the entire screen? Are you reading sentences at a time? Are you >> reading word for word? I've also tried cleaning my screens with >> actual screen cleaning solution and microfiber cloths and the quality >> of text read has not improved. >> >> Joseph >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brett" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 4:11 PM >> Subject: Re: Talking Goggles >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I have been successful reading the screen of my laptop with both >> Goggles and Text Detective. Goggles in video mode was the best. >> >> Perhaps the issue was the large screen, as the camera would have to >> be further away to read the larger text and less would fit in the >> cameras view. >> >> Sent with Siri from Brett's iPhone >> >>> On 8 Aug 2013, at 8:55 am, Joseph FreeTech >>> <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi John, Please convey the specifications of your computer monitor >>> such as size and resolution. Finding an app that can help read >>> monitor screens can prove to be very helpful to us both when screen >>> readers crash or when there is a problem at bootup. Using goggles >>> I've yet to get more than 3 words or so at a time. To some, I guess >>> technically this would mean goggles is reading the screen, but to >>> many others this is still very unusable unless one has an incredible >>> amount of time and patience to read 3 words at a time. >>> I also believe very much that this information can be very useful to >>> those who are reading this thread and would like to read error >>> messages on their screens but also find goggles is not very >>> effective. Thank you for your time and patience. >>> >>> Joseph >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "John Diakogeorgiou" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 10:12 AM >>> Subject: Re: Talking Goggles >>> >>> >>> I haven't tested it with products yet but it does a decent enough >>> job at reading the computer screen for me to understand it. So >>> although not perfect, it is helpful enough when no sighted help is around. >>> >>>> On 8/7/13, Joseph FreeTech <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> To add to the information from the user below, I just used goggles >>>> to quickly identify a few items, and it identified them correctly: >>>> Cheerios, >>>> almonds, wonder bread. There was no more than a second or two >>>> delay. I then >>>> >>>> tried goggles on a can of soda and it failed pretty miserably. I >>>> then launched TapTapSee and it identified the can of 7Up for 3 out >>>> of the 4 pictures I took. The picture it identified correctly, in >>>> TapTapSee's defense, it did say the can was green as is the case >>>> with 7Up cans. :) >>>> >>>> Joseph >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Sieghard >>>> Weitzel" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 10:21 PM >>>> Subject: RE: Talking Goggles >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Tom, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I just tried the Talking Goggles update on my 4S and for the first >>>> item, a bag of rice, the app came back almost instantly with >>>> "Jasmin Rice". I tried a few more things like 2 different bottles >>>> of vinegar and the app performed some OCR and read the result and >>>> for me it's definitely working. All of this was done in video mode >>>> which I prefer for Talking Goggles. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I did also perform one comparison test by taking a picture of the >>>> bottle of white wine vinegar in still camera mode with Talking >>>> Goggles and it read a bunch of stuff including "wine vinegar". I >>>> then took the same picture with Tap Tap See and got "Wine Vinegar" >>>> without the other stuff. A bit earlier I used Tap Tap See on that >>>> same bottle and got the full "White Vine Vinegar", I guess it too >>>> recognizes slightly different things based on exactly what it sees. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> As to why Talking Goggles doesn't work for you I can't say, but it >>>> would be good to know if you have Tap Tap See to do a similar test. >>>> Hold your phone in as close as possible the same place and take a >>>> picture of something with both apps and see if you get a result >>>> from Tap Tap See and not from Goggles. >>>> If you don't get a result from either one then you know that >>>> something else is at fault and you might want sighted help. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I had a problem in March where suddenly Digit-Eyes recognized >>>> absolutely nothing. I finally asked one of my employees to take a >>>> look and try it and he told me that the picture was all blurry and >>>> the camera didn't focus. >>>> I >>>> called Apple and after making sure the lens was clean which it was, >>>> doing a restart of the phone and eventually a factory reset of iOS >>>> they said that apparently the camera was not working as it should. >>>> I had the phone for about a year and a half at that point, but I >>>> bought Apple Care back when I bought the 4S as an unlocked phone >>>> directly from Apple and 3 days later I had a new phone. Well, I >>>> guess probably a refurbished phone, but a like-new phone anyways. >>>> Apple provided the return label in the box and all I did is take >>>> the new phone out of the box, put my old one in it (after doing a >>>> factory restore again to wipe it clean) and call UPS to pick it up. >>>> I was definitely glad I had purchased Apple care since otherwise I >>>> would have been >>>> 6 months past my warranty period. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Sieghard >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Tom Lange >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 9:40 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Talking Goggles >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I uninstalled and reinstalled the app as someone suggested recently >>>> and noticed no appreciable improvement. With the older version I'd >>>> get a response in a matter of a few seconds or so, but not with this one. . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> >>>> From: Eileens Misrahi <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 9:29 PM >>>> >>>> Subject: Re: Talking Goggles >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> fello, >>>> >>>> The responsiveness of Talking Goggles has been inconsistent. >>>> Hwever, I have gotten it to tell me something I don't know and >>>> identify a product or words on my PC. I haven't figured out why at >>>> times the results will take several minutes for it to speak. I am >>>> grateful that the app is functioning to a degree. May be others can >>>> pipe in and report on their use of the app. :) >>>> >>>> Eileen >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 6, 2013, at 8:47 PM, Tom Lange <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I don't know why, but even after updating the app this morning I'm >>>> not getting anything useful from the app. Not a peep out of it. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> >>>> From: Lea Langley <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Cc: <mailto:[email protected]%3e> >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 2:05 PM >>>> >>>> Subject: Re: Talking Goggles >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, if you have talking Goggles on your phone, and if you go to the >>>> app store and select updates, hopefully it will show you the new >>>> update that is there. It was just recently updated. I think maybe >>>> yesterday or the day before. Sorry I can't remember. God bless, >>>> wren >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 6, 2013, at 6:54 AM, "Rizzino, Bonnie" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Search for goggles. >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Sharon >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 6:31 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Talking Goggles >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I was wondering if Talking Goggles has been taken out of the app store? >>>> I >>>> was telling someone about the program and they couldn't find it, so >>>> I went looking for it in the app store and I couldn't find it >>>> either. 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