I use it in video mode and stand near a window when trying to identify something. I have an iPhone 5.
Cheers, Anne On 8 Nov 2013, at 14:36, Tom Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > What's your technique for getting good results from Goggles? Mine hasn't > worked well in quite some time, and I'm using an iPhone 5S. > > Thanks, > Tom > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Anne Robertson > To: [email protected] [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 4:23 AM > Subject: Re: The best object recognition app out there I know > > Hello Robin, > > I do so agree with you. I use Talking Goggles more than any other object > recognition app. I also use Tap Tap See and CamFind, but Talking Goggles is > more informative. For instance, TapTapSee will identify a can of dog food, > but Talking Goggles will tell me which variety it is. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 8 Nov 2013, at 13:16, Robin Christopherson > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear listers >> I have seen that there have been dozens of Tap Tap See and Camfind msgs >> flying around and I’ve read a few but by no means all so apols if this has >> been covered but I just want to reiterate the jawdroppingly useful app that >> is Talking Goggles. I can’t recall how much it is but it’s certainly no more >> than a few dollars (if not free) – I can’t check as I already own it – and >> it’s certainly nowhere near X dollars a month that Tap Tap See has become, >> and yet I use it all the time to great effect. >> I have a 5S so admittedly a good camera but only this morning my computer >> stopped talking to me while I had about 10 different apps open and all half >> way through something and before I went nuclear with the power button I >> thought I’d try Talking Goggles and it read out to me the message about IE >> having stopped working and the Send/Don’t send thing. I know I could have >> got out of this by trial and error with some keystrokes but I knew that even >> hitting Escape on the wrong thing could have been bad news. >> And this is just one example. So long as you have good bandwidth (as it’s >> live video it’s processing) you can just point it at anything and it usually >> reads it or recognises it just fine. I know it’s not perfect but I also know >> that it’s invaluable and doesn’t have the drawbacks of either having to take >> multiple snap and hope images or having to pay big bucks (or should that be >> plenty of pounds) for it either. >> I should end by saying that I’m not as familiar with the other apps as I am >> with this one so please don’t consider this as an anti-the-others msg, just >> a pro-Talking Goggles one. >> Thanks, Robin. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> [email protected]. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> [email protected]. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> 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. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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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